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Lots more images from Sue HERE (Thanks Sue) From Mervyn Thursday is the day when the whole fleet comes together in a full day’s racing. With a forecast for 16 to 18 mph and building, with gusts in the afternoon…
Well we had our best day so far, not setting the fleet board alight but a lot more pleasurable. Only dropping 1 run all day although only got the 1 beat, with some close finishes – close but not good…
More from the keyboard of Mervyn. As is tradition in the class, the fleet mustered on the Wednesday morning of the championship for the YM Cup. This event is sailed as a separate ‘round robin’ competition within the week’s sailing,…
Day 2 Update and positions from Mervyn. The results show a just how close a contest the championship is proving – there are only 5.5 points between the first seven positions at the end of day 3! By virtue of…
Some of us got our boat going the best we have all week but still not good enough to get through to the knockout stages – 2 wins, 2 very nearly and 2 give aways. The wind has steadily built…
Turns out the southern half of the fleet got their rounds completed in super quick time yesterday and this morning, which meant us northerners had to do 5 rounds this afternoon, which we did in winds that kept us on…
More from Mervyn A good solid blow was forecast for today, although the arrival of a front brought some very light and fluky conditions instead. At times it blew quite well, and mainly from the south-west, but more often it…