This was the last of this years Summer Series for the DF and RG65 fleets, although in common with just about every other week, there were only six RG65’s out and no DF65’s. The wind continued where it left off after the morning session with the DF95’s. The direction remained pretty well down the lake on average with some big shifts to exploit along with some holes to find. Expecting the breeze to build rather than die, most people sailed the first session with B rigs, although some were on low aspect A, with amix of both swing and conventional rigs.
The afternoon belonged to Alan’s Ivy with twelve straight wins. Peter worked hard to try and keep up and occasionally did hold the lead for a while, but Alan soon seemed to overhaul him. This was especially so in the first session of six races when Peter had a smaller/lower B rig compared to the other boats. The wind failed to build leaving him struggling for speed at times.
George and Dave were closely matched in this first session, so much so that after six races they were tied on points for the third/fourth places. Duncan sailing a new to him Goth, was struggling for boat speed as the B swing rig was definitely underpowered. The A rig was thought to be too big for the conditions in the first session, but did trade up for the second one, but was then over pressed in the gusts!
After twelve races we called an end to the afternoon, with Alan clearly the winner and Peter clear in second. George ended the afternoon two points ahead of Alan who had a better second session to pull away from Dave and land fourth, with Dave fifth and Duncan sixth. Thanks go to Neil for running the first six races and to Dave for losing out in one race to take some photos of the racing.
- Alan Bennett Ivy 68 10pts
- Peter Baldwin Uno 63 21pts
- George Bennett Uno 71 36pts
- Alan Watkinson Uno 23 38pts
- Dave Williams Uno 33 41pts
- Duncan Neale Goth 30 47pts
