Welcome to the New Year Recreational Boaters. The club is very busy with all things Laser. I recently motored (very slowly) up the eastern side of the marina with 200 Lasers going out other way. We have four events coming up in the next few weeks NAV RALLY- February 2nd.  On Sunday February 2nd we have the […]

The light and variable winds experienced on Sunday morning posed a few challenges for the 23 yacht fleet. Observations at Fawkner Beacon showed the breeze halved from about 8 to about 4 knots at the start making a good start difficult. The median start time was 28.5 seconds the slowest of the series. The breeze […]

Race 13 became the 4th race to be abandoned this summer. The BOM issued a strong wind warning for Port Philip with northerly winds of up to 20 knots shifting to the south and increasing to 30 knots in the afternoon. Supplementary advice from the Bureau included that the there would be very unstable weather […]

It was a wet Sunday morning that greeted Sunday Sailors for the first race of the New Year but it wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits of the skippers and crew of the 14 yachts that all completed the race in good time. As the race came to an end so did the rain. The fleet sailed […]

A good southerly breeze that produced a bit of chop and averaged almost 20 knots at Fawkner Beacon gave Wednesday Wonders a brisk start to 2020. The 28 yacht fleet took on the 2nd longest course of the series – a special course of 10.5 nautical miles that included 2 windward and 1 down wind […]