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IOM Club Series #1 30/3/19

10 Sailors were greeted with a light W to NW breeze straight down the pond and some decent sunny spells.  A few sailors chose to use this afternoon to get back into their sailing “groove” before next weeks first Ranking weekend at Castle Semple, making for some close competitive racing.  Picking the right place on the start line was critical and with the wind shifting and varying in strength, there were a few general recalls during the afternoon.  Graham Birkett made a rare appearance and had one or two good results during the day, culminating in winning the last race. perhaps with a bit more practice at mark rounding he would have finished higher up the placings. Martin Roberts made a flying visit  after the tea break to try out a new boat, therefore only managed to compete in only the last four races.

Consistency (as usual) was key to winning the day and the king of that was Brad Gibson. Sailing with extensively updated rigs on his Red Wine design, he managed to win 7 out of the 10 races and ending up with less than half the points of  second placed Rob Walsh.

Thanks go to Bernie, Dave Williams and Jack for running today’s racing and making the drinks at “half-time”.  The next IOM afternoon is in a weeks time on 6/4/19.

Overall Results

    1. Brad Gibson               2          10 pts
    2.  Rob Walsh                25        22 pts
    3. Victoria Gibson       62       25 pts
    4. Graham Birkett      133      43 pts
    5. Lawrence Drennan 57      46 pts
    6. John Berry                  12       49 pts (2x3rd)
    7. Graham Elliott          09      49 pts (1x3rd)
    8. Peter Baldwin            63       60 pts
    9. Neil Westbrook         03        65 pts
    10. Howard Garner          67       78 pts
    11. Martin Roberts          29       83 pts

Open Events at Birkenhead and West Kirby

The Open Events being run by Birkenhead are now all open for entry on the MYA website.  In date order they are:

  1. DF Racing Traveller Rounds 5 & 6, April 27th/28th @ Birkenhead
  2. RG65 Traveller Round 3, May 11th @ Birkenhead
  3. 10R Nationals, Thursday & Friday 18th/19th July at West Kirby Marine Lake
  4. M Nationals, Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st July at West Kirby Marine Lake

For further details on all these events (NoR and Entries) refer to the 2019 Open Events tab on the website. We look forward to seeing your entry soon.

DragonForce Winter Series #13 27/3/19

Good turn out again, with a wind straight down the lake – top end of A+ conditions.  Thanks to Sally for OOD.

1st     John Brierley         9 pts
2nd  Andrew Peter       25 pts
3rd   Neil Westbrook   26 pts
4th   Alan Watkinson  30 pts     1 x 1st
5th   Colin Deakin         30 pts    0 x 1st
6th   Dave Williams      34 pts
7th   Richard Walker    48 pts
8th   Derek Matthews  52 pts

10 Races sailed

Wednesday morning racing continues on 3/4/19 with the first in the Spring Series starting at 11am

DragonForce Winter Series #12 20/3/19

A very calm sunny day, with 9 local sailors and a very welcome visitor from Abersoch, Tim. A long course was set, due to the very light wind it was restricted to 1 lap.
Under the watchful eye of our OD Ernie, 8 races were held, John was not allowed to have his own way with 5 different skippers managing to win races.

1st     John Brierley         9 pts
2nd   Tim Long               11 pts
3rd    Dave Williams     18pts
4th    Alan Watkinson 28pts. 1 x 1st
5th    Colin Deakin        28pts. 0 x 1st
6th    Richard Walker   32pts
7th    Sally Collings       35 pts
8th    Andrew Peter       36 pts
9th    Derek Matthews 39 pts
10th  Bob Davies            49 pts

Next Week (27/3/19) will be the last of the DF65 Winter Series as Race 13.

DragonForce Winter Series #10 6/3/19

7 sailors turned out this week with a light S to SSE breeze which came and went from 2 to 10 knots. Rain stopped play for 5 minutes in the middle of racing when a few unprepared sailors donned waterproofs and transmitter covers before resuming.  A good length course and 2 lap races meant that there was time to regain lost ground (and lose a good position as well!). Only 7 races were held due to the stoppage and length of each race.

1st     John Brierley           5 pts
2nd   Peter Baldwin         9 pts
3rd    Neil Westbrook    16 pts
4th    Alan Watkinson   17 pts (2 x 2nd)
5th     Andrew Peter       17 pts (0 x 2nd)
6th     Dave Williams      23 pt
7th     Colin Deakin         26 pts