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IOM Summer 2022 #9 (17/9/22)

There were only a select band of three sailors for this weeks IOM racing,  held in a decent middle to top A Rig breeze from the far end. After convincingly winning Race 1, Bill Culshaw had a few problems on the race course with various “objects” in the water stopping him dead and robbing him of his leading position and probably the win in several races.  This allowed Peter Baldwin to string together a  series of 6 straight wins after a second in Race 1.  Alan Watkinson initially struggled to keep in the mix and after 3 races noted that his rudder shaft was bent and so a short stop was called to allow him to change his rudder over.  This did help such that he was now challenging the other pair for the lead, culminating in winning Race 8.

The day went to Peter with 8 wins, three for Bill in second and just the one for Alan in third.  Thanks go to Dave Williams for running the afternoon and giving us an early finish after 12 races, ably assisted by Bernie for the last few races after putting in a welcome guest appearance.

The next IOM racing will be on Saturday 8th October (all day) when Summer Series #10 is also the Strebor Open, with a planned start time of 10:00.  Entry via the Event link.  It will be good to see more club IOM’s turning out for this annual Open Event.

  1. Peter Baldwin         63   britpop!     12pts  8 wins
  2. Bill Culshaw             21    britpop!    18pts   3 wins
  3. Alan Watkinson      23    britpop!    24pts  1 win

 

DF65 Social Racing 2022 (14/8/22)

10 members arrived to be greeted by a cold top of A+ wind blowing straight down the lake. With each sailor taking turn as RO we managed 9 races! Unfortunately gear failure took Malcolm out after four races.

Our Commodore took the honours with 6 wins and John C with his consistent sailing took second just one point away from Andrew Peter. There were many close races with places gained tacking on the correct shift and keeping above the water on the downwind leg.

  1. John Brierley          6 pts 6 win
  2. John Carlin             12 pts 1 win
  3. Andrew Peter         13 pts 1 win
  4. Andrew Potter      23 pts
  5. Dave Williams       24 pts 1 win
  6. Neil Westbrook     28 pts
  7. Alan Watkinson   30 pts
  8. Paul Hounslow     39 pts 2 x 4th
  9. John Beech             39 pts 0 x 4th
  10. Malcolm Harvey   68 pts

DF65 Social Racing 2022 #36 (7/9/22)

Pleasant summer sailing, with a variable southerly breeze, greeted just 7 sailors for today’s DF65 Race. The usual issues with light airs from behind the clubhouse, with holes and shifts in the wind to contend with, made for interesting conditions and the need for vigilance to gain any advantage. Neil and Andrew finished on equal points but Neil took the overall win with 3 race wins over Andrew’s two. Other wins in the 8 races sailed were shared throughout the fleet.

  1. Neil Westbrook     03 10 pts 3 wins
  2. Andrew Peter      919  10 pts 2 wins
  3. Richard Walker    39  16 pts 1 win
  4. Alan Watkinson 373  20 pts 1 win
  5. James Martin       813  21 pts 1 win
  6. John Beech             80  30 pts
  7. Graham Reeves  187 35 pts Rtd.