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IOM Winter Series 2022/3 #1

Seven sailors arrived on time for the first of the Winter series, but unfortunately Bill had battery troubles which delayed the start but even so our RO Dave Williams managed to run 12 races. With light winds from the clubhouse end six races were held before a welcome tea break thanks to Bernie in the galley.

During the first race after tea the wind freshened and turned 180 degrees with the start now from the clubhouse. Martin had boat troubles and switched to a Britpop, John Brierley had to leave early and passed control to John Carlin who managed some good results. Some very close finishes made the sailing interesting. A welcome return to the club from David Burke saw him soon back in the groove managing second overall. Thanks to Dave Williams for being our RO and Bernie for making the very welcome brews at “half=time”.

  1. Martin Roberts     Widget/Britpop!  27pts 4 wins
  2. David Burke            Britpop!                  31pts 1 win
  3. Alan Watkinson     Britpop!                  34pts 2 wins, 2 x 2seconds
  4. John Brierley/Carlin Britpop!             34pts 2 wins
  5. Alan Bennett           Viper                         36pts
  6. Bill Culshaw             Britpop!                  39pts 3 wins
  7. John Berry                Viper                         46pts

DF65 Social Racing 2022

The wind today was not as strong as expected but ended up near the top of A suit range. Paul our RO set a full length course starting at the top end of the lake with the windward mark at the clubhouse, port to a spreader then downwind through the gate to the finish in its usual place.

A couple of general recalls and a few individual recalls were the result of sudden gusts just on the final few seconds of countdown. The first leg of the course was a challenge as to which tack to be on with no consistency of the wind, bunching at the windward mark caused a few problems with more to come on the run with severe broaching. Mike and John were able to handle the conditions to their advantage taking 7 wins between them with just 1 point between them at the end with a similar position between Richard and Derek.

Thanks again to Paul Little for volunteering to be RO and giving us 10 races.

  1. Mike de St Paer       12 pts 4 wins
  2. John Carlin                13 pts 3 wins
  3. Richard Walker       25 pts 1 win
  4. Derek Matthews     26 pts 2 wins
  5. Dave Williams         43 pts
  6. Frans King                48 pts
  7. Don MacKinnon     50 pts
  8. Malcolm Harvey     51 pts
  9. Clive Warren            54 pts

End of the Summer Series for IOM and RG/DF65

We have now come to the end of the Summer Series of races for both the IOM and RG/DF65.  Some weeks there were insufficient participants for the racing to be run and so although there were 10 race days planned for each class, only 9 events were run for the IOM, 8 for the RG65 and only 4 for the DF65.  It would be good to have more DF65 participation on a Saturday in both the Summer and in the Winter (when a new series starts in a few weeks).  At the moment and with low turnouts, both fleets (RG65 and DF65) start together and sail a slightly different course and are then scored separately.  If numbers warrant it, then the DF65 could always start separately.

The final end of series positions have been determined and are available to view in the Current Standings Tab here.

Congratulations to the podium’s for each series as follows:

IOM

  1. Peter Baldwin sailing Lintel MMX & Britpop!
  2. Martin Roberts sailing a Vanilla 2
  3. Bill Culshaw sailing a Britpop

RG65

  1. John Brierley sailing an Uno
  2. Peter Baldwin sailing an Uno
  3. Graham Elliott sailing an Electronica & Argon (and counting a DNC)

DF65

  1. Andrew Peter
  2. Chuck Millican
  3. John Carlin

The Winter Series starts with IOM #1 on Saturday 12th November and then DF/RG65 #1 on Saturday 26th November, with missing weeks due to the ND IOM Championships & AGM on the 12th and our own AGM on the 19th.

RG/DF65 Summer Series #10 (29/10/22)

As a follow on from last weeks RG65 TT, the final event in the Summer series for the RG65 and DF65 took place today on a course that was very similar to last Sunday.  Only 5 RG65’s and one Df65 turned out this week, with a few busy on other activities and Neil who very kindly acted as our RO for today.  The RG’s sailed a full sized course, with the lone DF65 sailing to the same windward marks at the clubhouse end and then using the outer start mark as a rounding mark instead of the gate used by the RG65’s

Race 1 started bang on time, with several different options and opinions on which rig to choose in the slightly gusty 6 to 10 knot breeze.  Was it a full size swing rig, low aspect swing or full size conventional?  Peter started well and took the win in the first three races in his full size conventional, with John undecided on low aspect swing or conventional before finally opting for the swing rig and winning race 4. Peter then took race 5 again before a short break.

After the break, John took the wins in Races 6, 7, 10 and 11 with Peter picking up races 8 and 9.  Racing however was very close most of the time throughout the fleet all afternoon.  It was often down to whether anyone was in just the right spot to get the lift or have wind when nobody else did.

Thanks go to Neil for running the racing and Bernie for making the brew at half time.  Next week is the start of the Winter Open series with IOM racing first and each week starting at 12:00.

  1. Peter Baldwin      63  Uno      13 pts (6 wins)
  2. John Brierley        84  Uno     13pts (5 wins)
  3. Alan Watkinson  23  Uno      25pts
  4. Bill Culshaw         23 Scurry  31pts
  5. Dave Williams     33 Uno        34pts

Our Lone DF65 was Clive Warren, who was well in the mix at the finish sailing on an A rig and a shorter course.

DF65 Social Racing 2022 – 26/10/22

Wind blowing over the houses normally seems to make for really shifty conditions, and today’s sailing didn’t disappoint.

Although the general direction was from the West, every leg of the course seemed to contain at least one beat, a reach, a run and a number of flat spots which everyone visited a number of times during the morning.

RO duties were shared out, with Dave kindly starting race 1, and although there were some concerns that the line might need altering it appeared to make no difference where anyone started in the gusty conditions.

Sally and Stan made a welcome reappearance after a summer break, and racing was very close with much place changing, boats changing tacks without changing direction, those in the lead being caught by the pack and a very tricky finish in the calm area on the houses side of the lake.

Mike ran out the winner after 10 races, with John and Alan tied on points but with 2nd going to Alan with more wins.

  1. Mike de St Paer              11 pts (5 wins)
  2. Alan Watkinson             15 pts (3 wins)
  3. John Carlin                       15 pts (1 win)
  4. Derek Mathews              21 pts
  5. Dave Williams                29 pts
  6. Richard Walker              35 pts
  7. Sally Collings                  36 pts (1 win)
  8. Stan Metcalf                    48 pts
  9. John Beech                       50 pts
  10. Frans King                       58 pts

Winter Series Added

The Winter Series for both IOM and DF/RG65 have been added to the Calendar along with the IOM Christmas Race (this will also be a Northern District Winter series Event).

Enter as normal using the links in “Upcoming Events”.  Start time will be earlier than during the Summer at 12:00 for the Winter Series and no race to start after 15:30.