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Given that the forecast during the week was for force 7/8 winds it was great to see 18 boats on the water for what turned out to be a wet, wild, windy and exhilarating sail for the RNLI trophy day event. Half an hour before the due midday start there was a light, and very patchy, northerly force 2 trying to establish itself but this soon disappeared. It was forecast to blow from the west so a postponement was put...
Results available here. Thanks to Gerard Vanden Hoek for photographs. An early 14 knot easterly breeze greeted the competitors and the 66 boats that turned out for the final weekend of the 2015 Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club. The top places in each fleet were already confirmed before the racing started but this didn’t mean the winners could relax as there was the matter of pride to sail for and further down the fleets, there was the...
Results RS200 RS400 Race report to follow. Ben Unwin was on the water all weekend. Please support his efforts by visiting his website and purchasing pictures, prices are very reasonable.
It had been a long time in coming but it was worth the wait as for the first time in the series a true westerly breeze straight down the Flash allowed the PRO to utilise the full length of the water, and in the process bring a big smile to the asymmetric fleet, as he set a long beat with plenty of off wind legs AND a windward/leeward course for the asymmetrics. After an initial pre-start downpour the sun decided to...
With midweek forecasts of gale force winds for Sunday it was touch and go whether we would get any sailing in this weekend, however the majority of the gale seemed to have blown through overnight as competitors for races 17 & 18 in the Crewsaver sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club arrived to find a manageable 17 knot south westerly breeze which enticed 46 boats on to the water while many others opted for the warmth of the...
With several weather forecasts for Sunday predicting 30 knot winds, snow and freezing cold temperatures it was little wonder quite a few competitors decided to make alternate plans for Sunday. The die-hards who did decide to turn up found that two thirds of the forecast was right as 30 minutes before the start they witnessed (and sailed in) a blizzard and the air temperature dropped significantly. Undeterred by all of this 49 boats braved the elements and took to the water for races 15 &...
Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle 2015 – Races 11 & 12 Week 6, races 11 & 12, of the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club and once again competitors arrived on a windless freezing cold morning to find the Flash covered in mist. The PRO, Mike Baldwin, promised all that the forecast was for the mist to lift and a north westerly breeze to fill in around midday. In what seems to be a familiar pattern the...
Results here. Photographs thanks to Gerard Vanden Hoek. Link to Peter Baldwin’s photographs. With a weeklong forecast of a clear sky, frost and a strong bitterly cold wind for Sunday competitors who arrived for races 8 & 9 in the ‘Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club were not disappointed as they were greeted by a clear blue sky and a chilly 18 knot north westerly breeze blowing down the Flash and, for the first time in weeks PRO Peter Baldwins ‘AP’...
Results here. Photographs thanks to Gerard Vanden Hoek. For the third weekend in a row competitors arrived at the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series arrived at Leigh & Lowton sailing club for races 6 & 7 in the series to once again find that there was not a breath of wind to be felt but at least the sun made an appearance and the air temperature was a lot warmer than in previous weeks.Again the clubhouse was packed with people awaiting the...