Apologies for the lateness of this Race Report which I’m writing on the Wednesday following the Race because I left Sevenoaks immediately after the WS  session last Thursday to drive to the famous Spa-Francorchamps car racing circuit in Belgium for their annual Classic Car Racing weekend. I was the co-pilot and navigator in a drophead 1968 3.8 litre straight-six… Read More

WOW..!! What a day and what a race…!! The day was beautiful and sunny, with a Westerly 10-15 knots of breeze blowing straight down the lake. Which made setting a course very simple, with the start line between Mark-K and the now regular small marker flag, being directly in front of the main pontoon, and… Read More

“Sailors like wind!” I hear you cry – but maybe not after seeing the dramatic pitchpole last Tuesday by the NZ  Team Emirates  skipper when he found that 24 knots of wind was just too much to handle as he managed to bear away and start the chase from the head to wind position he… Read More

“What an absolutely, fantastically beautiful day!” was the main refrain heard yesterday around the club house and across the lake. It really was – summer had arrived on cue and although the early sign (at 0830 hours) was a total absence of wind, by 1000 the forecast EAST (Ed. Many thanks to hawk-eyed David Mason!!) … Read More

Sorry to be sending out this report so late, and I’m also sorry to say that there isn’t even much of a report to give for last weeks race. This is mainly because although the person running the race did a fantastic job of organising the race and taking times, etc, they forgot to supply… Read More

Well what can we say, except that although conditions didn’t look that good to begin with, by the time today’s race was due to start, the Sun had come out and there was a lovely F3 breeze from the NE. Not too much of note during the main part of the race, except to remind… Read More