Ninety Years Young Yes, this is the Man. Does he need any introduction? There is little doubt that members who meet Peter Cheek for the first time might remember him for his outspoken words that on occasions have been known to rankle his fellow members, and the General Committee! Conversely of course his [...]
Light winds on Sunday 6th May (Photo: Ed Higham)Sailing ReportThe Class Race Day on the 6th was remarkable only because the wind simply refused to cooperate and only one lap of one race was completed all day! The prize winners were: James Williams and Vicky Counsell in an RS200, John Kelly and Colin Shepherd in [...]
Fresh breeze and sunshine - Wednesday Evening Series, 2 May Sailing Report May seems to have started where April left off – lots of the tree-shaking stuff for us to contend with! The climax of the Spring Points series gave us some worthy winners. Nick Martindale with assorted crews in an RS200 won the [...]
50+ boats sailed the 1st Wednesday Evening Race of the season Sailing Report - John Smalley, Vice-Commodore The John Jarrett trophy and Commodores Cup were sailed in a very light, basically Northerly breeze. Our Race Officer, Nick Martindale was able to start the morning, all-in Handicap from the Club start line – no mean [...]
Coming soon: the Wednesday Evening Series! Sailing Report - John Smalley, Vice-Commodore After the wind chill, cold and snow curtailed their training weekend, our Fireball visitors enjoyed a fairly gentle Northerly breeze for their open meeting. The race team managed to complete the scheduled 7 race series over two days. With the shifting wind, the [...]
