Round One _ Wee Nip
Our season opener took place on the main lake at Abington Park with a round in this years Wee Nip Medal Competition, Mike Ewart took the lead at this early stage however perenial winner Paul Risdale was unable to be present due to a bout of flu, hopefully Paul will be back soon, for the next round which takes place on 21st, March 2015, a Mixed Fleet competition.
A full report of the Wee Nip event can be found on the Wee Nip website.
Our season opener took place on the main lake at Abington Park with a round in this years Wee Nip Medal Competition, Mike Ewart took the lead at this early stage however perenial winner Paul Risdale was unable to be present due to a bout of flu, hopefully Paul will be back soon, for the next round which takes place on 21st, March 2015, a Mixed Fleet competition.
A full report of the Wee Nip event can be found on the Wee Nip website.
Round Two _ Mini Mixed Fleet
Indeed Paul did return with avengence taking maximum points from the event victory although the conditions meant that everyone had a turn up the front and the racing was good fun with numerous close finishes.
Indeed Paul did return with avengence taking maximum points from the event victory although the conditions meant that everyone had a turn up the front and the racing was good fun with numerous close finishes.
Round Three _ Mini Mixed Fleet
Just six stallwarts of Abington Park MYC attended Daventry Country Park, the weather looked like it was going to be bad but turn out to be good, the wind direction was just perfect enablling us to set a close to shore up wind down wind course. Lots more RG65's today the RG65 designs beating the one Dragon Force of Mike Ewart although when the wind picked up Mike took his revenge. The one Micro 540 struggled. Once again a good time was had by all.
Just six stallwarts of Abington Park MYC attended Daventry Country Park, the weather looked like it was going to be bad but turn out to be good, the wind direction was just perfect enablling us to set a close to shore up wind down wind course. Lots more RG65's today the RG65 designs beating the one Dragon Force of Mike Ewart although when the wind picked up Mike took his revenge. The one Micro 540 struggled. Once again a good time was had by all.
Round Four _ Wee Nip
A full fleet of skippers braved the off shore winds, loose marks, dogs and women, despite everything nobody lost their cool, I think everyone enjoyed the racing even if it extended some of the skippers knowledge of the racing rules of sailing at times. John Simmons went home with the big prize, Paul Risdale was always in the hunt and should be pleased with his days racing. The battle in mid fleet was fierce, and some of the regular supporters of the class showed a continuing improvement.
Full Report here
A full fleet of skippers braved the off shore winds, loose marks, dogs and women, despite everything nobody lost their cool, I think everyone enjoyed the racing even if it extended some of the skippers knowledge of the racing rules of sailing at times. John Simmons went home with the big prize, Paul Risdale was always in the hunt and should be pleased with his days racing. The battle in mid fleet was fierce, and some of the regular supporters of the class showed a continuing improvement.
Full Report here
Round Five _ Mini Mixed Fleet
Just four stalwarts and a couple of wannabe stallwarts took part in this weeks Mini Mixed Fleet Racing, I wasn't there so can only guess what happened so here is my best guess! Everyone had a great time and the event was most enjoyable, I hope so anyway! - Get the proper report here
Just four stalwarts and a couple of wannabe stallwarts took part in this weeks Mini Mixed Fleet Racing, I wasn't there so can only guess what happened so here is my best guess! Everyone had a great time and the event was most enjoyable, I hope so anyway! - Get the proper report here
Round Six_Wee Nip
A full fleet of thirteen skippers took part in the sixth round of the Martin Dale Cup, the emphasis now moves away from the larger yachts in our fleet with June and early July having two Footy Events and a Micro 540 which is bound to shake things up a bit.
You can read what happened in this event here.
A full fleet of thirteen skippers took part in the sixth round of the Martin Dale Cup, the emphasis now moves away from the larger yachts in our fleet with June and early July having two Footy Events and a Micro 540 which is bound to shake things up a bit.
You can read what happened in this event here.
Round Seven_Extreme Footy Series ACT5
The first of three Footy Events that could define this years Martin Dale Cup, a new leader and a closing up at the top, expect things to get much tighter as skippers start to discard their less sucessful events from round ten onwards. To see how it all unfolded for this event click here.
The first of three Footy Events that could define this years Martin Dale Cup, a new leader and a closing up at the top, expect things to get much tighter as skippers start to discard their less sucessful events from round ten onwards. To see how it all unfolded for this event click here.
Round Eight_Micro 540
Wet and miserable, no wind, I wish we had taken up Paul Risdale's suggestion of packing up after the first race but of course by then the Gazebo was wet and so we stayed until the wind failed us completely, the strains of a Tina Turner sound alike bounced across from the carnival parade ground and the rain had soaked us through, apart from this a great time was had by all!
Wet and miserable, no wind, I wish we had taken up Paul Risdale's suggestion of packing up after the first race but of course by then the Gazebo was wet and so we stayed until the wind failed us completely, the strains of a Tina Turner sound alike bounced across from the carnival parade ground and the rain had soaked us through, apart from this a great time was had by all!