[Thanks to the Shanklin Fleet for letting me join your racing today. We certainly had variable conditions! Thanks especially to Bob Baker for lending me 1926 and Liam and Yvonne for inviting me into their home for a lovely meal, chat and some Americas Cup critical analysis! IMG-20240908-WA0002(1).jp...

Mr Aldridge, are you aiming for this pot as your sail number is below 2015?

Looking forward to another great weekend at NDYC

Hi All

I've just entered (in my Spitfire, sorry!) & looking forward to seeing all the MSC peeps as well as hopefully quite a few others in a warm up for Thorpe Bay.

Wow, that's going to be a high mileage month!!

Oh yes, a gentleman (or lady) knows. I am still constantly surprised that other classes / sailors are not as civilised.

Who remembers this game that the late, great Mr Dewhirst used to play with newbies, usually after a training session? I remember a particularly good game out on the Carsington patio where races at Grafham, complete with the Grafham Bell, wind shadows, wind shifts & fishing boats were re-enacted!...

Correction.

New owner is Gary Day, North Lincolnshire & Humberside SC.

Hi all I just got a bit emotional updating the boat database with Sticks & Stones' new owner details. I've had her for 20 years, since Elenya was 3, sailing & racing hundreds of miles in her. Not to mention the thousands of miles trailing her and all the beers & banter shared with you lo...

Sticks & Stones is moving on after 20 years of enjoyable sailing & racing at Halifax SC, Yorkshire Dales SC & Nationally; mostly una rig, a few Sport Nationals & 2-up with Elenya until she was about 11. Brian Bennett from York is taking her EVEN further north to sail on the Solway Fi...

Ingrid (1942) & I are making the trip down, looking forward to returning to MSC after a rather long absence.

Zoli A Dart15 is probably the best starter boat for your purposes, though not as easy to find outside the UK as other cats. They are simple and not too much sail area. Also fairly easy to right after a capsize, which if you are sailing gently very rarely happens. Prices are also very sensible for bo...

Excellent event, even if some half boats did get in the way from time to time lol. Well done Mark for today & Jenny for the series. I was going to have a beer when I got home but thought I'd use my prize to demolish a bottle of Pinot instead! After that & an hour in the bath I have no aches ...

9" of snow up to lunchtime today, up north. Looks OK til mid afternoon Sat then a few hrs of snow then warmer again. I'm 60:40 atm for not fighting my way down a slippy M-way. Will decide tomorrow evening.

First owned by Chris Black from 2000.
Second owner Richard Philpot.
Third owner Jon Finch to 2023.
Fourth Owner Charles Watson front 2023.

I had exactly the same issue at Rutland, fortunately I was half way back to the club when the mainsheet came off the traveller. However, I considered myself lucky since
I'd not taped it up. Normally there's only the halyard shackle on my boat not taped.