DF65’s
Twelve DF65 sailors arrived today to be greeted by persistent drizzle and not much breeze, however the day got better as reported below.
To begin with the breeze was about southerly, with the usual flat area in the clubhouse corner. Dave and Mike replaced all the marks which had been removed from the lake for the 36 vane event, and Dave had the foresight to lay a start and gate at both ends of the lake.
Racing started in this very light and patchy breeze, with four winners (Andrew / Mike / Alan / James) in the first four races, and just as everyone was wishing for some breeze there was a 180deg shift and everything started again from the clubhouse end in a very gradually increasing N.W. breeze. Dave’s south end start line worked well as it was tricky to decide a sweet spot on the line, but James once again aced the next races to win four in a row, and after 8 races ran out a comfortable winner.
Dave sailed very consistently to come second ahead of Mike who had a couple of wins but was less consistent and had to take a couple of self-inflicted penalties after hitting marks.
Another day of tight racing in tricky conditions. Well done James and thanks as usual to Dave for the results which ended as follows:
- James Douglas 7pts 4 wins
- Dave Williams 16 pts
- Mike de St Paer 18 pts 2 wins
- Sally Collings 21 pts
- Paul Plested 24 pts
- Alan Watkinson 25 pts 1 win
- John Carlin 27 pts
- Neil Westbrook 30 pts
- Andrew Potter 34 pts 1 win
- Richard Walker 40 pts
- John Beech 47 pts
- Malcolm Harvey 51 pts
DF95’s
Just 5 boats ventured out with A rigs with the breeze proving too much after two races. So four then raced with B rigs, but after a further two races, two of these made the sensible decision to call it a day. The final pair then struggled on for 2 more races, before packing up as they should probably have dropped to C rigs. #Breezyafternoon
