Another Sunday morning in the Baldwin Valley that missed the winter gales that the rest of the Island were experiencing.  I’d like to say the sun was shining too for the first of the February Watling Streetworks Series of dinghy racing but it did at least stop raining for a great fleet of 15 boats.

The wind blowing mostly up the valley allowed the Race Officer to set a square course, windward/leeward and two reaching legs at each end of the lake.  In the relative shelter of the valley there is no substitute for a large sail.  Jerry Colman (Olympic Finn) followed by Andrew Dean (Grey D-Zero) comfortably lead the fleet, at times by quite some margin. Click here for the full write-up – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 2 February 2025