Archive for Open Meetings
Harken D-Zero Nationals 2017 supported by Suntouched Sailboats
Lining up for the start on Day 2. Photo Copyright Paul Jefferies On fathers day weekend in 2017 the D-Zero fleet gathered at Royal Torbay Yacht Club for their National Championships. 34 boats had pre-entered but one was unable to make the trip at very late notice due to a relative being taken very ill, […]
Harken D-Zero Nationals 2017 – Final day
Some in the fleet were skeptical when PRO Michael Currie said he was attempting to start on time. The fleet launched and were duly met with light winds on the course but just above the ‘agreed’ 5kt minimum required for a race start. The slick race team got in 2 quick fire races which saw […]
Harken D-Zero Nationals Day 2 – 4 races in a long afternoon
There was a postponement of near 2 hours to allow the wind to fill in and for the Brixham trawlers to thunder across the bay in their race. Once racing got underway the Restronguet fleet showed their class with Paul Scullion and George Cousins taking 3 of the 4 race wins. After day 2 George […]
Harken D-Zero Nationals 2017 – Day 1
Gregg Bartlett leads after a light wind day of racing in Torbay. Full results can be found here: http://results.rtyc.org/hosted2017/dzero/dzeronat2017os.html
Harken D-Zero Nationals 2017 – VR Sport coming to film
The D-Zero Class Association are pleased to announce that we have reached a deal with VRSport.tv to come and film all 3 days of this years event at Royal Torbay YC. As attendees of last years event will remember VR Sport did a fantastic job at Highcliffe SC producing high quality videos that the class […]
Harken D-Zero Nationals 2017 – Sailing Instructions
Royal Torbay YC have published the Sailing Instructions. They can be found on the D-Zero Championships page by clicking here. Or you can click here for a direct link.
Harken D-Zero Nationals 2017 – NoR and Runners and Riders
Firstly, a bit of Admin to tidy up. The NoR can be found on the Royal Torbay YC website (click here) and a direct link to the NoR document can be found by clicking here. Now the admin is out of the way on to more exciting matters, a brief rundown on some of the […]
D-Zeros at Clevedon 3rd June 2017
Ice Cream before sailing Champagne sailing conditions greeted the 6 visitors who travelled from Netley, Cransley, Emsworth and as far away as Hitchin. They joined the two local sailors from Bristol Corinthian & Clevedon. OOD Ian Hotchkiss set an Olympic style triangle sausage course in the bay, with a beat along the shore to Wains […]
Harken D-Zero National Championships 2017
The D-Zero Class Association are pleased to announce that Harken have stepped up as our title sponsor and will be providing prizes for the 2017 National Championships at Royal Torbay YC next weekend. Combine that with live tracking being supplied by SailRacer and sponsored by our friends at Suntouched Sailboats, the UK distributor for Devoti, […]
D-Zero Nationals 2017 – Arrivals and Departures
We have reveived the following from Royal Torbay with regards to Arrivals and Departures: On arrivals, our agreement with the harbour is that boats can arrive / depart one day either side of the event, so anytime from Thursday morning for drop off will be fine. There is a security barrier at the entrance to […]
