Brass Monkey 2016 – Report
A lone D-Zero made the journey to Yorkshire Dales for the 2016 Brass Monkey. With others left ruing leaving their entry too late. Nigel Austin made the most of his day up north and did a great job of staying away from Tim Olin. He reports as follows: A 3.5hr drive early on the morning […]
Brass Monkey 2015 – Report and Results
Arran Holman is 1st D-Zero at the Brass Monkey 2016 Photo Copyright Paul Hargreaves Dave Woods GBR175 reports: Too much water and not enough wind. A combination that sadly reduced the anticipated eight D-Zeros to only four. Of the four of us present Arran Holman was taking his maiden voyage in a D-Zero. Being a […]
Brass Monkey and Grafham Grand Prix 2016 preview and D-Zero Winter Series update
As Christmas fast approaches so do events 4 and 5 of the D-Zero Winter Series 2015/2016. In rapid succession we have the Brass Monkey at Yorkshire Dales SC on the 27th December and the Grafham Grand Prix the following day. These events are also rounds 3 and 4 of the GJW SailJuice Winter Series 2015/2016. […]
D-Zero Winter Series 2015/2016 – Update
Following on from the postponement of the Grafham D-Zero Open Meeting the class committee have reviewed the Winter Series events and decided that as we are now having 8 events rather than 9 the number of events required to qualify will be reduced to 4. We are trying to reschedule the Grafham D-Zero Open to […]
Suntouched D-Zero Inland Championships 2015 – Report and Results
Close racing throughout the fleet at the 2015 D-Zero Inland Championship. Photo Copyright Paul Hargreaves In a year of firsts for the D-Zero the 10th and 11th October 2015 is definitely one of the stand out moments as 24 D-Zeros turned up to Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club for their inaugural Inland Championships. With a later […]
D-Zero Upcoming Events October 2015
As the sailing year rolls on, the nights draw in and the temperature, inevitably, drops some classes finish their Open Circuit. Not so for us. With the Suntouched D-Zero Inland Championships still to come on the 10th/11th October there is still time to hitch your boat up and have some fun on the water. For […]
Suntouched D-Zero Inland Championships 10th/11th October 2015
Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club On the 10th and 11th October 2015 the D-Zero fleet will be heading north to Yorkshire Dales SC for their inaugural Inland Championships sponsored by Suntouched Sailboats. The notice of race and sailing instructions will be issued to all competitors on arrival. The first race on Saturday will not be before […]
D-Zero Coaching and Demo day at Yorkshire Dales SC
D-Zeros racing at the Yorkshire Dales SC Brass Monkey 2014 Photo Credit: Nicola Evans John Turley of JT Sailsport (D-Zero Northern Area Sales Agent) and Yorkshire Dales SC member has arranged a coaching session at Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club on Sunday 12/04/2015 with RYA Coach Peter Robinson. This is open to any D-Zeros who wish […]
Brass Monkey 27th December Report and Results
Definitely chilly at the Brass Monkey. Photo credit: Paul Jefferies It was definitely brass monkeys at the Yorkshire Dales SC Brass Monkey on the 27th December 2014. Initially 7 D-Zero sailors had signed up for the YDSC Brass Monkey. Unfortunately a combination of bad weather and illness meant 3 of these were missing in […]
Brass Monkey in more ways than one!
On the 27th December 7 hardy members of the D-Zero fleet will be heading off to Yorkshire Dales SC for the Brass Monkey. Having just checked the weather it is looking a bit ‘Brass Monkey’ and I am glad my drysuit is ready for action! At least we have been assured of a warm welcome […]
