Stratton Trophy 2024 – 13th & 14th January After the recent strong winds and heavy rain (plus a few snow flurries earlier in the week)…
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Normal Racing – 18th & 19th November 2023 Although racing was originally scheduled to be for a new Trophy, the disappointing forecast kept numbers down…
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What a great way to start the new Illusion winter season. Lots of sunshine, a reasonably steady NW’erly breeze and twenty boats on Saturday; not…
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Illusions – Team and Match Racing – 4th & 5th February 2023 When the annual team racing weekend was cancelled in early January, the decision…
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Illusions – Christmas Cracker 2022 (23rd & 24th December) Strong SW’erly winds and rain were forecast for the first day (Friday) of this year’s Christmas…
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Mid-week the forecast was looking very promising for the weekend’s 2022 National Championship’s, and although it was certainly not champagne conditions, the cold NNE F4-5…
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A cloudless sky and brisk but gusty E/ENE F4 breeze greeted eighteen Illusionist early on Saturday morning as they rigged their boats up ready to…
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After a cold week with biting easterly breezes, the weekend forecast looked far more promising with a 9 knot NNEasterly predicted for Saturday and a…
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Bembridge Illusions – National Championships 6th & 7th November 2021 We were locked down earlier in the year when the 2020-2021 Nationals had originally…
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Saturday, the penultimate day of racing of the 2020-2021 Illusion season was a frustrating one! The forecast was for light cyclonic conditions and that was…
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