Author: Peter Baldwin

A very good turn out today both with sailors and a good A+ wind straight down the lake with the sun also in attendance. The score sheet does not do justice to three of the sailors who had to leave early in John B, Sally and Paul H.  We also had Richard W turning up after the start time to manage only 4 races.

Credit must go to Mike, who this week showed a more consistent score card and came out on top. There were a lot of very close finishes keeping Malcolm Harvey our OD on his toes and we thank him for his services today.

1. Mike De st Paer    23pts 3 wins
2. John Carlin             28pts
3. John Brierley         35pts 3 wins
4. Derek Matthews  37pts 1 win
5. Alan Watkinson    42pts 2 wins
6. David Williams      52 pts
7. Simon Bates            53 pts 1 win
8. Neil Westbrook      59 pts
9. Charles Legg            61 pts 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
10. James Douglas        61 pts 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
11. Paul Little                 61 pts 1 x 2nd
12. Don Mackinnon      66 pts
13. Sally Collings           70 pts
14. Paul Hounslow        79 pts
15. Barry Baugh             111 pts
16. Paul Whaley             115 pts
17. Richard Walker       117 pts

After ten races sailed

After a short break of three weeks with insufficient sailors to organise any racing due to several National Championships taking place with good club representation (RG65 and DF95), the IOM Summer Series continued this week albeit with only three on the start line. A solid A rig wind from the clubhouse end welcomed the IOM skippers. 10 races were completed before the weather was due to turn. We spent some time on mast rake settings, starting techniques, and a whole load of race tactics. A big thank you to Bernie for running the races.

1. Martin Roberts     22         Vanilla        8pts      10 wins
2. Alan Watkinson   23          britpop      16pts
3. Charles Legg          25         Rubix         24pts

After 10 races

A chilly Autumn day with plenty of wind from the top end of the lake.  B suit was required, but as Paul Whalley did not have one available he very kindly offered to be OD for todays racing. Eleven sailors started racing but unfortunately the conditions were too much for some, with 4 failing to finish all the races due to rig or electrical failure.

It was very close at the sharp end with Richard Robinson always in the top three, but Mike De St Paer even with slightly inconsistent sailing took five firsts and managed to take the win overall. Many thanks again to Paul for running the races.

1. Mike de St Paer       15pts. 5 wins
2. Richard Robinson. 15pts. 2 wins
3. David Williams        32pts 2 wins
4. John Carlin                34pts.
5. Sally Collings           39pts
6. Andrew Potter         42pts
7. Neil Westbrook       49pts 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
8. Richard Walker       49pts 1 x3rd, 0 x 4th
9. Charles Legg             50pts  1 win
10. Paul Little                   67pts
11. Malcolm Harvey      86pts

Ten races held

A good days racing with 11 skippers turning up to race. Simon Bates elected to be OD and set some challenging courses with 9 full length of the lake races set.

A + rigs were used in the gusty and shifty winds coming straight down the lake.

1. Mike De St paer     12 pts and 4 wins
2. Neil Westbrook    16 pts and 2wins
3. Andrew Potter      22 pts and 1 win
4. James Douglas     25 pts
5. John Carling          27 pts
6. Sally Collings        28 pts and 1 win
7. Don Mackinnon   36 pts
8. Richard Walker    43 pts and 1 win
9. Malcolm Harvey  45 pts
10. Paul Whalley         65 pts

There was a decent top suit breeze from the W/WNW almost straight down the lake again for this week, the last practice day before the RG65 Nationals next weekend, where 5 club members have entered (currently making up nearly 30% of the entries!).

Graham Elliott (Electronica) carried on his form from previous weeks, by winning all but one of the races before the break, a run that was interrupted only by Martin Roberts (Pocket Rocket).  After the break, Brad Gibson helmed the Electronica for the remaining races, taking  wins in 3 of the 5 races, losing out to John Brierley (Uno) for the other two.  There were some very close finishes in a number of races, with the finish caller sometimes getting confused with a near ties between 84 and 184.

Meanwhile in the DF65 fleet of two boats, Andrew Peter took the day with 8 wins from Paul Hounslow with 3.

Thanks as usual to Bernie and Jack for running the racing.  Next week will be the first of 3 consecutive Saturday’s of IOM Club racing.

RG65

1. Graham Elliott/Brad Gibson  09             electronica         10pts    8 wins
2. John Brierley                                 84             Uno                       18pts    2 wins
3. Peter Baldwin                                63             Uno                        28pts
4. Martin Roberts                            184            Pocket Rocket   38pts 1 win
5. Neil Westbrook                              03             Uno                        41pts
6. Dave Williams                                33             Uno                        48pts
7. Alan Watkinson                             23             Scurry                  53pts

DF65

1. Andrew Peter                                  19          10pts   8 wins
2. Paul Hounslow                               82          14pts  3 wins

After 11 races

A lovely late hot summer day greeted the 10 Dragon sailors, with the wind more or less straight down the lake. Perfect A+ weather. Our OOD Derek Matthews set a long course using the whole of the lake which at times caused the fleet to spread out. The start line being quite long enabled the boats to find their own space with only two individual recalls. The racing at the front of the fleet was tight which resulted in several very very close finishes with Charles holding his nerve and coming out on top. Thanks again to Derek for the running of the races.

1. Charles Legg             14 pts   3 wins
2. Richard Walker        15 pts   1 win
3. Dave Williams          16pts    2 wins
4. Sally Collings            26pts   1 win
5. Paul Hounslow         32pts
6. Simon Bates              42pts   2 wins
7. Barrie Baugh             46pts
8. Malcolm Harvey      48pts
9. Paul Whalley             54pts
10. Stan Metcalfe            61pts

9 races held.