Sunday 9th December, conditions – SW wind gusting 45 knots.

This is getting monotonous with yet another race lost due to bad weather. With five races of the series now cancelled this must be a record. The last race of the series is programmed for next Sunday 16th, followed by Prize Giving at PSC. If the weather follows the present pattern and this race is cancelled Prize Giving will take place at 1200 hrs.

Yola Veck, OOD

Race 6, 2nd December 2007, was cancelled.

Conditions were SW wind gusting 50 knots. This is the fourth race of the series which has been lost due to bad weather, we can only hope that the weather turns favourably for the final two.

Yola Veck

The results and report from Sunday's Race 5 in the PSC Frostbite are now available to view on the Dinghy Racing page.

Race 4 – 18th November 2007 was cancelled:

Conditions – SE wind gusting 38 knots.

The weather is not being kind to the Series, this being the third race we have lost. Hopefully the competitors will not be disheartened and still turn up for remainder of the series, which has been extended by two races finishing on 16th December with Prize Giving at PSC after the last race.

Yola Veck

Addition to Programme

3 of the 6 races originally programmed have now been lost due to the weather so the Sailing Committee have decided to extend the programme by adding 2 more races:

Race 7 – 9th December
Race 8 – 16th December

Prize Giving will take place in PSC after the last race.

The Sailing Instructions for the Frostbite Dinghy Series 2007 have been amended to read:

"Shortening Course: The course may be shortened when the lead boat approaches any mark of the course. This shall be signalled by displaying of Flag S accompanied by 2 sound signals by the committee boat. A safety boat will, if possible, be positioned at the mark to advise competitors of the shortened course. After rounding the mark boats must then proceed to the finishing line from the direction of that mark."

The amended Sailing Instructions are available on the Download page.

Conditions - N.W. wind of F6 gusting F7. It was not possible to use the option of Course D and race in the waters adjacent to the Royal Naval Sailing Centre (as in Race 1) because due to the wind direction these waters were far from sheltered. The OOD in consultation with Ken Bichard of the RNSC made to decision to cancel the race.

Yola Veck OOD

The latest results for the 51st Frostbite Dinghy Series are now available on the Dinghy Racing page. Today's race was abandoned due to lack of wind, but the results have been amended to include a correction from race 1.

Despite the poor weather over the weekend, a total of nine dinghies turned out for the first Sunday of racing in the 51st PSC Frostbite Series. Full results are available via the Dinghy Racing page.

The Sailing Instructions & Risk Assessment for the forthcoming Frostbite Dinghy Series, the 51st series, are now available on the Download page.

The latest results for races in this years Frostbite Series are now available to download here.

The sailing instructions for this year's 50th Anniversary Frostbite Dinghy Series are now available from the Download page. Please be aware that if the most recent version of the sailing instructions must be used. These sailing instructions were revised as of 15th October 2006 as a result of events in the first race and should be used in all further races. A summary of the changes:

a)    The start line need no longer display a black and yellow board, but is designated as the Committee boat mast.
 
b)    Courses have been changed - firstly to give a satisfactory east start in an east wind - secondly as a result of the loss of the buoy previously designated 'A'

PSC is still at least one person short of a full crew for this upcoming series starting this Sunday, 26th February. If you would like to helm or crew the second boat in the PSC team please contact any of the following: Gareth Tovey, Dave White, Richard Hills or Bob Stewart.

The Sailing Instructions for the forthcoming Portsmouth Harbour Team Dinghy Racing series run by PSC and the Royal Navy Sailing Centre are now available from the Download page.

The dates for the Harbour Team racing have been announced. The series will be held over 2 weekends, Sunday 26th February 2006 and Sunday 12th March 2006, with 5th March and 19th March as reserve dates in the event of bad weather, etc.

The final two races in this year's Frostbite were lost due to lack of wind. Therefore the final positions were as per Race 9. Full results on the Frostbite Results page.

1st - Andy Cummins, Laser
2nd - Ken Bichard & Lynne James, Bosun
3rd - Dave White & Les Duerdin, Bosun

Race 9 results now available from the Dinghy Results page.

The results for Frostbite Races 7 & 8 are now on the Results page and several photos of the racing are in the Gallery.

The results for Races 3 & 4 are now available from the dinghy racing results page.

A revised set of sailing instructions for the Frostbite are now available to download. The revisions the addition of the risk assessment (previously omitted) and revised courses. Full details are on the Dinghy Racing page. Please ensure that you download and use the latest issue of sailing instructions.

The results of this year's first Frostbite Dinghy series are now available via the Dinghy Racing page.

The Sailing Instructions for this year's Frostbite Series are now available from the Download page.

Thanks to our friends at the RNSC at Whale Island, PSC members have the use of Bosun dinghies for the series if their own boat is out of commission, or if they just want to get back into a dinghy.

The Victory Class have also entered some boats in this year's series. What are the rest of you going to bring...?