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RG/DF65 Club Racing 2021 #1

   A sunny, top suit day with the wind blowing straight down the lake, met the 7 RG65 and 5 DF 65 sailors for the 1st Saturday sailing for these classes since lockdown was lifted.

The assembled sailors observed a minutes silence in memory of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, before racing commenced.

The DF65 fleet had a few retirements due to gear failure, which left Richard Robinson a clear winner from John Carlin and Mike De St Paer.

In the RG65 class, Peter Baldwin was fast out of the blocks winning the first two races, with “newcomer” to the fleet Martin Roberts showing a fine turn of speed and best consistency to win overall.  Many of the fleet managed to show at the front of the fleet during the 11 races, to provide a very close day’s sailing.  Thanks once again to Bernie for running the afternoon.

RG65
1st   Martin Roberts       184   19 points     Pocket Rocket  3 wins
2nd John Brierley             84   22 points     Uno                      3 wins 4x2nd
3rd  Graham Elliott          55   22 points     Argon                  3 wins 3x2nd
4th  Peter Baldwin           63   26 points     Pocket Rocket  2 wins
5th  Neil Westbrook         03   32 points     Pocket Rocket
6th  Dave Williams           33    41 points     Pocket Rocket
7th  Alan Watkinson        23    54 points    Scurry

DF65
1st Richard Robinson     01     11 points    7 wins
2nd. John Carlin                11     20 points  2 wins
3rd. Mike de St Par           35    22 points  1 win
4th. Sally Collings          829  44 points
5th. Andrew Peter          919   49 points   1 win

11 races sailed.  Photos from John Brierley

IOM Club Racing 2021 #1

This, the first IOM racing after lockdown 3 proved to be a great re-introduction after more than 3 months of no sailing.  The racing started out with a light NE breeze for a couple of races with plenty of shifts and gusts to test the 9 helms.  The wind then started to tempt us with a NW breeze starting to fill in then return to NE and we ended up with 2 races that either had three beats plus one run and one with then 2 runs followed by two beats.

There was a short delay whilst the marks were moved around and the course reset for a WNW breeze pretty well straight down the lake, (to most peoples surprise) and plenty of sunshine to go with it.  It also picked up a notch and started to be towards a top end No 1 in the gusts.

Racing was tight through the whole afternoon with at times, the whole fleet finishing in quick succession and testing both the calling skills of Jack and Bernie’s scribing to record the results.  Overall a great afternoon’s racing of 11 races in good friendly fashion with plenty of learning points gained.

  1. Peter Baldwin              63       Lintel MMX         20pts   ( 4 wins )
  2. Martin Roberts           22        Slim Chine           23pts  ( 5 wins )
  3. Bill Culshaw                 21        brit pop                  24pts  ( 2 wins )
  4. John Brierley               24        brit pop                 30pts
  5. Graham Birkett          133       widget                   34pts
  6. Dave Burke                    30        brit pop                40pts
  7. Neil Westbrook            03       widget                   42pts
  8. Tre Joinville                   94       lintel                     50pts
  9. Charles Legg                    6       Triple Crown     75pts

Results after 11 races.

Thanks once again go to Jack and Bernie for running the racing.

Photos thanks to Andrew Peter.

DF65 Social Racing 2021 #1

The day was dedicated to the memory of Christopher Weston.

Our first post lockdown race saw 13 sailors arrive to very light winds. The first race was run over a one lap short course, but as the wind filled in, we ran 3 medium length two lap races, eventually extending the course to the full length of the lake for the last 4 races.  Thanks go to Andrew Peter who stepped in to run this weeks racing.

Results after 8 races

  1. David Potter                        946      14pts 5 x 1sts
  2. Richard Robinson                01       14 pts 3 x 1sts
  3. Neil Westbrook                      03      40 pts
  4. Alan Watkinson                   373      50 pts 2 x 2nds
  5. John Carlin                                11      50 pts 1 x 3rd
  6. Mike de St Paer                       35      53 pts
  7. Dave Williams                        233    66 pts
  8. Richard Walker                         39   69 pts
  9. Paul Little                                   45    70 pts
  10. Charles Legg                              21     73 pts
  11. Derek Matthews                       57    75 pts
  12. Sally Collings                          829   79 pts
  13. Barry Baugh                             147    87 pts

Sailing Will Restart Soon

Note 18:10 23/3/21- there is currently a problem with the Booking system which I need to fix and will make events available as soon as possible.  This may well take until 18:00 on 24/3/21 to fix.

 

You should all have seen the recent MYA email and post advising that sailing can once again restart at MYA club’s after 29th March, as part of Organised Outdoor Sport with Governing Body guidance.

We will begin organised events for club members on Wednesday 31st March with DF65 Social Racing at 11am and then Saturday club racing will begin on 3rd April (Easter Saturday) beginning with the IOM fleet.  Racing will be arranged each week from then on, with Saturday racing alternating between the IOM and RG65/DF65 fleets and racing starting at 1pm.

Anyone who wishes to sail at these organised events must book a place using the Event Booking System via the Calendar or the Event listing.  We will restart sailing with a maximum of 13 boats.

A waiting list will be established for entries beyond 13 boats and so if you are booked and cannot sail, please cancel your booking (using the event booking page) so that others can take your place.  If you have any problems, please contact me via the website contacts or my home email address.

Peter Baldwin (Webmaster)

Lockdown Projects & Activities #5

Our final contributor to this series of lockdown projects and activities is from new member Del Ripley.

As one of the newest members I only got to sale at the pool twice before the lockdowns started.

I had at that time a Dragon 95 and a old Joysway pirate’s yacht in black.
At Christmas I was pleased to receive a Dragon 65 ready for when we can once again sail at the club pool.  My time has been spent fitting the Dragon yacht’s out in new green trim that I will be able to see with my poor eyesight.  The Dragon 65 and Joysway pirate’s have both been fitted with House Martin Sails.  Over Christmas break, I also had one very expensive sail on the lower basin below the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum.  I had only been sailing a short while, when my very expensive mobile phone fell out my pocket into 20 feet of murky water!
I look forward to visiting the pool when safe, but for now I send my best wishes to all members.
We look forward to seeing Del on a Wednesday to race with his DF65.
The club awaits further advice from the MYA about re-starting sailing, although hopefully this will be on or shortly after the end of March, depending on how cases fall and what Tier levels are applied when the Government move to the second phase of Step 1, when outdoor sports are allowed.
In the meantime, if anyone has any additional projects they would like to share with the membership, please send me (Peter Baldwin) further details.