Nineteen DAC Sailors enjoyed some very close handicap racing on Thursday. The highest number for the year. We were tested with greatly varying winds. The forecast Nor’Easter appeared for about ten minutes only and then reverted to the morning Westerly. The wind speed ranged from 9 up to 28 Km/Hr., (5 to 15 Knots). The…

And Spring continues to bring us great sailing weather! Eighteen DAC Sailors enjoyed a welcome Nor’Easter and a temperature around 22oC. The wind speed was pretty much as forecast at 12 to 21Km/Hr with a peak of 31 by the end of sailing, (7 to 12 up to 16 Knots). Lighter conditions at the start…

It’s good to be back on deck again. Thank you Noel McPherson for once again coming out of retirement. A superb job as always. Conditions for yesterday’s racing were as good as it gets. The Sou’Easter was fairly steady all day with the speed ranging from 9 up to 22 Km/Hr., (5 to 12 Knots),…

Well, we got back to our usual DAC weather today.  Winds SW to S to SE and back again…. repeatedly.  Perhaps a few times it resembled the forecast.  We had rather cold then very warm; heavy overcast then bright sunshine… Never take anything for granted! So 18 of us turned up to see what we…

We had 18 sailors arrive at DAC to be greeted by a westerly breeze that was looking bit lively, but with a few lulls between gusts – it had to be a C sail rather than the D; and that is how it turned out – there was one D appear later in the day,…

The day promised to be a typical DAC (for this year anyway) day, with a southerly forecast and light winds.   They got it partly right. We had to wait around until about 1 p.m. before we could get enough puff to allow us to go to sailing. Not to be outdone, Graham Brown went out to…

15 sailors gathered round on a warm and sunny day with a forecasted NNE breeze. If only that was to be! In anticipation, Graham Brown set a course early on, however the fickle wind gods teased him and so he needed to turn the course slightly to meet the increasing NW breeze. Thanks Graham –…

14 sailors turned up on a bright sunny day to what appeared to be a promising day day sailing.  However, that was really as good as it got, with the conditions declining as the afternoon wore on.   We were lucky to get in 7 races, and everyone agreed that was it – we pulled our…

We had eighteen DAC Sailors for yesterday’s, once again, popular Handicap racing day. The forecast and actual conditions were for a gentle Westerly at 4 to 10 Km/Hr., with a few gusts up to 17, (2 to 6 Knots, gusts to 9). We chose A sails for the day, a great idea as there were…

Yesterday we set another high attendance with 18 DAC Sailors coming along for our scratch racing day. The forecast wind came in late, unfortunately. We were expecting up to 35 Km/Hr before noon. All was quiet until about 1.30pm as we enjoyed the peaceful and calm conditions, hoping for and expecting at least a zephyr.…