It’s been a busy couple of weeks for our sailors 

Well where did those last two week go?

And it has been all go for our sailors.

The spring regatta was a great success, seeing racing around both CHPSC marks and SCYC marks to join the Spring regatta at Abersoch. From all reports it sounded like everyone enjoyed the event, even if there were some sore heads after the last night in the bar.

Meanwhile, on the south coast, Impetuous, Mojito, Gelert, Day Dream believer and Blue Berret Pi, all took part in the Poole IRC European Championship. Some excellent sailing by Impetuous saw them take top spot in IRC class 1. Well done everyone, it certainly highlighted the class of sailing we have here in Tremadog bay.

Back home our youth sailors were taking part in the RS Tera nationals. Well done to Tai Harrold completing in his first ever competition. Tai is also a regular in the crew of Paul&Sam Kitteringham’s Finally and I’m sure we’ll see more of Tai in the future.

This weekend saw our offshore sailors braving conditions in the Midnight race from Liverpool to Douglas. Well done to Andrew and Sam and team on Pata Negra, winning the race overall adding yet another bullet to their scores across the board on the ISORA series. They were joined in Douglas by Chris Miles and Jezebel finishing in 3rd place in class 0. In fact vewing the overall table once again shows the quality of sailing out of Pwllheli with Pata Negra at the top and Nigel Ingram’s Darling in 4th place and Paul&Sam Kitteringham’s Finally in 5th place overall.

The start of the Midnight Race - photo by Pete Ashworth 

Back in the bay there are some summer races for cruisers scheduled using the YTC handicap which is free to obtain and can simply use the standard measurements for boat type. With all our IRC racers either away at regattas or offshore, this is the ideal time for cruisers to have a go. Let us know if you’d like to race and come and speak to us if you need advice.

There’s always the Tremadog Triangle too. Out from the Gimblet Rock start line and around marks 2 (sponsored by Firmhelm), 8 and 10 before back to the Gimblet Rock finish line or do it in reverse. Do it any time between April and November while our marks are laid and let us know your elapsed time and handicap and we’ll add you to the leaderboard. By the way, marks 8 and 10 can still be sponsored so get in touch if you’d like some additional advertising.

Next on our schedule is the 10hour race run in conjunction with the ISORA coastal on the 27th June. The race is based on the Southport 24hour dinghy race where boats race nonstop for the allotted time trying to make as much distance as possible. Handicaps are applied to the distance sailed and average speeds over the distance to determine the winner. It is well known as a great social event as well as a great race.