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Change of event for RG65 Popup Open meetin

The next DF/RG65 Summer Series event originally planned for the 11th June will now be held on the 4th June and will also be an Open event.  This is primarily to allow more practice and boat setup for anyone planning to attend the RG65 Open at Bornville on the 11th June.  Full detail and entry via the links in “Upcoming events” or by following the link here.

Racing will start at 11:00, with no start after 16:00 and around 30 minutes break for lunch.  Entry for the day will be £3 with free tea/coffee or bottled water.  A few spare boats are available to loan for the day if you would like to try out this fantastic small racing machine (further details on the event page).

The Social Sailing Day originally planned for the 4th has now been moved to the 11th June.

IOM Summer Series 2022 #3 (21/5/22)

Due to a series of unfortunate events  3 off the original 6 made it to the start line.  A rig down the middle, with a funny turn around tea break.
All had their moment in the sun.
Thanks to Bernie, Dave and a mug of tea from Jack
  1. Martin Roberts         22    vanilla      10 pts     6  wins
  2. Bill Culshaw               21    britpop     15 pts     2 wins
  3. Alan Watkinson        23    britpop     19 pts     2 wins

The series figures have now been updated here which show Martin currently with a commanding lead.

 

Club Successes at the RG65 Nationals

Three sailors from the club entered the RG65 Nationals held this year at Eastbourne & District MYC.  All three ended up in the prizes with Graham Elliott sailing an Electronica first, Peter Baldwin in an Uno fifth and John Brierley also sailing an Uno sixth.

A full report and results for the weekend where 33 races were completed is available on the RG65 UK website as follows:

https://rg65.org.uk/2022/05/16/rg65-nationals-2022/

There is a video compilation of some racing from Saturday and Sunday and a series of photographs all available via links on the RG65 UK Class Association Facebook page.

DF65 Social Racing 2022 #20 (18/5/22)

10 sailors arrived to warm weather and sunshine, but again some very flukey wind conditions at Gautby Road lake.

Sailing skills and tempers were tested as the wind circled round the lake in mostly unpredictable directions, with both lulls and gusts, meaning close attention to the trim of the A+ sail rigs was paramount at all times.

Conditions made for very close racing as the points testify. With thanks to John Carlin and Mike de St Paer for acting as Race Officers, frequently needing eagle eyes to judge the close places at the finish line.

  1. James Douglas    73 17 pts
  2. Andrew Peter    919 21 pts
  3. Alan Watkinson  373 24 pts [ 3 x 1sts ]
  4. Neil Westbrook    03 24 pts [ 2 x 1sts ]
  5. Simon Bates        69 37 pts [ 2 x 2nds ]
  6. Richard Walker    39 37 pts [ 3 x 3rds ]
  7. Dave Williams      33 38 pts
  8. Derek Matthews   57 57 pts
  9. John Beech          80 64 pts
  10. Paul Whalley        53 76 pts

DF65 Social Racing #19 (11/5/22)

Just half a dozen sailors arrived, to be welcomed by a damp morning with almost windless conditions. Not very promising for a days racing, so we decided to just have un-scored social racing session and managed a few single lap races.  Start line and course direction was alternated, as the light winds shifted in a most unpredictable manner, as did the results of each race.

The wind did steady and fill to a fresh westerly towards the end of the morning, which gave us a final two lap race to finish the day.

Member Successes at the IOM Nationals

The 2022 IOM Nationals finished last Monday 2nd May at Castle Semple in Scotland.  Once again, club members were well placed at the event with Graham Elliott in 4th, Andrea Roberts in 9th and Martin Roberts in 10th.  The event was won by local sailor and sailmaker Brad Gibson (with his wife’s Britpop).

2022 UK IOM National Championship at Castle Semple Loch - photo © Sue Brown

Sailing conditions were taxing for both the Race Team and competitors alike, with no single skipper dominating the scoring.

A full report of the event and the scores can be seen in the event report on yachts & Yachting here