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DF65 & DF95 Social Racing 2023 – 7/6/23

There was no decision to be made on rigs this week, with a cool, good mid to top end of A+ blowing down the lake from the clubhouse.  After Peter moved a few marks around to give a reasonable start line and leeward gate position, racing got underway soon after 11, but without Peter who was helping to try and get Martin on the water as he had an intermittent winch issue.  Unfortunately there appeared to be no immediate solution, so Martin Whittingham-Jones very kindly agreed to be RO for the morning.

John Carlin ran the first race and so he was given average points for that race (based upon his 7 other counting races).  This left the top 4 very close, with Alan taking the day on 16 pts and 3 wins, John C second on 19.4 pts and 3 wins, Peter 3rd on 20 pts (2 wins) and Clive 4th on 21 pts (2 wins).

  1. Alan Watkinson   373   16 Pts
  2. John Carlin                11 19.4 Pts (3 wins)
  3. Peter Baldwin         63   20 Pts (2 wins)
  4. Clive Warren           53    21 Pts (2 wins)
  5. Andrew Potter      194   29 Pts
  6. James Douglas        73   40 Pts
  7. Frans King                95  54 Pts
  8. Charles Legg            21   55 Pts
  9. John Beech               80   60 Pts

Out of interest, if Peter had been given average points for missing race 1, that would have given him 18.3 pts and second place.

Afterwards five DF95’s had an hour or so of one lap racing and tune up ideas, with some close finishes once again.

IOM Summer Series 2023 – #2 – 3/6/23

Windguru was spot on, with no wind forecast before 1.00.  At 1.20 RO John Carlin pressed the start button with an 8 mph shifty breeze from the top end. For the first of 12 non stop races. Martin nailed the first 3, with John robbed of race 4. Andrea got to it together for wins in Race 8 and 11.  Alan after some near misses earlier in the day, got his bow first over the line in Race 9.
  1. Martin Roberts     11pts     Chimera
  2. Andrea Roberts    24pts     Britpop
  3. Alan Bennett         25pts     Britpop
  4. John Berry              35pts     Lintel
  5. Neil Westbrook    46pts    Widget

DF65 Social Racing 2023 – 31/5/23

Another good turnout for DF racing. The wind was N.Easterly ish, with the usual holes, lifts, and gusts and a coolish air temperature.

John Carlin won the first race and went on to dominate the day’s racing with a total of 6 wins and an excellent 11 point score after discards.

There was much close racing throughout the day, with a very port end biased line making for some interesting starts. These included starboard tack boats being tagged by those attempting port end flyers, and quite a bit of boat to boat contact with a couple of starts looking like a real melee.

John was followed by Clive, who had two wins and then Mike with one win and a certain amount of radio trouble, along with Neil, Alan and Charles who all suffered with some boat issues during the day.

Overall excellent racing with the overall fleet standard still improving.

Final Positions were:

  1. John Carlin                                  11 pts          6 wins
  2. Clive Warren                              27 pts          2 wins
  3. Mike de St Paer                         29 pts          1 win
  4. Neil Westbrook                         31 pts           1 win
  5. Dave Williams                           31 pts
  6. Richard Walker                         43 pts
  7. Frans King                                  45 pts
  8. John Beech                                  48 pts
  9. Alan Watkinson                         57 pts
  10. Charles Legg                               63 pts
  11. Don Mackinnon                         69 pts
  12. Martin Whittingham-Jones 79 pts

DF/RG65 Summers Series 2023 #3 – 27/5/23

A depleted turnout of only 6 sailors due to illness, Graham competing in France, Martin competing in Lincoln and some off on holidays.  A really good sunny afternoon with a decent wind from the top end of the lake with quite a few shifts to gamble on.

A bad first race for Bill with his battery failing straight after the start enabled John to take his first win closely followed by Alan in second. The next three races were Bills’ with John and Dave fighting over second place. John managed another two wins but the rest of the day went Bills way with another six wins from a closely followed John.

Further down the fleet, Neil and Clive were having their own private battle with Neil eventually coming out on top.

  1. Bill Culshaw          Ivy          11 pts 9wins
  2. John Brierley        Uno         17 pts 3 wins
  3. Alan Watkinson  Uno         29 pts
  4. Dave Williams      Uno         41 pts
  5. Neil Westbrook    Uno         45 pts
  6. Clive Warren         Scuttle   48 pts

DF65 Social Racing 2023 – 24/5/23

An almost perfect sailing day, with a fresh NW breeze, with some substantial gusts to keep you ‘on your toes’, and make life on the water more interesting. The results show just how incredibly close the racing was, with wins shared by seven sailors across the fleet.The sun shone all morning, and we chased a brood of 8 baby ducklings with their mother up and down the lake. They quickly learned how to keep out of the way, after some very near misses on the first race.

John Carlin                                     11    35 Pts
Alan Watkinson                         373   36 Pts
Clive Warren                                 53   51 Pts
James Douglas                             73   52 Pts
Andrew Peter                             919   53 Pts
Neil Westbrook                           03   54 Pts
Mike De St Paer                           35   65 Pts
Don Mckinnon                          933   71 Pts
Richard Walker                            39  76 Pts
Dave Williams                              33   81 Pts
Charles Legg                                 21   91 Pts [ 1 X 4th ]
John Beech                                     80  91 Pts [ 1 X 5th ]
Frans King                                     95  113 Pts
Martin Wittingham-Jones     54  166 Pts [ Rtd ]

IOM Summer 2023 #1 (20/5/23)

A sunny start to the day with a very light breeze from the Clubhouse end. Racing commenced soon after 1.00pm with a guest from Kendal joining in with a boat he had just collected from Martin.

Another welcome club member Andrea joined us with her main objective to beat Martin. After two leisurely races the wind increased and swung 180 degrees, the new course seemed to suit everyone with very close racing and four different race winners. The only downside of the day was with the amount of debris floating down the lake with the wind change with some boats being affected more than others.

Thanks to Dave for running the racing and to Bernie manning the canteen providing welcome drinks. After 12 races the results were:

  1. Martin Roberts     17pts 6 wins
  2. Andrea Roberts    19pts 3 wins
  3. Alan Bennett         23pts 2 wins
  4. John Berry              34pts 1 win
  5. Alan Watkinson   42pts