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DF65 Social Racing #27 (17/11/21)

A brisk WNW breeze, blustery but dry, saw 16 sailors arrive for another well attended and exciting mid-week DF65 race. ‘A’ Rigs were in order, to contend with some big gusts to start the day, moderating slightly then steadying for the final two lap race,with 10 races completed overall. Don MacKinnon did us proud as self- elected Race Officer for the day, and as the scores show, it was a very closely contested day’s racing, which is proving to be the case for most Wednesday races, as the skill levels of newer members improve.

Birkenhead Radio Sailing Club was also well represented at the national DF65 & DF95 TT circuit event at West Lancs YC in Southport last weekend, with 9 BRSC members competing at the event, fielding more members than any other MYA Club for the final event of the year, with 3 BRSC members finishing in the Top Ten overall results for 2021. Full results are available at https://dfracinguk.com/

Today’s Results

  1. John Brierley              84    12 pts 4 wins
  2. Mike de St Paer         35     21 pts 3 wins
  3. John Carlin                  11      34 pts 1 win
  4. Neil Westbrook         03     35 pts
  5. Andrew Peter             19     36 pts 1 win
  6. James Douglas           73     40 pts
  7. Simon Bates               69     41 pts 1 win
  8. Alan Watkinson     373      48 pts
  9. Dave Williams        233      52 pts
  10. Richard Walker        39      79 pts
  11. Stan Metcalfe           46      85 pts
  12. Paul Little                  45      88 pts
  13. Sally Collings         829      93 pts
  14. Paul Whalley             53     111 pts
  15. Malcolm Harvey  1019     115 pts

DF65 Social Racing #26 (10/11/21)

Eight DF65 sailors arrived to sail in light drizzle and next to no wind. After deciding there were enough takers the OD Mike de St Paer set a short windward leeward course using some of the marks from Saturday’s IOM event, (but not necessarily in the right order).

The breeze filled in just enough to get the boats moving, and with finding the wind and avoiding the holes the racing was surprisingly close with much place swapping.

Richard Robinson was the man to catch, with five wins from eight races. Enthusiasm waned at race eight and it was agreed to call it a day after a challenging couple of hours racing.

  1. Richard Robinson   7 points (5 wins)
  2. Don MacKinnon     13 points (2 Wins)
  3. Richard Walker      25 points
  4. Derek Mathews      34 points (1 win)
  5. David Williams       35 points
  6. Charles Legg            36 points
  7. Alan Watkinson      39 points
  8. Paul Little                  44 points

DF65 Social Racing #25 (3/11/21)

Thirteen sailors were greeted with a larger lake than normal due to the overflow being blocked, now sorted by Neil. The wind from the top factory corner was mostly light with the occasional strong gust. Paul Little our OD set a long course with the windward mark causing a few ‘SpecSaver’ moments for several skippers, turning before the mark. Paul manage to give us ten races with the final being a two laps. The Wednesday racing is very closely competitive, as seen by today where we had seven different winners. Thanks again to Paul for the running of the races.

  1. Mike De St Paer           20 pts 2 wins
  2. James Douglas             23 pts 1 win
  3. Richard Robinson       28 pts 2 wins
  4. Derek Matthews          30 pts 2wins
  5. Simon Bates                   33 pts 1 win
  6. Neil Westbrook             34 pts 1 win
  7. John Carlin                     35 pts 1 win
  8. Dave Williams               47 pts 9th.
  9. Richard Walker            65 pts
  10. Stan Metcalf                  72 pts
  11. Sally Collings                74 pts
  12. Malcolm Harvey          88 pts
  13. Paul Whalley                 94 pts

RG/DF65 Summers Series #7 30/10/21

In this the last of the 2021 Summer series for both the RG65 and DF65, sailors had to contend with a wide range of wind conditions in strength (0-10kts) and direction (anywhere from NW to SW), although at least the sun shone to warm up proceedings after the morning rain.

The RG65’s started in a low aspect A rig in the stronger and gusty conditions, but most changed up to a full height swing rig after a couple of races as the wind moderated. Peter Baldwin won the first race before John Brierley had a string of 5 consecutive wins, helped in part with Peter not changing up with everyone else, assessing the difference in performance between rigs. After the break, Peter changed up to full height swing rig and proceeded to take the final two races, with racing stopping as the wind disappeared  after the earlier 10knot breeze.  Behind these two, who took the first two places in each race, Dave Williams and Neil Westbrook shared most of the final podium places with Alan Watkinson managing to take one in Race 4. This left John on top with his five wins to Peter’s three and Dave Williams in third.

Meanwhile, in the fleet of four DF65’s, the wins were shared around quite evenly with Andrew Peter and John Carlin taking three wins each and Derek Matthews the remaining two. This gave a tight podium with Andre on top with 9pts, John in second on 10pts and Derek third with 11pts.

Overall results – RG65
  1. John Brierley             84    uno                       7 pts  5 wins
  2. Peter Baldwin           63     uno                       9 pts  3 wins
  3. Dave Williams          33      uno                     19 pts
  4. Neil Westbrook        03      uno                    24 pts
  5. Charles Legg             26      uno                    29 pts
  6. Alan Watkinson        23     Scurry/Argon 32 pts
  DF65
Andrew Peter           919                   9 pts   3 wins
John Carlin                  11                   10 pts   3 wins
Derek Mathews         57                  11 pts    2 wins
Paul Little                   45                  23 pts

The final results for this short series of seven events are contained on the Current Standings page here. Next week is the IOM Strebor Open, with two weeks off (one for the Club AGM on the 20th November) before starting the RG/DF65 Winter Series on 27th November.

DF65 Social Racing 2021 #12 16/6/21

A very variable light breeze, shifting 180 degrees from West to South made setting a course very difficult. A+ rigs were chosen. Thanks go to Paul Little, acting as Race Officer today.

We managed 8 races using ¾ of the lake and a single lap course, apart from race 8, when the breeze filled in to a steady Force 2-3 Westerly, allowing a good two lap race to finish the day.

  1. Richard Robinson    01   10 pts
  2. Neil Westbrook         03   19 pts
  3. Andrew Peter           919  20 pts
  4. Alan Watkinson      373  26 pts [ 2 x 1sts ]
  5. Andrew Potter         194  26 pts
  6. John Carlin                   11  37 pts
  7. Charles Legg               21  43 pts
  8. Simon Bates                69 53 pts
  9. Stan Metcalfe             46 58 pts
  10. Malcolm Harvey    1019 62 pts
  11. Richard Walker          39 74 pts Rtd [ 1 x 5th ]
  12. Graham Reeves        189 74 pts Rtd
  13. Paul Whalley               00 86 pts

Finally, may we remind all sailors that pre-registration via the online website entry form is still required, to enable Track & Trace, manage numbers, and allocate RO Duties.

DF65 Social Racing 2021 #10 2/6/21

A good sunny day with the wind from the Clubhouse end, A+ was the chosen rig of the day. With Neil volunteering to don the waders, one of the start line marks was moved to make a non biased start. Several boats were keen to get going but fell foul of the start line judge. A few boats had electrical problems and had to retire and then with the wind strength increasing the last few races saw several more retire. 10 races were held with David Potter and Mike de St Paer taking 9 race wins between them, with David just coming out the winner. John Carlin took third place with a good consistent sail. Many thanks to the RO for this week, Dave Williams.

  1. David Potter               946    11pts
  2. Mike de St Paer            35     13pts
  3. John Carlin                     11      32pts
  4. Neil Westbrook             03    41pts
  5. Alan Watkinson          373    43pts
  6. James Douglas               73    49pts
  7. Richard Walker             39    54pts 3 x 3rd
  8. Don Mackinnon          933    54pts 0 x 3rd
  9. Dan Skinner                    27     56pts
  10. Andrew Potter              194     74pts
  11. Charles Legg                   21      77pts
  12. Malcolm Harvey        1019     79pts 1 x 3rd
  13. Simon Bates                   69      79pts. 0 x 3rd
  14. Tony Marsden             947    102pts