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23 August 2020: Large fleets for Itchenor mid August keelboat regatta
Large fleets for Itchenor mid August keelboat regatta August 17t h - 21 st 2020 After the preceding weeks of light winds and baking temperatures the keelboat sailors of Itchenor Sailing Club welcomed the stronger winds of last week. In fact their prayers for wind were somewhat too effective as two days were lost to the excesses of Storm Ellen. Fifty classic keelboats
Published 00:00 on 23 Aug 2020
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29 June 2019: Points Week Winners 2019
Swallow Harry, Prue and Peter Roome Sunbeam Nick Leach, Martin Evans and Simon O'Hea XOD Colin McKinnon, Ros Hart, Neil Hart
Published 14:26 on 29 Jun 2019
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29 June 2019: Points Week Memories
Michael Forbes Smith playing his bagpipes on the foredeck
Published 10:47 on 29 Jun 2019
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19 June 2017: Points Week Report
Image David Priscott Itchenor Sailing Club's annual Points Week is a tradition that goes back many decades but rarely has there been a more perfect week weather-wise. With beautiful sunshine and changing wind directions, the weather conditions made for interesting and varied racing throughout the week. For the three classic keelboat classes that race during Points Week XODs, Swallows and Sunbeams, race officer Roger Wickens had decreed that racing
Published 14:23 on 19 Jun 2017
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30 June 2015: Points Week Report
The Solent Sunbeam class fielded twenty boats from their growing fleet for Itchenor Sailing Club's Points Week and enjoyed some stellar racing. The perfect start and finish lines, and challenging long courses set by race officer Roger Wickens made for racing that was won both on tactics and boat speed. Fluky winds in the mid week caused many place changes, which along with the challenge of solving the tidal streams in different parts of
Published 14:23 on 30 Jun 2015
