A welcome fleet of 15 boats for round 4 Of this years Birkenhead IOM winter series greeted our PRO Bernie McNulty under cold grey skies. A rigs were unanimously chosen with a light 3-8 knot SE wind blowing mostly straight down the course from the clubhouse end.
From the outset the usual names of Roberts, Potter, Brierley and Culshaw and Gibson got away well in the shifting conditions. Others to do well at times were locals Lawrence Drennon and Neil Westbrook with a podium heat finish apiece.
After 11 races in total were completed with 2 discards, Brad Gibson took the day with a score of only 9 points with his 23 year old ‘pimped’ boat that enjoyed the light conditions. Rounding out the podium were Bill Culshaw with another strong showing in second and John Brierley edging out Martin Roberts for third by a single point.
A number of both new and visiting skippers from as far north as Fleetwood and east of the Pennines with designs new and old enjoyed a great days sailing and we welcome more in future rounds. Plenty of advice and tuning tips were shared throughout the fleet with none more evident than top skipper Graham Elliott sharing the controls for the day with daughter Millie. Congratulations Millie in leading us to the windward mark in the penultimate race showing the rest of us how it’s done.
Our next round of the Winter Series is on February 2nd feel free to join us
1st Brad Gibson 9pts
2nd Bill Culshaw 23pts
3rd John Brierley 30pts
4th Martin Roberts 31pts
5th Dave Potter 41ots
6th Lawrence Drennan 52pts
7th Neil Westbrook 59pts
8th Alan Watkinson 66pts
9th Andrew Peter 75pts
10th Gary Benson 84pts
11th Howard Garner 86pts
12th John Berry 94pts
13th Michael Benson 103pts
14th Phillip Davies 119pts
15th Millie Elliot 120pts