A rather depleted field today with only six skippers showing up for the morning DF65 session – possibly deterred by the forecast for very light wind and a rather cold autumn morning.
The forecast was for S.Easterly, and while what wind there was did eventually blow from that direction there were some hiccups while it established itself and those who went out early to get in some practice really wondered if we would get any racing. In the event, just as Commodore Dave encouraged everyone to get racing, the wind filled in just enough.
The start was at the far end with a good direction for the beat, but a line that was well and truly starboard biased. However the starts were all incident free with everyone keen to avoid any boat to boat issues as it was hard to get moving again if you did.
Despite a minor rigging glitch demoting him to fourth in the first race, Peter aced the day with 5 straight wins from the six races completed with a combination of good sailing and a very slight, but significant, boat speed edge on the rest of the fleet. He was followed by Alan who, with the exception of one poor result, had a race win and a string of seconds.
Further back Dave W sailed consistently to claim third in the very variable conditions followed by Clive and Mike with a more variable set of results. Clive beat Mike on countback with Dave White showing much better speed and getting into the mix as well.
Not a day of champagne sailing (or if you’re Alan G&T sailing) but very pleasant to be outside sailing anyway. Full results are as shown below with thanks to Commodore Dave for keeping things moving and doing the results, and to Neil who oversaw a couple of starts during a flying visit.
- Peter Baldwin 63 5pts 5 wins
- Alan Watkinson 373 9 pts 1 win
- Dave Williams 33 16pts
- Clive Warren 53 18pts
- Mike De St Paer 35 18pts
- David White 94 28pts
