Today we had 11 yachts on the water with a guest sailor in Nigel who will be doing more sailing with the club when in Albany.
Read MoreAnother good turnout of 8 boats for todays 8th Heat of Handicap racing.
Read MorePractice before racing bought the realisation that racing around the eastern buoys was risky with weed regularly being hooked.
Racing was changed to use the buoys around the fountain making shorter courses.
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8 Boats started the day in a WSW breeze that favoured those who chose A rigs.
Read MoreWe had 8 sailors on the water for the 9th Champ race today.
Read MoreWe had a interesting day of sailing with ten yachts on the water and South winds which then went around to the South East.
Read MoreAnother good fleet of ten boats competing in the 7th Handicap Race of the series today.
Read MoreTen skippers on the pond today for the 8th Race of the Championship series.
Read MoreToday we had southerly winds to start with which went around to SE as the morning went on.
Read MoreAnother light and variable breeze, 0-5kts, and again with large swings from the SE to SW.
Read MoreWe are now getting got fleets of around 11 boats competing each week, making it very competitive racing and skippers need to be on the ball as one mistake can result in a loss of several places.
Read MoreToday we had a new member in Tony Turner sailing for the first time and he picked up the control of his yacht quickly.
Read MoreWe only had 3 starters, Murray waiting on winch parts and HK and Hebo overseas.
The breeze was all over the place throughout the morning, from the west around to the SE at 0- 5kts.
Read MoreWe had 7 boats on the water this week, plus we were joined by Peter McQuoid who has been sailing a DF65 at a Queensland club, but has now moved to Albany, so will be a new member to the fleet, Welcome Peter.
Read MoreWe were dished up a variable southerly at 2- 5kts with significant shifting from the SE to the SW.
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Today we had 10 yachts on the water and started with a steady Westerly wind which changed to a very light SW wind.
Read MoreWe had 11 yachts on the water for race 6 of the series with a good NW wind.
Read MoreWe started with a smaller fleet of 6 boats this week, in a light N/NE breeze that swung at times from NW to SE and varied between 0 to 8 km/h, so there was a lot of tacking on shifts and waiting in one position for some sort of wind.
Read More10 boats competed today in a S/SW breeze that saw the change of sails being used from B to A+ and all rigs had their moment on the water.
Read MoreThe breeze started in the ENE at 5-10 kts with some significant swings making for plenty of opportunities.
Half way into the morning the wind moved to the East and was still swinging. It was a different easterly having considerable variability.
Read MoreA big fleet of 10 boats started today with Geoff O #421 joining after heat 3.
Read MoreWe had 11 yachts on the pond which was a good turn out with a rainy start and a gusty NW wind.
Read MoreSunday DF95 State Championship was contested by 31 entrants, three fleets and over 8 races from the 24 heats.
Winds for first heats started from north of west swinging around 10 degrees edging towards west by mid- morning making choice getting out to the right side for the first windward leg important.
Read MoreRacing was greeted with a gusty westerly at 5-15kts and shifting to give plenty of opportunity to make gains, the opposite was also the case.
The rain stayed away resulting in pleasant racing conditions.
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Greeted with a Westerly at 5-10kts gusting to 15kts with a lot of variability both in strength and direction
Read MoreSeven boats on the pond today with a breeze starting from the WNW but quickly swung to SW bringing squally showers with it.
Read MoreA very gentle breeze from anywhere between S and NE greeted the six sailors for the 5th race today.
Read MoreSix boats on the pond today with a gentle breeze starting from the W but slowly swinging to eventually come from the S.
Read MoreWe started of with 4 yachts and then John K #29 turned up half through the morning.
Read MoreOur first race using the new handicap system. As it turned out today the 3 boats that turned all had the same handicap, so it became a scratch start day.
The next handicap race handicaps are adjusted according to the days final results. See the table below the results display for details.
Read MoreOnly a small fleet of 6 started today in a very nice ESE breeze.
Read MoreOn the day we had six turn up and we had variable light ENE winds which made for frustrating sailing.
Read MoreSunday 8th September
A busy bee is scheduled prior to sailing at 9am
Cleaning, checking and Replacing buoys.
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Another tricky day with strong gusts causing a few problems on the down wind runs and tacking at the bottom marks.
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Five sailors turned up today in the last days of winter, with a moderate cool wind from the WNW and a couple of showers.
Read MoreWe had seven yachts on the pond and it was good to Kim Swarbrick down from Perth.
Read MoreA good fleet of 9 boats today for the 2nd handicap race with Brain S # 281 still down farming, Brian H #45 back after a long break and Peter T #34 down from Barker boosting our numbers.
Read MoreWe had 8 We had 8 yachts on the water and started off with a light Westerly wind.yachts on the water and started off with a light Westerly wind.
Read MoreSeven skippers today for championship racing with another day of light shifty winds.
Read MoreWednesday the 14th was race 2 of the 24/25 Championship series with 6 sailors braving showers and the 30kms plus winds.
Read MoreWe started the 1st Race of the new series with 4 boats for the first 2 heats, then we were joined by Peter T #34 and after another 3 heats, good to see Geoff O #421 back on the water and quickly into stride.
Read MoreA small fleet of 5 boats turned out today for the 1st handicap race of the new series.
Read MoreSix sailors for today’s first race for this championship series. We also had Brian R with his IOM, due to structural problems with the DF95.
Read MoreToday we had 6 skippers turn up for the 1st race of the new series.
Read MoreSean wins from Glen and Rosco.
The weather offering winds from the East on Saturday and the Sth to SW on Sunday.
Saturdays forecast max of 38 may have got close at the airport but was probably 28-30 Lakeside, making for comfortable sailing. Sunday remained overcast, keeping the temperature down to a cooler 23 - 25. Metro sailors welcoming the cooler relief from the Perth heat.
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