Racing Results and Reports

The M class ranking was held at the mecca of radio and vane sailing. With the lake 800 feet long, step count was guaranteed to be high and some reached 26000 steps by the end of day 1 and a…

This years De Quincey Cup Team racing event was contested by 9 teams of 3 DF95 yachts. The unique event format starts with a fleet race followed by a round robin of one-on-one team races. The day started with a…

First of all, a big shout out to the helpers on Sunday who endured a slightly better day than Saturday, as the weather improved and temperatures warmed as the wind eased during the day. Our thanks go to: Dave Rigby…

First of all, a huge thank you to the Lincoln team: Colin Helliwell Scoring Tracey Ballington Scoring Jen Hand Organiser Judith Baldwin scoring Darin Ballington RO Tim hand ARO Mick Chamberlain. Kitchen. You make the best bacon roles. Without your…

A very healthy entry of 16 skippers attended this event with six being first timers. There were seven Scottish clubs represented with eight skippers who travelled from NE Scotland (Aberdeen & Tayside), three from East of Scotland (Kinghorn and Levenhall)…

On Saturday 23rd March, Norwich Model Yacht Club Held its annual Yare Cup for IOM’s, which is part of the Eastern District EDCS Series. Initially there were 23 entries, but due to various reasons 21 boats came to the Start…

The day started inauspiciously with no sign of wind and very little promise of any. By the time racing started there was wind, but very light and very variable. The simple windward/leeward course set up by Race Officer Nick Royse…

Thank you to all the participants for turning up at Chipstead on a damp and chilly Saturday morning. At 8am the lake was rippled with a good breeze from the South to SouthWest which the Met Office was forecasting to…

Thank you to all the participants for turning up at Chipstead on a beautifully sunny if slightly chilly Saturday morning. The quality of the sailors in the fleet was exceptionally high. At eight AM the lake was like a rippled…

Yesterday saw the first round of the 2024 Midland District 6M Champion Skipper series take place at Two Islands RYC. Whilst there was only a small entry Mike Kemp reports “We completed 16 races in typical Two Islands SW wind,…

This was the first time in a long while that a District Championships had been held for the DF65, such that some might consider this to have been an inaugural one.  With ever increasing costs for travel and accommodation, all…

Following the final race of this winters IOM MDWCS event at Bournville RS&MBC I have just completed the series results and they show that we had 26 different Midland District registered skippers from 7 clubs and a total of 39…