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DF65 Social Racing #25 (3/11/21)

Thirteen sailors were greeted with a larger lake than normal due to the overflow being blocked, now sorted by Neil. The wind from the top factory corner was mostly light with the occasional strong gust. Paul Little our OD set a long course with the windward mark causing a few ‘SpecSaver’ moments for several skippers, turning before the mark. Paul manage to give us ten races with the final being a two laps. The Wednesday racing is very closely competitive, as seen by today where we had seven different winners. Thanks again to Paul for the running of the races.

  1. Mike De St Paer           20 pts 2 wins
  2. James Douglas             23 pts 1 win
  3. Richard Robinson       28 pts 2 wins
  4. Derek Matthews          30 pts 2wins
  5. Simon Bates                   33 pts 1 win
  6. Neil Westbrook             34 pts 1 win
  7. John Carlin                     35 pts 1 win
  8. Dave Williams               47 pts 9th.
  9. Richard Walker            65 pts
  10. Stan Metcalf                  72 pts
  11. Sally Collings                74 pts
  12. Malcolm Harvey          88 pts
  13. Paul Whalley                 94 pts

RG/DF65 Summers Series #7 30/10/21

In this the last of the 2021 Summer series for both the RG65 and DF65, sailors had to contend with a wide range of wind conditions in strength (0-10kts) and direction (anywhere from NW to SW), although at least the sun shone to warm up proceedings after the morning rain.

The RG65’s started in a low aspect A rig in the stronger and gusty conditions, but most changed up to a full height swing rig after a couple of races as the wind moderated. Peter Baldwin won the first race before John Brierley had a string of 5 consecutive wins, helped in part with Peter not changing up with everyone else, assessing the difference in performance between rigs. After the break, Peter changed up to full height swing rig and proceeded to take the final two races, with racing stopping as the wind disappeared  after the earlier 10knot breeze.  Behind these two, who took the first two places in each race, Dave Williams and Neil Westbrook shared most of the final podium places with Alan Watkinson managing to take one in Race 4. This left John on top with his five wins to Peter’s three and Dave Williams in third.

Meanwhile, in the fleet of four DF65’s, the wins were shared around quite evenly with Andrew Peter and John Carlin taking three wins each and Derek Matthews the remaining two. This gave a tight podium with Andre on top with 9pts, John in second on 10pts and Derek third with 11pts.

Overall results – RG65
  1. John Brierley             84    uno                       7 pts  5 wins
  2. Peter Baldwin           63     uno                       9 pts  3 wins
  3. Dave Williams          33      uno                     19 pts
  4. Neil Westbrook        03      uno                    24 pts
  5. Charles Legg             26      uno                    29 pts
  6. Alan Watkinson        23     Scurry/Argon 32 pts
  DF65
Andrew Peter           919                   9 pts   3 wins
John Carlin                  11                   10 pts   3 wins
Derek Mathews         57                  11 pts    2 wins
Paul Little                   45                  23 pts

The final results for this short series of seven events are contained on the Current Standings page here. Next week is the IOM Strebor Open, with two weeks off (one for the Club AGM on the 20th November) before starting the RG/DF65 Winter Series on 27th November.

DF65 Social Racing #24 (27/10/21)

With a strong B suit wind blowing over and between the houses, the course set by Neil used the whole lake and proved to be an interesting one to sail. If you were fortunate to get the right lift, a slow start was soon to be not a problem. With seven different winners, everyone was in with a chance. Fortunately we only had two retirees and this was due to radio problems. Many thanks to John Carlin for volunteering to be OD and giving us 10 good races.

  1. Alan Watkinson      19 pts. 3wins
  2. Neil Westbrook       21 pts 2wins
  3. Richard Robinson  21 pts 1win
  4. David Williams       34 pts 1win
  5. Mike De St Paer      39 pts 1win
  6. Derek Matthews     43 pts
  7. Don Mackinnon      46 pts 1win
  8. Simon Bates             52 pts
  9. Paul Little                 56 pts 1win
  10. Sally Collings           63 pts 1 x 2nd
  11. Richard Walker       63 pts 0 x 2nd
  12. Charles Legg          101 pts (Rtd early)
  13. Barrie Baugh         105 pts. (Rtd early)

IOM Summer Series #7 23/10/21

A Southerly wind, with large holes near the clubhouse end, met the five competitors for the IOM race #7. Because of the nature of the conditions the racing was extremely tight with Bill Culshaw getting the worst luck of all. Competitors throughout the afternoon, often leading and then falling into an area of no wind. Alan Watkinson was constantly challenging and managed two race wins. With ten races completed the result for the afternoon was decided in the last fifteen metres of the final race when John Brierley and Dave Hollom fell into one of those flat spots and Graham Birkett skilfully sailed past to take a well deserved win. Thanks again to Bernie and Jack for running the racing. A thoroughly enjoyable afternoons sailing in difficult conditions.

  1. Graham Birkett    133        widget                         17pts                      3 wins
  2. Dave Hollom         62          dead reckoning       18pts  {3 x 2nds}  2 wins
  3. John Brierley        84           brit pop                      18pts  (2 x 2nds)  2 wins
  4. Alan Watkinson    23          brit pop                     22pts                      2 wins
  5. Bill Culshaw           21          brit pop                     27pts                     1 wins

After 10 races

M Ranking #5 @ West Kirby Sun 17/10/21

Sunday dawned as cloudy and mild but without the early rain that had been forecast for the early part of the day.  The wind once again was from the SE, but a little stronger than Saturday at 10-11 knots. Racing got underway soon after 9:30 and a total of 6 races were sailed by 11:30 when the breeze again started a shift towards the SW and racing had to be stopped until the wind settled and the course could be reset to sail from the Promenade.  A further 9 races were then sailed before the cut-off time. At least the sun was now out to warm the competitors and although the wind had initially reduced in strength as it shifted, by the time racing resumed there were some stronger gusts.  Some competitors held onto their top rigs as long as they could but eventually had to change down.

Once again, Brad Gibson dominated the day with a scoreline almost a third of the second placed boat, Austin Guerrier, with Rob Vice a short way behind in third place. Most of the wins were taken by those on the podium, although Darin Ballington took two race wins and Martin Roberts one. Darin unfortunately had electrical problems in Race 9 which forced an early end to his day.  Martin had a long hook up on a mark warp when in a good position and then lost another race due to gear failure which also ended his chances of a higher position.  At the prizegiving, Brad thanked everyone for coming to the event and also thanked all those club members who helped run the event over the weekend.

A great but ultimately tiring days sailing with a good breeze, sunshine and no rain made for a good weekend at West Kirby.

Sunday photos courtesy of Gill Pearson. A full set of photos taken is on our Flikr page here.  If you would like a full resolution version please email the Webmaster (see Contact page)

M Ranking #4 @ West Kirby Sat 16/10/21

The day started with a light 6 or 7 knot breeze from the SE, giving a reasonable course sailed from the outer walkway of the Marine lake.  During the morning, the wind swung more to the South before going back again.  It never increased beyond 7 knots but did drop to 2 knots before rising again.  Finally after lunch the wind died and then returned from the SSW.  Racing was held for an hour or so whilst the course was reset and the control area run from the promenade.  This enabled an additional 6 races to be completed for a total of 14.  The top spot was never much in doubt all day with Brad Gibson getting the lions share of the race wins.  Behind him though there was close racing within the chasing group of Austin Guerrier, Darin Ballington, Rob Vice, Mark Robinson and Tony Edwards, all vying for the podium positions at different times in the day.  In the end, Tony Edwards had a good final run to finish in second, with Mark Robinson in third.

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Saturday photos courtesy of Dave Williams.  A full set of the images taken is in an Album on our Flikr pages here