Mongoose – First outing of 2011 season… with a difference

A.E.Kemp, Guest Editor & Mastman Enthusiastic and available members of Team Mongoose gathered on Saturday morning, despite forecasts of heinous amounts of rain, to check the Goose was all in working order. She was last out in anger in Cowes Week 2010 so about time the team put her through her paces, she put us back [...]

THIRD SECOND..

… Yes we will not discuss the eighth yesterday, but we will happily discuss the night. new stash and a blow out set us up for today. we will not discuss bar dancing and stripteases…. this is not the time or the forum. Today: Bloody cheese eating surrendering frog eating Frenchies pipped us at the [...]

IRC NATIONALS – MONGOOSE FIGHTS HARD FOR A SUPERB 3RD IN CLASS

We haven’t posted for a while, but then again we haven’t raced in a while (since the spring series in April). A brilliant three days with eight races – the best conditions the Solent has to offer and some very tough racing. CREW: Nick ‘Cherry Jockstrap’ Nav Tact Tony ‘Lobby Lobster’ Driver Sammy ‘Seagull’ Main [...]

LIGHT AND SHITE

So with the high pressure gone and the old faithful lows rolling in from the North Atlantic you would expect wind and rain. Not the case for last Sunday’s second race in the Warsash Spring Series. While Class 1 and 2 were sent off and the J’s race abandoned and re-started we were left floating in 2knts of wind waiting [...]

A WINDY RETURN TO THE RACECOURSE

I have been putting off writing this post, because if you go and look at our results on the Warsash SC website you will see Mongoose wallowing in a very unfamiliar position – the bottom of the table. Hold the phone - No it’s not because we’ve suddenly forgotten how to sail, or Mongoose has a [...]

TOO MUCH WIND

And for once not from Ali Yarrow’s rear end. Well that’s it, with the last planned race of MSP Season 09 cancelled by gusts of up to 50knts in the Solent the team made a good call for Mongoose by staying in London – not such a good call for the liver. Watch this space for a [...]

Bugger it

After a very promising start and secure in third place around the second mark Mongoose had to retire. Two quick gybes before the windward mark to set a standard hoist drop, unfortunately the nuts got involved with the #2 and prevented a full hoist. The nuts then refused to part with their new found partner. As we [...]

Why are they going around that mark?

  Firstly apologies for my last post “Wind anyone”, my wind anticipation system was out of kilter and it turned out we had the most glorious day of blazing sun and 15knts. SO to Saturday – Mongoose, happy with the long Squadron start line, sped away on the first (very long) beat in clear air [...]

Mongoose limbers up for IRC’s

  Team Mongoose, concerned with the lack of pork pie consumption that comes with not racing every Sunday, have entered the RYS Solent summer points racing taking place this Saturday (June 30th). This also allows Mongoose to get back on the water, as she as been dry since the end of the Spring Series (except [...]