Sailing

Boxing Day provided the sailors of Welland Yacht Club an opportunity to work off the Christmas Day excesses. The weather was kind at the beginning with sunshine and a gently building breeze enough to encourage 12 boats onto the water to race for the Brass Monkey Trophy.With the breeze blowing almost across the clubhouse and bank, it made start timing ...

Sunday saw the penultimate race in the year’s calendar and a chance to get on the water after a couple of weeks cancelled through river conditions. With a forecast of increasing winds during the day and a fresh breeze blowing on arrival, some sailors decided it was going to be too much for them and declined the opportunity.First race of ...

Sunday saw the third and fourth races in the Frostbite series at the Welland Yacht Club.After the previous night’s club presentation, eight boats made the start line, including two sailors new to the race scene, Adam Stabler in a Solo and his son William in a club Topper dinghy.Disappointingly, the wind did not show up and the forecast was not for ...

Sunday saw the delayed start of the Frostbite series of races that will take Welland Yacht Club racing up to Boxing Day .Wind conditions for the first race were almost ideal but a forecast of an increase during the day may have contributed to a reduced number of five boats taking to the water.The wind blowing straight down the river ...

The sun made a welcome return on Sunday for the final regatta of the season the Robert Glenn Trophy at Welland Yacht Club.With a fairly strong breeze and even stronger gusts, most of the laser sailors had elected to use their smaller radial rigs.So six boats took to the line for the start of the first race, one full laser ...