A reminder that there will be sailing for the DF95 tomorrow afternoon post DF65 racing in the morning – so don’t forget your boat if you have one. If anyone wants to try out the DF95, Andrew Peter is planning to also take down a spare boat.
Author: Peter Baldwin
DF65 Social Racing 2022 (9/11/22)
13 sailors started racing with a warm sun and the light wind from the top of the lake. Malcolm volunteered to be race officer and managed to give us ten races even with the patchy wind. Downwind caused the most problems where the possibility of a good finish position was lost, running out of wind and just bobbing about whilst being overtaken by several boats!
John Carlin took the most wins being pushed hard by Mike, Alan and Dave who took the rest. Charles having now recovered from COVID make a welcome return and put in some good results. Many thanks again to Malcolm for being RO today.
- John Carlin 17pts 5wins
- Mike de St Paer 19pts 1 win
- Alan Watkinson 23pts. 2 wins
- Dave Williams 26pts 2 wins
- Derek Matthews 40pts
- Charles Legg 49pts
- Richard Walker 51pts
- Paul Little 57pts
- Sally Collings 58pts 1 x 3rd
- Don MacKinnon 58pts
- Clive Warren 62pts
- Frans King 77pts
IOM Winter Series 2022/3 #1
Seven sailors arrived on time for the first of the Winter series, but unfortunately Bill had battery troubles which delayed the start but even so our RO Dave Williams managed to run 12 races. With light winds from the clubhouse end six races were held before a welcome tea break thanks to Bernie in the galley.
During the first race after tea the wind freshened and turned 180 degrees with the start now from the clubhouse. Martin had boat troubles and switched to a Britpop, John Brierley had to leave early and passed control to John Carlin who managed some good results. Some very close finishes made the sailing interesting. A welcome return to the club from David Burke saw him soon back in the groove managing second overall. Thanks to Dave Williams for being our RO and Bernie for making the very welcome brews at “half=time”.
- Martin Roberts Widget/Britpop! 27pts 4 wins
- David Burke Britpop! 31pts 1 win
- Alan Watkinson Britpop! 34pts 2 wins, 2 x 2seconds
- John Brierley/Carlin Britpop! 34pts 2 wins
- Alan Bennett Viper 36pts
- Bill Culshaw Britpop! 39pts 3 wins
- John Berry Viper 46pts
DF65 Social Racing 2022
The wind today was not as strong as expected but ended up near the top of A suit range. Paul our RO set a full length course starting at the top end of the lake with the windward mark at the clubhouse, port to a spreader then downwind through the gate to the finish in its usual place.
A couple of general recalls and a few individual recalls were the result of sudden gusts just on the final few seconds of countdown. The first leg of the course was a challenge as to which tack to be on with no consistency of the wind, bunching at the windward mark caused a few problems with more to come on the run with severe broaching. Mike and John were able to handle the conditions to their advantage taking 7 wins between them with just 1 point between them at the end with a similar position between Richard and Derek.
Thanks again to Paul Little for volunteering to be RO and giving us 10 races.
- Mike de St Paer 12 pts 4 wins
- John Carlin 13 pts 3 wins
- Richard Walker 25 pts 1 win
- Derek Matthews 26 pts 2 wins
- Dave Williams 43 pts
- Frans King 48 pts
- Don MacKinnon 50 pts
- Malcolm Harvey 51 pts
- Clive Warren 54 pts
End of the Summer Series for IOM and RG/DF65
We have now come to the end of the Summer Series of races for both the IOM and RG/DF65. Some weeks there were insufficient participants for the racing to be run and so although there were 10 race days planned for each class, only 9 events were run for the IOM, 8 for the RG65 and only 4 for the DF65. It would be good to have more DF65 participation on a Saturday in both the Summer and in the Winter (when a new series starts in a few weeks). At the moment and with low turnouts, both fleets (RG65 and DF65) start together and sail a slightly different course and are then scored separately. If numbers warrant it, then the DF65 could always start separately.
The final end of series positions have been determined and are available to view in the Current Standings Tab here.
Congratulations to the podium’s for each series as follows:
IOM
- Peter Baldwin sailing Lintel MMX & Britpop!
- Martin Roberts sailing a Vanilla 2
- Bill Culshaw sailing a Britpop
RG65
- John Brierley sailing an Uno
- Peter Baldwin sailing an Uno
- Graham Elliott sailing an Electronica & Argon (and counting a DNC)
DF65
- Andrew Peter
- Chuck Millican
- John Carlin
The Winter Series starts with IOM #1 on Saturday 12th November and then DF/RG65 #1 on Saturday 26th November, with missing weeks due to the ND IOM Championships & AGM on the 12th and our own AGM on the 19th.
RG/DF65 Summer Series #10 (29/10/22)
As a follow on from last weeks RG65 TT, the final event in the Summer series for the RG65 and DF65 took place today on a course that was very similar to last Sunday. Only 5 RG65’s and one Df65 turned out this week, with a few busy on other activities and Neil who very kindly acted as our RO for today. The RG’s sailed a full sized course, with the lone DF65 sailing to the same windward marks at the clubhouse end and then using the outer start mark as a rounding mark instead of the gate used by the RG65’s
Race 1 started bang on time, with several different options and opinions on which rig to choose in the slightly gusty 6 to 10 knot breeze. Was it a full size swing rig, low aspect swing or full size conventional? Peter started well and took the win in the first three races in his full size conventional, with John undecided on low aspect swing or conventional before finally opting for the swing rig and winning race 4. Peter then took race 5 again before a short break.
After the break, John took the wins in Races 6, 7, 10 and 11 with Peter picking up races 8 and 9. Racing however was very close most of the time throughout the fleet all afternoon. It was often down to whether anyone was in just the right spot to get the lift or have wind when nobody else did.
Thanks go to Neil for running the racing and Bernie for making the brew at half time. Next week is the start of the Winter Open series with IOM racing first and each week starting at 12:00.
- Peter Baldwin 63 Uno 13 pts (6 wins)
- John Brierley 84 Uno 13pts (5 wins)
- Alan Watkinson 23 Uno 25pts
- Bill Culshaw 23 Scurry 31pts
- Dave Williams 33 Uno 34pts
Our Lone DF65 was Clive Warren, who was well in the mix at the finish sailing on an A rig and a shorter course.
