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10 Rater Ranking, 16/6/12

A fleet of 7 boats competed for the Northern District 10 Rater Ranking event held in gusty conditions from the SW. After 16 races, a count back down to 3rd placings gave Brad the narrowest of wins over Vernon Gee who was consistent over the full day with his Trident design 10 Rater.
Thanks go to Victoria, Bernie and Andrew for running the days racing.

IOM Club Championship 5, 9/6/12

Round 5 of the IOM Club Championship was held in a gusting NW breeze with B suits used. Once again there was some tight racing at the top and some other close finishes between all skippers down the fleet.

1. Brad Gibson,   11 pts
2. Graham Elliott,   13
3. Darin Ballington,   23
4. Victoria McNulty,   25
5. Paul Stubbs,   41
6. Bill Culshaw,   50
7. Dave Burke,   51
8. Roy Washbrook,   65
9. Dave Williams,   68
10. Lisa Reeves,   73
11. Colin Galvin,   73
12. Dave Pickup,   86
13. Vernon Gee,   90

IOM Club Championship 4, 26/5/12

A gusty 10-15 knot Easterly wind tested skippers with B rigs and large wind shifts. Racing at the front end was extremely close between the top 5 skippers with 4 different heat winners.

1. Brad Gibson,   13 pts
2. Rob Walsh,   14
3. Richard Hamspon,   23
4. Martin Roberts,   27
5. Victoria McNulty,   27
6. Bill Culshaw,   49
7. Dave Burke,   50
8. Jim Findlay,   61
9. Vernon Gee,   68
10. David Catherall,   80
11. Dave Wayt,   85

Next week sees Birkenhead skippers trekking south to Two Islands, Milton Keynes for the IOM National Championships with a 77 boat boat fleet.
Results will be posted on the official event website HERE.

Open 800 Racing 2, 26/5/12

Our second open day for small boats was held in warm sunny conditions with a gusting wind testing everyone. Some close racing was held over a half lake course with races shared evenly amongst both the Micro Magic and modified Victoria class yachts.

The next open day will be on 23/6/12.

1. Victoria McNulty, Micro Magic,   15 pts
2. Terry Roberts, Victoria,   19
3. #21, Victoria,   19
4. #00, Victoria,   19
5. Zak Roberts, Micro Magic,   22
6. Bernie McNulty, Micro Magic,   23
7. Jim Findlay, Micro Magic,   31
8. #J-10, Victoria,   33
9. Martin Roberts,   50

8 races

RM Hamburg Cup 19/5/12

A very light and fickle ENE wind made the conditions tough for the 8 skippers competing. The fleet welcomed another converted IOM skipper to RMs for the first time with Richard Hampson having a good first up day in second place after some close races at the front with Brad, Vernon and Jim.

1. Brad Gibson,   6 pts
2. Richard Hampson,   12
3. Vernon Gee,   15
4. Jim Findlay,   25
5. Colin Galvin,   26
6. Ernie Rice,   32
7. Dave Wayt,   33
8. Andrew Benson,   47

8 races, 2 discards