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DF65 Social Racing #29 (1/12/21)

A cold wet day greeted the 11 skippers with the only consolation that the wind had dropped to a level that could be sailed without damage. The wind was straight down the lake with an occasional gust, ‘B’ suit was decided upon. Our eagle eyed Sally on the start line kept early starters to a minimum. Thanks must go to OD Sally and to Charles for finish line duties. 8 races were held.

  1. John Brierley               8pts 5 wins
  2. John Carlin                 16 pts 2wins
  3. Richard Robinson   19 pts 1win
  4. Mike de St Paer        24 pts
  5. James Douglas          31 pts
  6. Derek Matthews      33 pts
  7. David Williams        38 pts
  8. Neil Westbrook        40 pts
  9. Don MacKinnon       41 pts
  10. Richard Walker         43 pts
  11. Simon Bates               48 pts

DF65 Social Racing #28 (24/11/21)

A very light wind caused our OD Neil to set a course of a single lap using half the lake. James found the tricky wind conditions to his liking and put in four firsts and three seconds. The hard luck of the day was for Don MacKinnon who’s servo packed up before the first race. After a replacement was found he came in with a second place. Thanks again to Neil for his OD patience, putting on 9 races.

  1. James Douglas           10 pts (4 firsts)
  2. Richard Robinson     15 pts (3 firsts)
  3. John Carlin                  25 pts.(1 first)
  4. Derek Matthews       29 pts
  5. Mike de St Paer          31 pts
  6. David Williams          33 pts
  7. Simon Bates                39 pts (1 win)
  8. Richard Walker          51 pts
  9. Stan Metcalf                53 pts 1 x 2nd
  10. Charles Legg                53 pts 0 x 2nd
  11. Sally Collings               70 pts
  12. Don Mackinnon          74 pts
  13. Paul Little                      76 pts

AGM this Saturday

Just a reminder that the AGM for Birkenhead RS & PC is this Saturday starting at 13:00 and will be held at:

Royal Mersey Yacht Club, Bedford Road East, Rock Ferry CH42 1LS

All members are welcome to attend and your committee hopes to see you there.  The bar should be open and there will be tea, coffee and cakes/biscuits available as refreshments.

DF65 Social Racing #27 (17/11/21)

A brisk WNW breeze, blustery but dry, saw 16 sailors arrive for another well attended and exciting mid-week DF65 race. ‘A’ Rigs were in order, to contend with some big gusts to start the day, moderating slightly then steadying for the final two lap race,with 10 races completed overall. Don MacKinnon did us proud as self- elected Race Officer for the day, and as the scores show, it was a very closely contested day’s racing, which is proving to be the case for most Wednesday races, as the skill levels of newer members improve.

Birkenhead Radio Sailing Club was also well represented at the national DF65 & DF95 TT circuit event at West Lancs YC in Southport last weekend, with 9 BRSC members competing at the event, fielding more members than any other MYA Club for the final event of the year, with 3 BRSC members finishing in the Top Ten overall results for 2021. Full results are available at https://dfracinguk.com/

Today’s Results

  1. John Brierley              84    12 pts 4 wins
  2. Mike de St Paer         35     21 pts 3 wins
  3. John Carlin                  11      34 pts 1 win
  4. Neil Westbrook         03     35 pts
  5. Andrew Peter             19     36 pts 1 win
  6. James Douglas           73     40 pts
  7. Simon Bates               69     41 pts 1 win
  8. Alan Watkinson     373      48 pts
  9. Dave Williams        233      52 pts
  10. Richard Walker        39      79 pts
  11. Stan Metcalfe           46      85 pts
  12. Paul Little                  45      88 pts
  13. Sally Collings         829      93 pts
  14. Paul Whalley             53     111 pts
  15. Malcolm Harvey  1019     115 pts

DF65 Social Racing #26 (10/11/21)

Eight DF65 sailors arrived to sail in light drizzle and next to no wind. After deciding there were enough takers the OD Mike de St Paer set a short windward leeward course using some of the marks from Saturday’s IOM event, (but not necessarily in the right order).

The breeze filled in just enough to get the boats moving, and with finding the wind and avoiding the holes the racing was surprisingly close with much place swapping.

Richard Robinson was the man to catch, with five wins from eight races. Enthusiasm waned at race eight and it was agreed to call it a day after a challenging couple of hours racing.

  1. Richard Robinson   7 points (5 wins)
  2. Don MacKinnon     13 points (2 Wins)
  3. Richard Walker      25 points
  4. Derek Mathews      34 points (1 win)
  5. David Williams       35 points
  6. Charles Legg            36 points
  7. Alan Watkinson      39 points
  8. Paul Little                  44 points