Race report by Andrew Dean The final dinghy races of the Watling Streetworks February Series took place on Sunday morning on Baldwin Reservoir.  The fine forecast brought an excellent fleet which included no fewer than five junior crews. The light wind, and the odd bank of mist, blew steadily up the valley and allowed the race officer to set a course using most of the length of the reservoir.  Click her for t...

The first round of the February dinghy racing for the Watling Streetworks series nearly got off to a very slow start this Sunday morning on West Baldwin reservoir.  With the wind in a westerly direction the Baldwin valley was completely sheltered, not a breath rippled the water and it was just above freezing. Having lost the last two weeks of the January series to either too much or no wind it didn’t look pr...

The final dinghy races of the Watling Streetworks February Series took place on Sunday morning on Baldwin Reservoir.  The fine forecast brought an excellent fleet which included no fewer than five junior crews. The light wind, and the odd bank of mist, blew steadily up the valley and allowed the race officer to set a course using most of the length of the reservoir.  Click her for the full report - Watling St...

The first dinghy racing of 2019 took place on West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning, Round 1 of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series. The forecast was of westerly and variable breeze and was spot on, it was very variable.  Early birds reported that there was no wind but whilst the masses rigged their dinghies it became a bit gusty only for it to drop off to just variable, in strength and direction too. ...

Report by Jerry Colman After the gales of Friday and Saturday, enough to stop the Steam Packet, one might have worried that the weather gods were against us but no – they came up with sunshine and moderate to occasionally fresh breezes on Sunday morning to get races 3 and 4 of the February series off the mark. 11 boats took to the water (plus the patrol boat ably crewed by Helen Kee and Jenny Dean) for t...