The final two races in this Spring's Parhelion Series were held today in the Eastern Solent. Sixteen yachts competed in three classes. Prizes were awarded by PSC Vice-Commodore Robin Townsend. Photos of the prize-giving are available on the Images page.

A reminder that the prize-giving for this series will take place on completion of racing on Saturday, at Portsmouth Sailing Club, nominally between 1530 to 1600, depending on race finish times, etc. As usual we will be operating the RIB ferry service, which can be reached on Ch. 72. As there will be more of you than usual coming over the Club on Saturday, it may take a little more time for the RIB to reach you, but please bear with us and we will try to get to everyone as soon as possible. There will also be a light buffet and the bar will of course be open as usual.

The results for the latest two races of the series are now on the Results page

As a trial, six short movie clips of racing in the Parhelion Spring Series are available to view on the Multimedia page. The files are in MPEG-4 format, which should be compatible with the latest versions of: Apple Quicktime, Real Player 10, Windows Media Player 10, VideoLAN VLC and other media players.

Comments and feedback welcome.

The latest races in the Parhelion Spring Series took place today. Fifteen yachts turned out to compete in three classes. Results and Images of today's racing can be found by following the links on the left.

If you would like to take part in this event, you still have time to enter. The closing date is 27th May. The poster and entry form are available from the Downloads page. Thanks to Bob Evans for these files.

"CELEBRATING THE BI-CENTENARY OF NELSON’S HISTORIC VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR: Assemble at No.3 Buoy in Portsmouth Harbour at 1200hrs. The fleet will be despatched in club groups in 4 lines from 14.30hrs, proceeding at a speed of 3-4kn through the small boat channel, crossing the main channel by Southsea Castle, along Southsea Seafront, through the Submarine Barrier, around Horse Sand Fort and back home to celebrate. The event will begin with a live re-enactment of a Gunpowder Run from Priddy's Hard in Gosport to the Historic Dockyard Portsmouth. Please take this opportunity to bring along one or two people who haven’t had the opportunity to go to sea before."

The second and third races of the Spring Series took place today in far better sailing conditions than the first. Full results and the series standings can be viewed on the Results page. Photos of today's racing can be seen on the Images page.

The newly formed GK24 Owners Association has put its weight behind PSC's Parhelion Spring Series 2005, with four GK24s in the Club class. PSC is very enthusiastic about this new Association forming close ties to club racing from the start, and we would be delighted to welcome more entries. With enough boats, class racing is very real possibility and represent a fantastic start for the new Owners Association.

The IRC Fleet splits for the Parhelion Series are as follows:
IRC 1: 1.001 and above
IRC 2: 0.920 - 1.000
IRC 3: up to 0.919