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DF65 Social Racing 2022 #5 (2/2/22)
17 sailors arrived ready to battle against strong winds! In the end it was A rig, possibly even A+. The course was set using the whole lake starting from the clubhouse, windward mark to port, spreader to port through the gate to the finish half way up the lake.
A good start was the key and full use of the subtle wind shifts. Mike read the conditions from the off to claim two firsts and a second. It took John B. these races to get into his stride and from then on dominated the racing Thanks to the RO Alan Watkinson for setting the course and giving us 9 races.
- John Brierley 16pts 2wins
- Mike de St Paer 18pts 3wins
- Neil Westbrook 23pts 2wins
- James Douglas 32pts
- John Carlin 35pts
- Richard Robinson 36pts
- Andrew Potter 38pts 1win
- Richard Walker 61pts
- Stan Metcalfe 62 pts 1 win
- Simon Bates 62pts
- Charles Legg 63pts
- David Williams 64pts
- Sally Collings 70pts
- Malcolm Harvey 85pts
- Martin James 92pts
- John Beech 103pts
- Ken Roscoe 113pts
DF65 Social Racing 2022 #4 (26/1/22)
The 17 sailors who turned up this week were greeted by a light a fickle wind from a SSW/SW direction. Race Officer Richard Walker aided by Neil and Peter set a course of a single windward/leeward lap using most of the lake length. This typically gave at least one windward(ish) leg , although that could be in either direction. Peter Baldwin set off with a good initial setup for the conditions, winning the first two races. There were then different winners in the next four races with Richard Robinson, John Carlin, Neil Westbrook and Alan Watkinson all having their time at the front of the fleet. Peter then managed wins in races seven and eight (2 laps) to take the overall win. He was pushed to the very end by Richard Robinson in second and consistent Mike De St Paer in third.
Thanks to Richard for running the racing today, assisted by both the race leaders and latterly by Bernie at the finish. There were some very close and fast finishes as the wind often swung and increased to create a fast downwind finish for over half of the fleet.
- Peter Baldwin 63 10pts 4 wins
- Richard Robinson 901 14pts 1 win
- Mike De St Paer 35 16 pts
- John Carlin 11 30 pts 1 win
- Alan Watkinson 373 34 pts 1 win
- Andrew Potter 194 36 pts
- Andrew Peter 919 37 pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 40 pts 1 win
- Don McKinnon 933 40 pts
- Dave Williams 233 43 pts
- Stan Metcalfe 46 51 pts
- Dan Skinner 27 55 pts
- Paul Little 45 58 pts
- Charles Legg 21 77 pts
- John Beech 80 85 pts
- Paul Whalley 53 87 pts
- Malcolm Harvey 1019 97 pts
After 8 races
RG/DF65 Winter Series 2021 #4 (22/1/21)
- Graham Elliott 09 electronica 11 pts 5 wins
- John Brierley 84 Uno 16 pts 2 wins
- Peter Baldwin 63 Uno 23 pts 1 win
- Dave Williams 33 Uno 33 pts 1 win
- Martin Roberts 22 Pocket Rocket/ Skinny 38 pts 1 win
- Neil Westbrook 03 uno 45 pts 1 x 3rd
- Charles Legg 26 Uno 45 pts
- Alan Watkinson 23 Pocket Rocket 52 pts
DF65 Social Racing 2022 #3 (19/1/22)
Sunny, windy and the wind straight down the lake, were the conditions that met sixteen sailors for the DF65 racing today. B rig was the rig of choice, but which at times was over powering in the gusts. RO for the day John Brierley set the course over the full length of the lake and the starting line was extremely competitive with many competitors wanting to get to the clubhouse bank first and gain an advantage. Alan Watkinson continued his form from Saturday, to run out the winner with Dave Williams close behind. Competition was keen for the other podium position, with John Carlin edging out Richard Robinson by the end.
- Alan Watkinson 13 pts 5 wins
- Dave Williams 22 pts 1 win
- John Carlin 30 pts 1 win
- Richard Robinson 31 pts 2 wins
- Mike de St Paer 35 pts
- James Douglas 37 pts. 1 win
- Charles Legg 48 pts
- Stan Metcalf 55 pts
- Richard Walker 57 pts
- Dan Skinner 71 pts
- Sally Collings 74 pts
- Paul Little 80 pts
- Malcolm Harvey 86 pts
- John Beech 99 pts
- Barry Baugh 106 pts
- Paul Whalley 123 pts
Next Saturday (22/1/22) is the 3rd race in the Winter Series for the RG and DF65, with a start time 1200hrs. Visitors always welcome – please enter via the upcoming events link.
IOM Winter Series 2021 #2 (15/1/22)
A bright afternoon with the wind from the clubhouse end, met the six competitors in the second IOM Winter series. Alan Watkinson started of strongly with a win and continued to show he had set a perfect trim.
Martin Roberts then got into his stride with 3 wins with the other competitors close behind in the variable but generally stable wind. Charles Legg was having problems with a borrowed boat leaking badly, his new K2 should solve that problem. Bill Culshaw and John Berry were also in the mix at times, then John Brierley managed two wins to round off the six races sailed before tea break. When the competitors came out for the afternoon session, there was – nothing. The wind had disappeared completely and RO Dave Williams after consulting the sailors called time on the days proceedings. Thanks go to Dave and Bernie along with Jack for running the afternoons racing.
- Martin Roberts Vanilla 7 pts 3 wins
- John Brierley Britpop 9 pts 2 wins
- Alan Watkinson Britpop 12 pts 1 win
- Bill Culshaw Britpop 18 pts
- John Berry Lintel MMX 23 pts
- Charles Legg A2 30 pts