Although a little fluky today the breeze was a fairly steady A rig strength mostly from the SW.

An interesting breeze for today's racing.

Nine sailors on the water today in what started as a gentle breeze from the S, but swung a little to the SE and ended up as a SWesterly.

Only 6 sailors for todays H/C race 10.

Yet another drizzly day, hopefully we will get a spring day before summer starts.

A good strong B rig breeze from the E greeted the 10 sailors today.

A good fleet of 10 boats today with a nice A rig breeze from the SW.

7 boat on the pond today, 6 A+ and Murray D with an A.

Morning started with a 5-10 knot ESE wind flicking back to NE. The course was set for the median of E wind direction.

Small fleet with close racing.

Sailing over the morning was in an ESE'er at 5-12kts.  There was plenty of movement either side of ESE making for opportunies.

A bit of a miserable day for the 6 sailors who showed up today, but a nice A+ breeze from the SE that had a few holes but was at least a consistent.

A NW to WNW breeze for todays 11 starters that was very shifty and gusty for the mostly B rigs but Lew C and Mike W carried A rigs.

The wind forecast was for a reasonable blow today so everybody turned up with B Rigs. 

Light variable ESE'er greets small fleet.

We had a turn out of 4 to sail the Championship heat.

The breeze was a variable ESE'er, different to the normal from that direction, there were plenty of subtle shifts to make for interesting sailing

A good B rig breeze today mostly from the W, but it swung towards the SW late in the morning.

We welcomed home Geoff C from a trip overseas, Brian S back from the nationals and Kim S down for some dinghy building to bolster the regular fleet out to 12 starters for the day in the usual shifty WNW breeze.

A big fleet of 11 boats for today's H/C race. A gusty NNE wind for the morning with A rigs the choice for everyone.

Another indication today of how close the skill level of the whole fleet is becoming.

A goog A rig breeze today although a little shifty between WNW, W and finally SW. Some very close heats today with the placegetters claiming all the wins

Wind started as a good B rig level but gradually picked up and the gusts were definately C rig.

A good wind strength today mostly from the W with the gusts just above A rig levels

A light WSW wind today for Race 6 of the H/C series.

A nice breeze swinging between W and SW today for the fleet of 6 boats.

It was looking as though we would have no wind at all when we arrived at the pond today,

7 boats on the pond today with a light fluky WSW breeze.

Mostly a SW breeze today that wasn't quite as strong as predicted.

Although very shifty, at least we had a breeze at the top of A rig especially in the gusts for the 5 skippers today.

Only 4 of us for todays scratch race, with the usual tricky NW breeze.

Just when we thought the wind couldn't get any more frustrating, it did.

Good to have Rob Freeborough and Tony Turner back on the water after a long break.

A different breeze today but just as shifty with holes especially at the windward marks in the S.

A nice A+ breeze from the WNW for the 7 sailors on the water today.

A nice A rig breeze from the NNW to start the day.

6 boats tackled the stronger breeze today with B rigs.

A much steadier WNW wind for the 9 boats on the water for todays scratch race.

Another tricky NNW wind today with quite often 3 to 5 tacks within 20m of the top mark.

Everybody except Murray took notice of the predicted winds and turned up with B rigs.

Another tricky day with very light winds from the NNW.

A good turnout of 11 boats today with a moderate NNW breeze to start.

A very frustrating morning for the 8 sailors today.

A light SW wind for the 8 sailors at the start of the first H/C race of the series.

DF65 Handicap Race 1. 23 July 2025
6 boats on the pond for the start of the Handicap Series.

Seven sailors braved the conditions for the first DF95 scratch race today.

Good breezes for the first scratch race of the season.

Chaos in Albany at a Wet & Windy WA IOM Great Southern Regatta

Albany, WA – 21–22 June 2025

Why would anyone travel to Albany—one of the southernmost and coldest points in Western Australia—to race IOM yachts in the heart of winter? That question was put to the test over the weekend as fifteen brave skippers lined up for the 2025 IOM Great Southern Regatta, greeted by icy winds, freezing rain, as they took to the water at the home of the Albany Radio Sailing Club.

Varaible SW'er for last Points race of the season.

The weather dished up a light SW'er varying from 3 - 10 kts and moving from the SSW to SW.

Colin wins in a tricky breeze.

We managed 5 starters for the morning in a variable NW breeze at 3-12kts.

HK carves out a win.

The breeze was variable from the West both in direction and strength. Gusting to 18 kts and backing to as low as a couple of knots. 

Greg wins in a shifty Easterly

We managed 4 starters for the day which offered up a warmer than normal Easterly.

The breeze started north of east shifting back and forth to just south of east at 7-12 kts.

Greg has a good win.

A pleasant ESE'er at 7-10 kts, gusting to top of A rig.

Greg wins in a variable Southerly

Sailing in the morning was in a 2-10kt Southerly swinging from the SSE to SSW.

Murray has close win from an unlucky HK

Some close racing was had for the scratch sailing last Sunday.

 All boats had their chances with the wind swinging and shifting quite a bit and with nearly every boat suffering some weed hookups on keels and rudders through the morning as well.

Hebo has strong win in light tricky conditions.

Another small fleet tackled the 0-3 kt variable breeze.

The wind started in the  Nth, moved to the NW then back to the NE finishing in the Nth.

Murray has convincing win in an increasing easterly.

We managed a fleet  of 6 today and were greeted with a 5-10 kt easterly which slowly filled  in to 15 kts later in the morning. 

Increasing Easterly makes for great sailing.

A small fleet of 5 fronted for the days championship racing.

Racing was again over a shorter course to keep clear of any weed.