Dinghy
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 26 January 2020
The final two races of the January Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series took place on West Baldwin Reservoir on Sunday morning. Unlike the previous weeks cancellation due to a complete lack of wind, competitors arriving early were met with conditions that were marginal at best, strong, gusty wind and torrential rain. However, the forecast was for…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 12 January 2020
Report by Andrew Dean A relative window in the weather on Sunday gave pleasant but tricky racing for the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series at West Baldwin reservoir. The wind direction was due west, resulting in a reduction from the open-sea strong winds, but Colden Hill to the west led to very gusty conditions. A great…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 5 January 2020
Sunday morning dinghy racing on Baldwin Reservoir sponsored by Watling Streetworks brought us a New year, new series and thirteen competitors made for a lively although remarkably quiet start line (vocally). Full report here – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 5 January 2020
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 29 December 2019
Write-up by Keith Poole Maybe it was over indulgence of mince pies or too much festive cheer, surely it wasn’t the howling gale that put people off, but it just goes to prove that you never can tell what’s going on at Injebreck. For the most part there was a reasonable Force 3 gusting 4,…
Frostbite Regatta – 26 December 2019
NO PHOTO’S TAKEN DUE TO THE ATROCIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS!! The final Sailing Regatta of the 2019 season, the Boxing Day Frostbite Regatta, sponsored by Watling Streetworks took place on West Baldwin reservoir. The single race for the S E Quayle Cup was of the Pursuit type, slow boats away first, faster boats later, depending on…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 15 December 2019
Following last weeks cancellation of dinghy racing, the Watling Streetworks Winter Series continued this Sunday morning on West Baldwin reservoir. Unlike the howling gale of the previous week, conditions were about as good as it gets. Bright sunshine and a south westerly breeze blowing mostly up the valley, gentle at first but forecast to steadily…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 1 December 2019
Report by Andrew Dean There are two essentials for the sport of dinghy racing: water and wind. On a glorious, cold Sunday morning the very full West Baldwin reservoir was calm, reflecting a total lack of wind. Some went home, but soon ripples were observed from a light Northerly wind, so hasty rigging ensued by…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 24 November 2019
The last two races of the November Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series was sailed on West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning. Thanks to the weather over the last month there has been racing every weekend so the competitors will be able to discard their worst two results. Click here for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 17 November 2019
Write-up by Jerry Colman A 10 boat fleet turned out on Sunday morning for the latest round of the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series on West Baldwin reservoir. The fabulous sunshine was complemented with a gentle northerly breeze interspersed with the odd shift blowing down the valley, about as good as it gets. Anticipating a very…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 10 November 2019
Write-up by Keith Poole A break in the Autumnal rain and storms allowed the latest round of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series to continue on West Baldwin Reservoir on Sunday morning. Click here to read the full article – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 10 November 2019
