Four days of Illusion racing over Easter is unusual but with favourable tides and trophies to be won, that’s how the programme panned out. Having…
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Mid-morning on Friday, Chimet was showing saying no wind at all! However, in the harbour there were encouraging signs that it was going to…
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You, Me and the Sea by Anna Row (Impressions from a newbie Illusion sailor) It was a chance text from a lady Illusionist that found…
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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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Not quite as good a turn out for this year’s Christmas Cracker as last year, but with Omicron on the rampage and at least…
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Illusions Bailey Bowl 4 & 5 December 2021 There were mixed forecasts as the week progressed so it was something of a relief that conditions…
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Illusions Team Racing 20 & 21 November 2021 Although it was a full house of eight teams of two Illusions per team for this…
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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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