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.…

Fifteen Sailors came along for our Scratch racing today. We chose to start half an hour earlier to try and avoid the afternoon sun glare, it almost worked! Clear skies and a Westerly were forecast, we got that and had to cop it. It was nice to have a breeze and it ranged from 10…

Sixteen DAC Sailors came along yesterday despite the forecast of cool temperatures and a good chance of showers. There was a brisk Southerly breeze which called for C sails with a late possibility of D’s towards the end of racing. We set a shortish West course which was best for the wind but was further…

Fourteen Sailors arrived yesterday for our scratch racing. We welcomed our new member, Rob Widders sailing #209, previously owned by Mark Luland. We also welcomed a visitor from New Zealand, Stephen MacIlpuhan, a DF sailor who sailed #214. Thank you to Mick Costa who again opted to score and R.O. Mick took no prisoners with…

Firstly, thank you to Noel McPherson who came out of his “retirement” to take over racing and reports for the last 8 weeks and to Graham Brown who continues to set practical courses for our sailing. Further thanks go to Mick Costa for our scoring and to Trevor Bowden who manned the tender for course…

As usual, we were expecting quite different conditions than what we turned up to.  I cannot be unkind…. par for the course. There was a suggestion of a breeze from the west, but as soon as Graham Brown went out to set the course, that petered out and begun a rotating cycle that settled generally…