Another very pleasant sailing day, sunny with a fresh WNW 15 – 20 mph breeze straight down the lake, made ‘ A’ rigs the order of the day. Ten sailors attended, with guest sailor Dorian Crease, from Two Islands Club in Milton Keynes, showing us all how to do it – by coming 1st. overall today ! It was very close racing all day.
The top three placed sailors were all on equal points before discards, and only separated by one point finally. The other podium places were decided on count-back, giving Richard Robinson 2nd place with 3 x 1st’s, and Alan Watkinson 3rd place with 2 x 1st’s. The chasing pack saw Andrew Peter in 4th, with 4 x 2nd’s and Mike de St Paer in 5th with 1 x win.
Thanks to RO Dave Williams who managed to keep us all in line, apart from one General Recall..
- Dorian Crease 683 18pts 3x1st
- Richard Robinson 01 19pts 3x1st
- Alan Watkinson 373 19pts 2x1st
- Andrew Peter 919 22pts
- Mike de St Paer 35 33pts 1x1st
- Derek Matthews 57 40pts
- John Carlin 11 58pts
- Chris Weston 194 60pts
- David Potter 946 62pts 1x1st
- Malcolm Harvey 1019 71pts
Other points of interest for the day were Charles Legg – on the Far Side, tutoring newcomer Barry, who intends now to join us racing from next week. Dave Potter dipping out after 4 races ( and 1 win ) to show us how fast his foiling catamaran can sail, and Graham Reeves brought along his Vane 36 to try out a brand new 3D laser printed Vane Gear. [ Back to the Future ?]
PLEASE NOTE :
NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER DF65 RACING, IS AN
OPEN SAILING AND VINTAGE DAY.
PLEASE BRING ALONG ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAIL.
Also … Future Dates may be subject to increased Covid restrictions – please keep checking the Club Website for any additional restrictions.
