1st Martin Roberts 14pts
2nd Brad Gibson 18pts
3rd Bill Culshaw 20pts
4th John Brierley 26pts
5th Alan Watkinson 34pts
6th David Foster 46pts
7th Peter Balwin 47pts
8th Lawrence Brennan 55pts
9th Neil Westbrook 64pts
10th Dave Williams 69pts
11th Chris Chatfield 79pts
Dragonforce Autumn Series #18 19/12/18
A light 5mph wind nearly down the lake from the clubhouse with light patches and big shifts. Big gains could be made if you got the shifts right or lucky enough to pick one up. 12 Races Sailed due to Bernie acting as RO for the 12th race. This is the last of the DF65 Autumn Series races on a Wednesday in 2018. In 2019, it has been decided that there will be 4 series of DF65 racing on a Wednesday, named Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn each lasting for approximately 13 weeks or 3 months. The next DF65 race will be number 1 of the Winter Series on Wednesday 2nd of January 2019 at 11:00.
2nd. Peter Baldwin 24 pts
3rd Andrew Peter. 21 pts.
7th Colin Deakin. 51 pts 1x 1st, 1x 2nd
8th Ernie Rice. 51 pts 1x 1st, 0x2nd
9th Sally Collings. 53 pts
11th Bob Davis 73 pts
IOM Christmas Race
The forecast of icy rain and gale force winds didn’t deter 19 hardy skippers racing for the 2018 Christmas IOM Race. The punchy south easterly breeze enabled Bernie and Jack to set a windward leeward course which used the full length of the lake. Remarkably there were very few retirements, a testament to boat design and maintenance. At the briefing Graham Elliott reminded skippers to race fairly and given the conditions try to keep incidents to a minimum. The leeward gate helped keep racing running smoothly, with the near buoy safer but less advantaged and the far buoy advantaged if you could complete the risky tack on the bank in the big waves! Before lunch racing was fast and furious, with many people posting good and average results. After a warming up with a brew and a mince pie, Bernie promised just 5 more races. With the rain and the wind building and the light dropping this was welcomed news. After 12 races Paul pipped Derek in 1st place with John Brierley sailing very consistently to claim 3rd. The next IOM Winter Series race is on Saturday 22nd December, 1pm start. Fingers crossed the suns out!
1st Paul Allen 31pts
2nd Derek Priestly 36pts
3rd John Brierley 41pts
4th Darin Ballington 42pts
5th Graham Elliot 46pts
6th Martin Roberts 52pts
7th Brad Gibson 59pts
8th Bill Culshaw 72pts
9th Vicky Gibson 73pts
10th Peter Baldwin 84pts
11th David Foster 101pts
12th Lawrence Drennon 117pts
13th Geoff Martindale 119pts
14th Mike Parkinson 122pts
15th Sue Parkinson 128pts
16th Neil Westbrook 129pts
17th Alan Watkinson 139pts
18th Andrew Peter 167pts
19th Dave Williams 181pts
After 12 Races
Thank to Peter Baldwin for risking his camera to take a pic!
Dragonforce Autumn Series #17 12/12/18
The racing last week was cancelled due to the horrendous wet weather but the world was put to rights over a mug of tea. Today had a good turnout of 10 sailors all rigging their boats with B rigs.
1st. John Brierley. 8 pts
2nd. Alan Watkinson 17 pts
3rd. Andrew Peter. 21 pts. 2x1st
4th. Neil Westbrook. 21 pts. 0x1st
5th. Dave Williams. 24 pts
6th. Derek Matthews. 28 pts
7th. Colin Deakin. 47 pts
8th. Ernie Rice. 48 pts
9th. Richard Walker. 49 pts
10th. Sally Collings. 51 pts
10 races held.
Joyce Roberts receives the 2018 SYAN TROPHY
Awarded to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to model yachting, Joyce was nominated by the Birkenhead Club then awarded the Syan Trophy from the panel that includes the President and 2 Vice Presidents of the MYA.
Dragonforce Autumn Series #16 28/11/18
A good “B” suit wind, straight down the lake and in a much warmer climate this week.
- John Brierley 10 Pts
- Alan Watkinson 13
- Dave Williams 14
- Derek Matthews 27 (1 second)
- Richard Walker 27 (0 seconds)
- Sally Collings 30
- Colin Deakin 33
- Andrew Peter 49 * Gear failure meant resorting to “C” rig.
10 races sailed.