Feb 2024
Author: Klaus Harris
January 2024
I’ve been joining the Poole Yacht Club ILCA / Aero fleet on Saturdays so far this year as my local club does no racing over the Winter. The Saturday format is a micro regatta of five short back-to-back races which is great for practising starts.
I’m enjoying sailing in Poole Harbour again and it’s been fun to have different tides to play in.
Sailing in 2023
Starcross Steamer, Handicap Pursuit Race January
This was a great start to the year and I finished just under halfway down the fleet which was an open event personal best. There’s a separate Starcross Steamer post.
November 2023
The First Autumn Easterly
Swanage, Dorset, UK
Sept 2024
Sunrise.
August 2023
Durdle Door and Man o’ War Cove in Dorset, UK.
Poole Harbour
Swanage
Starcross Steamer Jan 2023
Last Sunday saw the first race and first open event of 2023, the Starcross Steamer, a handicap pursuit race on the Exe estuary in the UK.
Pursuit races are a great fun race format. All boat classes have a handicap, the race has a fixed length (e.g. 150 mins), slower boats start first, faster boats later with the idea being everyone is trying to catch up to and overtake everyone else. After the fixed race time, the race is stopped, and positions are taken by the safety boats.
It was an early start to the day, and we were rewarded with some lovely views.
Continue reading “Starcross Steamer Jan 2023”2022 on the water
Looking back, 2022 was a great year on the water. My main sailing goal for the year was to compete in the RS Aero Championships, a five day event. The months of training were a success and I managed all five days.
Klaus Harris 