- Roger Lincoln 22 Pts
- Ernie Rice 29
- Peter Baldwin 30
- Graham Birkett 33 (3 firsts)
- Dave Williams 33 (2 firsts)
- Neil Westbrook 34
- Alan Watkinson 48
- Dave Benjamin 53
- Andrew Peter 60
- Colin Deakin 67
- Tom Walton 75
- Sally Collings 79
12 skippers, 11 races
Author: roger
RM 30th April 2016 – Results
- Bill Cullshaw 11 Pts
- Alan Watkinson 15
- John Brierley 22
Calendar Change
Please note that the IOM and 10r races planned for 18th and 25th June have been swapped. This is to prevent a clash with the IOM European Championships and give our skippers one last practice before they leave for them.
The IOM Andrews Memorial Races will now be on 18th June and the 10r races on 25th June.
Full details in the club calendar
Vintage Sailing Day
The weather for our first Vintage Sailing Day on 24th April was a cold brisk NE wind with rain squalls, not ideal sailing weather. We nevertheless had a very enjoyable day with 3 of the larger yachts braving the waves.
My ‘A’ Class ‘Hebe’ from 1960 was severely over-canvassed, Don’s 30″ Gaff Cutter dating from 1900 went well once the rig was reduced, and David Mathers vane Marblehead ‘Black Prince’, just loved the conditions, romping along on all point of sail, if a bit scary stopping and turning her !
There was a large collection of Star Yachts, as was to be expected for Birkenhead, some dating from 1930’s, many thanks to Chris. My ex Birkenhead 1957 vane Marblehead, a Stan Witty ‘Hornet’ was too fragile to brave the lake. The highlight was Bernard turning up with a very old 55″ Bar Keel Gaff Cutter, built in 1898, a very early 10 Rater.
Many thanks to all who attended and assisted especially Jack Turner, who doled out endless cups of tea and fascinating stories and advice from his free sailing days. ( The advice was free – the tea was 40p ! )
There are 2 more Vintage sailing days this year, ( see Calendar)
Everyone is welcome – bring along anything you have of interest to sail or display.
Andrew Peter – BRSC / VMYG
More photos in the gallery
Dragonforce Spring Series #9 (27/04/2016) Results
- Roger Lincoln 14 Pts
- Peter Baldwin 16
- Neil Westbrook 17
- Dave Williams 21
- Ernie Rice 24
- Andrew Peter 34
- Colin Deakin 38
- Alan Watkinson 39
- Dave Pickup 41
- Sally Collings 63
10 Skippers, 10 Races
IOM Handicap 23/04/2016 – Results
The first IOM handicap of the season saw sunshine and a cool breeze blowing almost straight down the lake. For most of the day this remained towards the top end of Number 1 rigs ensuring fine sailing for the 18 sailors that competed.
As intended in the handicap event, the racing was incredibly close and after 11 races there were very few points splitting the fleet.
I think for today it is worth publishing the full results rather than the abbreviated ones to show just how close things were – click on the table below to see full size.
