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Author: Peter Baldwin

DF65 Social Racing 2022 #36 (7/9/22)

Pleasant summer sailing, with a variable southerly breeze, greeted just 7 sailors for today’s DF65 Race. The usual issues with light airs from behind the clubhouse, with holes and shifts in the wind to contend with, made for interesting conditions and the need for vigilance to gain any advantage. Neil and Andrew finished on equal points but Neil took the overall win with 3 race wins over Andrew’s two. Other wins in the 8 races sailed were shared throughout the fleet.

  1. Neil Westbrook     03 10 pts 3 wins
  2. Andrew Peter      919  10 pts 2 wins
  3. Richard Walker    39  16 pts 1 win
  4. Alan Watkinson 373  20 pts 1 win
  5. James Martin       813  21 pts 1 win
  6. John Beech             80  30 pts
  7. Graham Reeves  187 35 pts Rtd.

IOM Ranking #4 2022 Short Report and Results (4/9/22)

After the long day on Saturday (causing both human and boat difficulties) and the prospect of another hard days sail on Sunday (according to the forecasts), only 21 boats started the day out of the 28 originally entered.

After a delay of nearly 2 hours whilst the wind decided whether it wanted to blow and from which direction racing finally began.  We had arrived to a SE breeze bordering on 3rd suit, which suddenly moderated to a top suit, then switched within 10 minutes to a NW of a similar strength with rain.  This breeze lasted for around 25 minutes before dying and finally starting to fill from the SE again.  After a single heat, there was another shift and come from the S, requiring another course change.  The wind could not really decide which direction to come from and also had a slightly different direction at the top of the course from the bottom.  So a zig-zag two beat figure of 8 course was used with minor changes to windward and leeward marks to try and give decent beats for each heat.

Peter Stollery mastered the conditions and was Mr Consistency, discarding only a 3rd and finishing on 7 points and 11 points ahead of Rob Walsh in second, followed by Graham Elliott in third.  Only 6 races were completed after losing time at the start of the day.

Photos from Jon Cooper (a local freelance photographer) on Saturday and Sunday are here in the Gallery.  If you would like to have a print of any photo taken by Jon, then head to his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066514788823

IOM Ranking #3 Results (3/9/22)

A Heat racing by Andrew Peter

A total of 28 boats made it to Ranking #3 on Saturday.  With only two heats and 6 promotion many sailors spent the day oscillating between Heats A and B and when they weren’t sailing had an observer duty to fit in as well.  The breeze built during the day and there was plenty of rig changing between A and B suits, which was not the forecast at all.  Along with a heavy rain shower for a short while, everyone had some difficulties in getting into a groove.

Unfortunately with rig and course changes required for Race 9A, followed by a General Recall, this Race (and consequently Race 9B) had to be abandoned due to lack of time to complete by the final cut-off time.

By the end Rob Walsh took the day with Tony Edwards in second and Peter Stollery in third.  The top places were very closely contested as the results below show.

Launching by Jon Cooper

A few photos from Saturday by Andrew Peter are here in the Gallery.

Photos from Jon Cooper (a local freelance photographer) on Saturday and Sunday are here in the Gallery.  If you would like to have a print of any photo taken by Jon, then head to his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066514788823