After a week with winds from most points of the compass, it was good to see a return to a decent 5 to 8 knot WNW breeze down the lake again and sunshine for the first couple of hours to give some “champagne sailing”.
Racing got underway soon after 1:30, catching out some sailors who hadn’t spotted the change of start time. John Brierley started well to pick up the first race win, with Bill Culshaw taking the win in Race 2. John then took three of the next four races, with only Martin Roberts spoiling his run in Race 4, before he had to retire in Race 6 with gear failure when his winch support bracket failed, ending his day.
After a short break, Bill picked up another couple of wins and was more consistent than John, who had two further wins, but got on the wrong side of some Birkenhead shifts and had to use a couple of his results as discards. Graham Birkett and Peter Baldwin also had a win each in the second session, with some very close finishes for the top three boats in many races.
In the end, the final result after 12 races may have come down to some bad luck for Bill as he picked up a carrier bag in Race 10 and had to retire whilst vying for the lead in that race, which John went on to win. A great afternoons racing thanks to Bernie and Jack for running things for us again.
- John Brierley 84 22pts 6wins
- Bill Culshaw 21 26pts 3wins
- Graham Birkett 133 34pts 1 win
- Peter Baldwin 63 36pts 1win
- Alan Watkinson 23 40pts
- Lawrence Drennan 57 50pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 51pts
- Martin Roberts 22 68pts 1 win
Next week (15/8/20) will be another IOM afternoon starting at 1:30. Please let Graham Elliott know if you would like to join in the fun.
