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Category: Fleets

IOM Club Racing 2021 #1

This, the first IOM racing after lockdown 3 proved to be a great re-introduction after more than 3 months of no sailing.  The racing started out with a light NE breeze for a couple of races with plenty of shifts and gusts to test the 9 helms.  The wind then started to tempt us with a NW breeze starting to fill in then return to NE and we ended up with 2 races that either had three beats plus one run and one with then 2 runs followed by two beats.

There was a short delay whilst the marks were moved around and the course reset for a WNW breeze pretty well straight down the lake, (to most peoples surprise) and plenty of sunshine to go with it.  It also picked up a notch and started to be towards a top end No 1 in the gusts.

Racing was tight through the whole afternoon with at times, the whole fleet finishing in quick succession and testing both the calling skills of Jack and Bernie’s scribing to record the results.  Overall a great afternoon’s racing of 11 races in good friendly fashion with plenty of learning points gained.

  1. Peter Baldwin              63       Lintel MMX         20pts   ( 4 wins )
  2. Martin Roberts           22        Slim Chine           23pts  ( 5 wins )
  3. Bill Culshaw                 21        brit pop                  24pts  ( 2 wins )
  4. John Brierley               24        brit pop                 30pts
  5. Graham Birkett          133       widget                   34pts
  6. Dave Burke                    30        brit pop                40pts
  7. Neil Westbrook            03       widget                   42pts
  8. Tre Joinville                   94       lintel                     50pts
  9. Charles Legg                    6       Triple Crown     75pts

Results after 11 races.

Thanks once again go to Jack and Bernie for running the racing.

Photos thanks to Andrew Peter.

RG/DF65 Winter Series #1 report

The first of the RG65/DF65 today at Birkenhead, unfortunately the wind was from the South which for anyone that wants to know is the houses wind, not ideal, and difficult to lay a course but Peter once again donned the waders and did his best. All the RG’s were in there top swing rigs except for Martin that had borrowed Johns Pocket Rocket for the event but John chose to supply Martin with a slightly lower aspect top suit that did disadvantage him on the day but he’s still a tough nut to crack. The DF’s all chose the A plus rig.
The DF’s and RG’s all start on the same gun but the DF’s had a slightly shortened course, this option of racing does seem to work when sailing a mixed fleet, giving plenty of practice on a loaded start line.
The wind started off with quite a few vicious gusts but as the day went on these gusts vanished and the wind swung around about 20 degrees making more of a reaching course unfortunately, still plenty of skill required though looking for those pockets of wind and shifts.
The racing proved to be very close on the day with only 16 points separating 3rd-8th in the RG fleet, Graham and John sharing all 8 wins between them took 1st and 2nd, unfortunately we lost Peter after race 5 with a split tyre on his car and this needed to be changed before his journey home. The DF fleet was dominated by Mike who took all 8 races, well done.
Well done also to Bernie who started and finished us, having to walk round to the top bank to accurately get our finishing scores kept his steps up.
The club has gone from strength to strength in these lockdown periods that have stopped us travelling further afield, lets keep this level of entries and quality up in 2021 and hopefully we will see the fruits of this when travelling is open again.

RG65s

  1. Graham Elliott            55   Argon                       6pts    6 wins
  2. John Brierley                84    Uno                        10pts    2 wins
  3. Martin Roberts            22   Pocket Rocket    20pts
  4. Peter Baldwin              63   Pocket Rocket    24pts
  5. David Potter                 20   Pocket Rocket   27pts
  6. Matt Stephenson        08   Pocket Rocket  33pts
  7. Dave Williams              33   Pocket Rocket  34pts
  8. Neil Westbrook            03   Pocket Rocket 36pts

DF65s

  1. Mike de St Paer       35     6pts  6 wins
  2. Colin Deakin             93      18pts
  3. Derek Mathews       57      18pts

DF65 Social Racing #12 9/12/20

There  were 12 entries and one OOD turned up to race this week, with a south west  to west wind forecast at 7-9 mph.

However, on arrival at the lake we were faced with no wind at all.  A course was set allowing us to go either way up or down the lake and after waiting for the wind to appear a light variable wind started up.
We only managed 4 races of one lap each until it was decided to give up in frustration after one and a half hours racing.
The final scores after one discard were:
  1. JOHN BRIERLEY            84       5PTS
  2. NEIL WESTBROOK       03       6PTS
  3. JOHN CARLIN                 11       9PTS
  4. MIKE DE ST PAER         35     12PTS
  5. RICHARD ROBINSON   01     16PTS    1X3RD
  6. CHARLES LEGG              21     16PTS    1X4TH  1X5TH
  7. SALLY COLLINGS        829    16PTS    1X4TH  1X6TH
  8. RICHARD WALKER       39     19PTS
  9. DEREK MATTHEWS     57     20PTS
  10. CHRIS WESTON            194     25PTS
  11. PAUL LITTLE                   26     26PTS    1X6TH
  12. DON MACKINNON         93     26PTS    1X8TH
Many thanks to Stan Metcalfe for being OOD for the racing.

IOM Xmas Race – Saturday 12 December

Once again this year the Birkenhead Xmas race will be sailed in IOM’s.  There will be no entry fee, but everyone who enters should bring a wrapped gift (no bottles please) with a minimum value of £5.  These will be used as a “Secret Santa” gift for everyone sailing and will be randomly presented at the end of sailing.  It is intended that any prize-giving will be held outdoors if at all possible.  If the weather precludes this, then it will be held as a socially distanced event inside with everyone wearing a face covering.  After a short briefing, the first race is scheduled to start at 11:00.

The clubhouse will be open for use of the toilets, but not for socialising, boat rigging and preparation. The galley will not be open and please wear a face covering when inside the clubhouse.

IOM and RG/DF65 Winter Series

In the hope that racing at the club can re-start on Saturday 5th December, Graham Elliott has planned two Winter Series to take place between 5th December and 3rd April.  There will be separate series for IOM’s and RG65 plus DF65 boats (who will sail together on a similar course).  There are 8 events in each series and overall results will be based upon a boats best 5 races.  Please be aware that if the MYA is unable to confirm that Radio Sailing can restart by the 5th December, IOM Winter Series #1 will have to be cancelled.

Each of the events will start at 12:00 and racing will continue until the light fails or 15:45, whichever occurs first.  Booking will be via the Calendar or the home page links and limited at this stage to 13 boats, but increased if the MYA guidance allows it.  Please cancel any booking you make, should you be unable to make it, so that someone is able to take your place as we anticipate all places to be filled each week.

DF65 Social Racing #10 (4/11/20)

Twelve Sailors made it to the start line today, including 3 new DF65 members and our RO for the day Chris Fletcher, another new member.

A light NW breeze made for A+ rigs, but the rain and drizzle reminded us tha it was not the summer!

The final scores were:

  1. NEIL WESTBROOK  – 03 – 8 PTS
  2. JOHN CARLIN             – 11 – 18 PTS
  3. SALLY COLLINGS  – 829 – 21 PTS
  4. DON MACKINNON – 933 – 37 PTS
  5. CHARLES LEGG          – 21 – 39 PTS
  6. DEREK MATTHEWS – 57 – 45 PTS – 1 x 2nd , 1 x 3rd
  7. RICHARD WALKER   – 39 – 45 PTS – 2 x 4th
  8. PAUL LITTLE               – 45 – 50 PTS
  9. CHRIS WESTON        – 194 – 64 PTS
  10. STAN METCALF        – 146 – 75 PTS
  11. MIKE DE STPAER        – 35 – 76 PTS – Retired early
  12. BARRIE BAUGH           – 46 – 82 PTS

Well done to everyone who made it to the lake to race.

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