DF65’s
Another light wind Wednesday morning greeted those that arrived to sail. There were occasional Westerly gusts, but they were very short lived and as the first “race” started at 11:00, there was the faintest breeze from the North (or was it NE, perhaps South or maybe SW??). A simple course set out by our RO Dave Williams, only occupied half the lake using the finish mark as a “Windward” mark, a spreader and the gate took 20 minutes for the first race. This was enough for a few, who packed up and left, leaving the others to slug it out over a total of 8 races by 12:30. To be fair, by the end of race 4, the Westerly breeze was sort of filling in and by the last three races, was a nice and reasonably steady A+ breeze and so the RO extended the course to run the whole length of the lake.
The racing today ended up being a sparring match between James and Peter, who traded wins and podium positions throughout the morning. They each ended up counting the same results, with James just gaining the upper hand by winning the last race. There were some good results from a number in the fleet with Sally Collings, Alan Watkinson, Paul Little, Mike de St Paer, Malcolm Harvey and Clive Warren featuring close to the front of the fleet at some point during the morning. Having started with 10 boats we were down to only 7 for the last two races.
Many thanks to Dave for starting and finishing the races and to Malcolm for processing the results again. Photos from Dave and Paul show the range of conditions.
DF95’s
With only 3 boats around, the DF95 session was more one of training than racing this afternoon.
Next week will be the first wednesday of April and so the DF95’s will occupy the morning slot and the DF65 the afternoon one.
