The provisional dates for the Parhelion Spring Series 2009 have been announced: Parhelion Spring Series 2009: Saturday 28th March: Races 1 & 2; 4th April, Races 3 & 4; 11th April, Races 5 & 6; 18th April, Races 7 & 8; 25th October, Races 9 & 10, followed by the prize-giving. Race numbers and formats are yet to be finalised, however the dates are confirmed. The entry form for the Autumn Series 2008 will be available shortly.

Tags: yacht racing, Parhelion, Spring Series

Our long distance took place today, the sixth sailed race in this year's Spring Series. Results can be found here.

At the time of posting, the five-day weather forecast for Portsmouth is forecasting wind speeds of 30mph (F6) and gusts of 50mph (F9) for Saturday 29th March, the first weekend of the Parhelion Spring Series 2008. If conditions occur as predicted, there is likely to be an effect on Saturday's racing, ultimately racing may not take place. As usual, the decision to run Saturday's racing will be taken on the morning of the race, unless the weather forecast is sufficiently poor to warrant a decision on the previous evening.

The Sailing Instructions and Sailing Instructions Appendix A, East Solent Marks, are now both available from the Downloads page.

The Entry Form, Notice of Race and Port Marine Safety Code Risk Assessment documents are now available from the Downloads page.

The dates for both the PSC Parhelion Spring and Autumn Series have been announced:

Parhelion Spring Series 2008:
Saturday 29th March: Races 1 & 2
Saturday 5th April: Race 3 (Long Race)
Saturday 12th April: Races 4 & 5
Saturday 19th April: Races 6 & 7
Saturday 26th April: Races 8 & 9

Parhelion Autumn Series 2008:
Saturday 20th September: Races 1 & 2
Saturday 27th September: Races 3 & 4
Saturday 4th October: Race 5 (Long Race 1)
Saturday 11th October: Races 6 & 7
Saturday 18th October: Race 8 (Long Race 2)
Saturday 25th October: Races 9 & 10

An error has been found in the results for the last two races of the series which has affected the final places for Club Class only. The IRC class is not affected. Although Stargift won the last race, because her handicap had not been included and that fact was subsequently missed, it affected the tie-breaking for third place between Just in Time and One More Knot. Consequently when the handicap is included and Stargift is placed first, the Appendix A8.1 and 8.2 tie-break rules resolve the tie in favour of Just in Time over One More Knot.

Rules included for reference:

A8 SERIES TIES 
A8.1  If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s 
race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first 
point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of 
the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.

A8.2 If a tie remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked 
in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be 
broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so 
on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of 
them are excluded scores. 

The first two places in Club Class are not affected. All the scores in all the races for the series are recalculated after each new race and any changes to fleets. Revised results have now been posted on Yacht Results page.

The final results for this year's Parhelion Autumn Series are now online on the Yacht Results page. A full report will follow soon.

The results for yesterday's long distance race are now available to download from the Yacht Results page. Our apologies for the delay in processing the Club class results for Races 6 & 7, these results are now available at the same location. Corrections for the elapsed time of Auditrac and Nieves in Race 6 and additional Lady Helm names have also been added.

The IRC Class results for Races 6 & 7, the Lady Helm races are now on the Yacht Results page.

Parhelion Newsletter No. 3 is now available from the Download page.

The results for Saturday's Passage Race to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club are now online on the Yacht Results page. This Saturday is the Lady's Helm racing day. Boats will need to declare if they are racing with a female helm and her name. The female helm in the 1st. boat, corrected for rating will be awarded a separate prize at the Prize-giving in November.

The results for Races 3 & 4 of the Parhelion Autumn Series are now available on the Yacht Results page.

Please be aware that this Saturday's Parhelion Autumn Series passage race will be to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club not Bembridge as previously advertised. The intention is to finish the race in the vicinity of Wooton creek and Ryde pier. 

The results for the first weekend of the Parhelion Autumn Series are now available to download in PDF format from the Download page and to view on the Yacht Results Page. Jim Page has also compiled a short newsletter on yesterday's racing which is also available on the Download page.

Appendix A of the Sailing Instructions, course marks and symbols, is now available from the Download page. A full list of Solent racing marks in several formats (inc. Microsoft Excel) and some compatible with several GPS manufacturers' products is available to download from the Cowes Harbour Commission website, Cowes Online, at this address: http://www.cowes.co.uk/zonexml/index?cp=0-171-108

The sailing instructions for the Parhelion Autumn Series 2007 are now available to download on the Download page.

The Crew List page has been updated with details of vacancies on the X372 yacht Xtrovert for the forthcoming Parhelion Autumn Series 2007. Full details on the Crew List page.

The Risk Assessment for the Parhelion Autumn Series 2007 is now available on the Download page.

The entry form, advertising flyer (brief outline & entry form) and the notice of race for the forthcoming Autumn 2007 Parhelion Series are now available to download from the Download page.

This Autumn Series features a revised programme of ten races held over six weekends. Two weekends will feature single races, one long distance and one passage race to the provisionally to the Royal Victoria Yacht club in Bembridge. The fourth race day of the series will feature two races exclusively for lady helms.

The Sailing Instructions for this weekend's Early Summer Open Regatta are now available from the Download page.

Results for the final two races in this year's Spring Series and the overall results for the Series are now on the Yacht Results page. Report to follow.

PSC and Chichester Harbour Brokers will once again be running racing for the Beneteau Cup on 12th May in West Hayling Bay. Full details are on the Yacht Racing page. The Entry Form and Notice of Race are available on the Download page.

The results for Race 7 are now on the Yacht Results page.

Amendment 1 to the Parhleion SIs is now available on the Download page. The amendment details changes in names of certain race marks and amends the race time limit for the single long race on 21st April. The file is shown below:
Amend1Spr07

The results for races 3 & 4 of this year's Parhelion Spring Series are now available to view on the Yacht Reports page. The race report will follow soon.

A few words from Bill Oakley last Saturday's racing can be found on the Yacht Reports page.

The results for the first two races of this year's Parhelion Spring Series are now available to view on the Yacht Results page. Race report to follow.

The Sailing Instructions, Marks List and Chart for the Parhelion Spring Series 2007 have been posted on the Download page. These documents will also be distributed via email to registered competitors.

Please note that the Marks List and Chart are for the Autumn Series 2006. As of 22/03/2007, the SCRA (yellow and black spherical) are not all in position. A new set of Marks List and Charts will be issued when the SCRA marks are in position and any changes are notified. These 2006 documents are being issued to allow racing to place around fixed navigational and permanent Solent marks.

The entry form, notice of race, flyer and risk assessement for the forthcoming Parhelion Spring Series are now online on the Download page.

Entry fees and further details for the forthcoming Spring Series are now on the Yacht Racing page.

The dates for the Spring and Autumn Parhelion Series are now on the Yacht Racing page.

The results for Races 11 & 12 in the Autumn Series can be found here. The report is posted on the Reports page.

The results for Races 9 & 10 in the Autumn Series can be found here. The report is posted on the Reports page.

The results for Races 7 & 8 in the Autumn Series can be found here.

The results for Races 5 & 6 in the Autumn Series can be found here. The report is posted on the Reports page.

The results for Races 3 and 4 in the Parhelion Autumn series are now available on the results page. A brief report is also available on the reports page.

The provisional results for the first two races in the Autumn Series are now available on the Results page.

The Solent Chart and East Solent Marks List have been updated to reflect current mark names and positions. Both files are available from the Download page.

The Sailing Instructions, Solent Chart and East Solent Marks List are now available from the Download page.

This autumn's Parhelion Series for yachts will commence on Saturday 7th October. The series runs every Saturday until 11th November, with the prize-giving following racing on that day. The entry form and notice of race are available from the Download page.

There are a few pictures of the racing on Nigel Sefton-Smith's new website at woozle.co.uk. Prints can now be bought online from this new site.

The final two races of the Parhelion Spring Series were held today in Hayling Bay, followed by the prize-giving at Portsmouth Sailing Club. Full results are on the Yacht Results page.

The results of all three races are now on the Yacht Results page.

Amendment 1 to the Sailing Instructions for the Parhelion Spring Series 2006 is now available from the Download page. This is to cover the additional race on Saturday 22nd April in conjunction with the CHB Beneteau Cup also being run by racewithcondor under the PSC Burgee. There will be approximately 20 additional yachts taking part in the CHB Cup. The additional race will be considered to be race 4 for the Spring Series.

Freelance racing coach Jim Saltonstall will be giving a talk at Portsmouth Sailing Club on Friday April 21st. Jim will be talking about, among other things, the racing rules of sailing and race starting. Price will be £3.00 on the night. Postponed from April 7th.

The results for Races 5 & 6 in this year's Parhelion Spring Series are now available to view on the Yacht Results page.

Results for Race 3 are now online at the Yacht Results page.

Notice to competitors in the Parhelion Spring Series:

As you will be aware, there were some problems with today's races. The root cause was the failure of the starter motor on the committee boat Condor. Condor was refitted in December and January with a new Diesel engine, including a new starter motor. Obviously no problems were experienced during last week's racing, nor in any of the other races Condor has been involved in so far this year.

On finding this problem, the race team immediately set about trying to repair the starter motor with the aim of getting Condor underway to run the day's races. However as we eventually found, the start motor had simply failed internally and there was no other solution than to replace the motor. This ruled Condor out of the racing for the day.

Because we were aware that the majority of the fleet was already heading out to the race area, the decision was then taken to attempt to run racing from two support RIBs. Although we were able to get the first race underway, we experienced significant problems trying to anchor the replacement committee boat Solent Storm. Multiple attempts were made to lay first one anchor and then two at a time, but at the start we were still having to use the engine to keep station. After the start, one of the anchor lines became wrapped around the propellor and subsequently cut.

Having lost one anchor and not wishing to loose the other, the decision was then taken to end the day's racing after first race and recover the race at a later date when both Condor and a full race team will be available.

Portsmouth Sailing Club and race-with-condor would like to apologise for the disappointment today's events will have caused. We would also like thank all our competitors for their patience and forbearance whilst we attempted to salvage the situation. As we hope you will appreciate, starter motor failure was unexpected and we would not wish to cancel racing unless it was absolutely necessary. We expect to be back to normal next week and we hope you will join us.

The Sailing Instructions for the forthcoming Parhelion Spring Series are now available from the Download page.

The Port Marine Safety code Risk Assessment for this springs Parhelion Yacht Series is available to view from the Download page.

Please be advised that there is a slight problem with the Parhelion Spring Series Entry Form. The original version showed 15th April as being a race date. This was incorrect, there will be no racing over the Easter weekend. All other dates and figures are correct. An amended Entry Form has been posted on the Download page. Our apologies for any confusion.

The Entry Form and Notice of Race for the Spring 2006 Parhelion Series are now available from the Download page. Race dates are: 25th March, 1st, 8th, 22nd and 29th April 2006. As before, the series is open to IRC/IRM rated yachts and club racers and to experienced and novice crews alike.

The final two races of PSC's Autumn Yacht Series were sailed today. The prize-giving was held at Portsmouth Sailing Club and prizes were presented by Commodore Robert Stewart. Full results are available via the Yacht Results page.

The results of today's racing are now online. Apart from a mild case of sea-sickness, everything went quite well on the committee boat today. Which was a welcome return to normality...

Racing will resume as per normal this Saturday, 29th October, with the Racewithcondor.com team. Once again, our apologies for the lack of racing last week. Every effort was made to source an alternative committee boat, obviously without success.

The results for races 5 & 6 are now available on the Results page. Following the communication concerning Race 3 last week, the race committee will let the results of Race 3 stand. These results are also now available. Thank you to those who responded to the email.

The results of Race 4 are now available from the results page. As you may be aware there were some issues with race 3 and those competitors taking part will be contacted shortly concerning this matter.

The symbols list (Appendix A) and chart have been amended to reflect the changed names of Hardway Marina ( formerly Marlow Ropes) and DCMS Ltd. (PIMSIC). There are no changes to the symbols on either document, only the names.

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

The opening races of the Autumn Series were sailed today in breezy conditions east of the submarine barrier. More on the Results page.

The East Solent Marks list - Appendix A to the Autumn Series Sailing Instructions - and the associated Solent chart are now available from the Download page.

The SIs for the forthcoming Autumn Series are now available on the Download page.

...is now available via this link and via the Yacht Racing page.

A slight error has been noticed on the Entry Form. The discount deadline date should have read 23rd September, not 12th March. This has been corrected and we are very, very, very, sorry. However, if you would like to get your entries in for the Spring Series as well, please drop us a line...

The Entry Form and Notice of Race for the forthcoming Portsmouth Sailing Club Autumn Series (formerly the Parhelion Series) are both now available from the Download page.

Download the Autumn Series poster from the Download page.

The crew list now has three potential crew members for your yacht listed.

The crew list is now open to PSC, Victory Class, Frostbite and Autumn Series skippers to use to fill that space on your boat.

Also open to crew looking for a boat to join.

As ever, the Portsmouth Sailing Club Autumn Series yacht races and the Frostbite Dinghy Series will kick off on the first weekend in October (2nd and 3rd, respectively). More details and information will be available shortly. And remember: if you don't get asked to help out, you'll get asked to take part!

On Wednesday 20th July, the Victory Class are holding our annual visitors and sponsors race.  This is your chance to join in on a real race in these Classic Solent dayboats.  You may choose to helm a boat, or crew, or bring your own crew or, if you prefer, sail with some regular Victory Class sailors - the choice is yours.
The race will start at 1900 off Haslar wall so you will need to be in Old Portsmouth by the Camber slipway at 1730 to leave by 1800.  This will give you time to meet your crew/the organisers and to get to your boat.
If you have any queries, please contact Victory Class Sailing Secretary Graham Stone.

The original post for the crew list should have stated that it is open to PSC Members, Victory Class Members and entrants in all PSC racing series (for that series only). Apologies for any confusion

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

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.

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

The first race of the Spring series was (eventually) sailed today with seven boats making the start. Full details on the Results page.

There is an error in the Solent Chart recently distributed - The symbol McMurdo Pains Wessex is not shown and the caption in incorrectly placed. Version 1.1 of this chart corrects the error. Apologies for any confusion.

The list of course marks and symbols and the race area chartlet are now available from the Downloads page.

Bob Evans has a new First 211 based in Eastney and is looking for crew to sail in the Parhelion Spring Series. If anyone knows of able crew without a ride, please contact the PSC webmaster via the Contact link at the bottom of the page and I will forward the details to Bob. Please include your full name, phone number and detail your sailing experience. Thanks.

The Sailing Instructions for the forthcoming Parhelion Spring Series are now available from on the Downloads page.

The Notice of Race and the Entry Form for this year's Parhelion Spring Series are now available from the Downloads page.

The dates for the Parhelion Spring 2005 Series are:
19th March
2nd April
9th April
16th April
23rd April
RORC Principal Race Officer and Hamble River Winter Series Race Director Jamie Wilkinson will provide on-the-water coaching from a RIB for the first day's racing. There will be a post-racing debrief at Portsmouth Sailing Club for all competitors. PSC and Victory Class members are also welcome to attend.