- Brad Gibson 2 14pts 6 wins
- Graham Elliott 27 16pts 6 wins
- David Potter 20 29pts
- Bill Culshaw 21 44pts
- John Berry 112 45pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 51pts
- Lawrence Drennan 57 61pts
- John Pemberton 114 79pts
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DragonForce Winter Series #5 5/2/20
- John Brierley 84 14pts
- Richard Robinson 01 17pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 24pts
- John Carlin 11 33pts
- Alan Watkinson 373 38pts
- Don MacKinnon 983 40pts
- Dave Pickup 86 41pts
- Mike St Paer 35 50pts. 1x3rd
- Richard Walker 39 50pts 0x3rd
- Chris Weston 194 67pts.
DragonForce Winter Series #4 29/1/20
The forecast this week looked to be a promising A Rig breeze from the WSW and so should have given the 12 sailors a good Windward Leeward course along the South bank. Those sailors who put their boats on the water before the 11am start time indicated that the A rig was probably best as there were a number of strong gusts powering down the lake. By the time the first race started however, it was becoming clear that an A+ rig would have been a better choice as the breeze slowly dropped in strength and backed towards the SW by the end of racing, leading to plenty of frustrated sailors trying to find the wind.
John was fast out of the blocks, winning the first race. In race two, Ernie called two boats OCS, leaving Andrew to get well clear for his first of two wins on the day. John then took a convincing lead and a win in race 3 after rounding the windward mark in a breeze that carried him down the run whilst everyone else sat and waited for the next gust at the windward mark. Peter then got into a groove and took four out of the next five races, with only Andrew spoiling his run of form with a second win in Race 7.
After eight races the fleet decided to call it a day, with only an occasional breeze seen across the lake and rather different to the 12 gusting 26 knot forecast. Thanks once again to Ernie for running this weeks racing.
- Peter Baldwin 63 8pts
- John Brierley 84 11pts
- Andrew Peter 19 14pts
- Richard Robinson 01 21pts
- Dave Williams 233 31pts
- Alan Watkinson 233 32pts
- Mike St Paer 35 39pts
- Sally Collings 829W 43pts 2x4th
- Richard Walker 39 43pts 1x4th
- John Carlin 11 44pts
- Dave Pickup 86 47pts
- Chris Weston 829B 61pts
8 races sailed
IOM Winter 2019 #4 25/1/20
- Brad Gibson 2 10pts 10 wins
- Graham Elliot 27 23pts 2 wins
- David Potter 20 34pts
- Bill Culshaw 21 36pts
- Dave Burke 30 43pts
- Alan Watkinson 23 63pts
- Lawrence Drennan 57 64pts
- Chris Chatfield 7 70pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 72pts
- Phillip Davies 80 87pts
- John Pemberton 114 106pts
- Ken Jones 71 108pts
- Charles Legg 25 122pts
After 12 races
DragonForce Winter Series #3 22/1/20
Light winds and heavy mist met the 9 DF65 sailors for the third of the Winter series at Birkenhead today. Race Officer Ernie used most of the length of the lake for the windward /leeward course in variable strength wind.
There were 5 race winners in the 10 races, with new member Mike recording 2 of them. Both Neil and Alan were also putting in good results but Johns consistency gave him a narrow win. Dave, who always says he does not like light airs, posted a win and other competitive scores.
Chris had his new “Everton” blue boat on the water and now we wait for Sally to get a “Liverpool”red boat to continue the local rivalry!
The racing is becoming extremely close in these one design boats and they provide a great introduction to the sport of Radio Sailing.
- John Brierley 84 16pts
- Alan Watkinson 373 19pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 20pts
- Dave Williams 233 24pts
- Mike St Paer 35 27pts
- John Carlin 11 44pts
- Sally Collings 829 49pts
- Charles Legg 21 57pts
- Chris Weston 194 62pts
10 races sailed. Thanks again to Ernie for running the racing.
Updates to the Website
Along with the New Year New Look to the lake, the website has had a bit of a makeover. The Classes menu item has now been moved to the Information section and the menu “Current Standings” has been renamed as Results. This menu now has past Open meeting Reports and Results added to it as a page of links, in the hope that it is easier to locate past information.
Peter Baldwin 20/1/20