On Saturday 13th July, 35 excited MUSTO Skiff sailors converged at Stokes Bay Sailing Club for what promised to be a glorious regatta. Unusually, the forecast looked perfect; a sunny 15 knots and everyone was keen to get out and compete in some waves! Even more unusually the forecast was almost spot on and we enjoyed 5 fast, close and exciting races.
Well here it was, the first circuit event of the season! The event was held at Rutland Water and sponsored by Harken. Didn’t it ever come around quick? The forecast for the weekends’ event was not great and, really, no-one was expecting anything special, but dam was we wrong. If there was ever a time where the saying ‘a bad forecast always ruined a good days sailing’ was appropriate it was this weekend! As always some very keen sailors turned up Friday to get a sneaky sail in, some might say this was cheating....
It is with great sadness that the MUSTO Skiff family has lost one of its own in January 2019. Martin finally lost his courageous battle with cancer aged 35 on Sunday after a two and a half year fight. In that time he managed to cram in a lot of sailing, getting a spin on BAR’s (As they were) foiling AC 45 and even winning a race at the SB20 Europeans as recently as August last year, testament to his fighting spirit until the end, always with a smile and a wise crack.
33 keen MUSTO Skiff sailors were greeted with a Gusty southerly breeze at the MUSTO Skiff Inland Championships hosted by Grafham Water Sailing Club. Read the full report.
As many of us hang up our sailing boots for the winter it is a good opportunity to reflect back on what has been a great season. The MUSTO Skiff fleet in the UK has been enjoying growing numbers year on year for the last 8 seasons.
The MUSTO Skiff Autumn training event was aimed at those sailors in their second and third seasons who had worked out how to sail their boats and were now keen on competing better at Open Meetings and Championships. Dan Henderson (MUSTO World Champion 2011) was lead coach.
Going into the MUSTO Skiff Eastbourne Open, it looked like it was going to be a tense battle between Danny (dog) Vincent and Andrew Tarboton, with Ben Schooling and the dark horse Richard Pelley as strong contenders.
The event saw a fleet of 22 MUSTO’s being joined by a local 29er and the 49er of Matty and Jamie Lyons. With a fleet of Lasers and FF15’s running of a concurrent start line for the club regatta it was a tightly packed course!
Fifty-six MUSTO Skiffs descended upon Castle Cove Sailing Club for their 2018 Nationals. With sunshine and a great forecast for the event, the fleet were raring to get on the water for some close racing inside Weymouth harbour.
The weather forecast for the weekend of the 7th and 8th of July looked ideal for sun bathing, but not at all inspiring for sailing with very light Northerlies predicted. That said, if you are likely to get a true sea breeze in the Solent, Lymington is a good place to start looking. With this in mind 8 MUSTO sailors entered the event.
