The second event in the IOM Winter Series at the club takes place this week 7th December. Start time is 12:00 prompt.
Visitors always welcome.
Author: Peter Baldwin
DragonForce Autumn Series #10 4/12/19
A sunny morning met the 12 DF65S with the wind coming from the clubhouse end in perfect A+ sailing conditions.It was decided due to the number of entries to move to the IOM course to include a gate at the leeward end.With the longer start line and the windward mark and spreader
mark half way up the lake,the fleet was well spread out.
In race 1 Sally continued her good form from last week with a win.Neil,fresh back from Malta had a good series finishing 2nd overall with Alan edging out a close bunch of sailors to take the remaining podium position. An excellent mornings racing .
1. John Brierley 84 9pts
2. Neil Westbrook 03 25pts
3. Alan Watkinson 373 32pts
4. Richard Robinson 01 34pts
5. Dave Williams 233 35pts
6. Sally Collings 829 36pts
7. Derek Matthews 57 43pts
8. Dave Pickup 86 58pts 1 x 1st
9. Mike St Paer 35 58pts
10.John Carling 11 65pts
11.Don McClarn 933 75pts
12. Dave Halstead 855 85pts.
Again we were indebted to Ernie for running the racing.
IOM Racing over the next few weeks
The second race of the IOM Winter series will take place on Saturday 7th December starting at 12:00. Entries on the day.
Then on the following Saturday 14th December, the IOM Christmas Open takes place. As of 28/11/19, there are 7 entries. Further details, NoR and a list of entries are available here. To give the club an idea of numbers, it would be helpful if you can advise Graham Elliott of your entry before the day, but entries on the day are always welcome.
Additional RG65/DF65 Open Events over the Winter
Following the AGM discussion, three more dates have been allocated to RG65/DF65 open events over the Winter on a Saturday. The dates are in the Calendar as:
- Saturday 21st December
- Saturday 18th January
- Saturday 15th February
The start time will be 12:00 with no start scheduled to be after 16:00. Visitors are most welcome. Clubhouse open from approximately 11:00, with hot drinks available .
DragonForce Autumn Series #9 27/11/19
Mirror like conditions met the 9 DF 65 sailors today for the 9th race in the Autumn series. Only 5 races were possible in drifting conditions with jibs flicking on the run being a rarity.
Sally certainly mastered the conditions from the outset winning 2 of the 5 races and running John B close. Dave W ,who never likes light airs , liked them today finishing 3rd just edging out Richard R by one point. The racing was again run by Ernie and many thanks goes to him in keeping us all in check.
John Brierley 84 5pts
Sally Collings 829 7pts
Dave Williams 233 12pts
Richard Robinson 01 13pts
Alan Watkinson 23 18pts
Richard Walker 39 22pts
John Carling 11 26pts
Andrew Peter 919 28pts
Mike St Paer 19 32pts.
DragonForce Autumn Series #8 20/11/19
With the breeze averaging 10 knots and up to 15 or 18 in the gusts, it was decided that B Rigs was the most prudent choice for the day. Even so, there was an occasional hairy moment on the run for many during the 10 races sailed. Races were won and lost in some cases by being in the most pressure downwind and at other times by avoiding the pressure to stay upright! John and Peter had evenly shared most of the wins after Race 9, with otherwise only Alan managing to get a good win in Race 5. It turned out that the two lap Race 10 was the decider, which John won by no more than a boat length on the finish line having made the best of the last beat. A great morning of close racing. Thanks to Mike St Paer for running the races today and hopefully his new boat will be ready to race next Wednesday.
- John Brierley 84 11pts
- Peter Baldwin 63 12pts
- Alan Watkinson 373 23pts
- Andrew Peter 919 28pts
- Colin Deakin 335 37pts
- Dave Williams 233 42pts
- Richard Walker 39 46pts
- Richard Robinson 01 61pts
- Sally Collings 129 62pts
