Round 9 lived up to its expectations with a great turnout that ended up with 17 skippers taking to the water , It could have been 18 but for an unfortunate winch failure of Chaz Jordan . We had two very welcome visitors with             Darin Ballington  GBR 98 Britpop and Robert Wilson GBR 97 Fraktal. The breeze seemed a little stronger than forecast and everybody held on to top suit for the six races with only one or two diving boats on the run. Bob Geary was sailing his brand new EVO 3 GBR 58, and despite the rig not being tuned to what may be the optimum, put in some very good performances to take 5th spot . Jenny Hand GBR 169 also had a fantastic day sailing in to 6th spot to which I am sure she will be very pleased . There were battles up and down the fleet and the racing was hugely competitive no matter where you were sailing in the fleet. The standard of sailing has improved quite a lot at Scotland Farm this year and everybody is enjoying their sailing, shore side manners are also very good and it is nice to see turns being done for any small incidents. At the end of the day it was Darin that took the honours with seven points and Martin Lambert in a borrowed AB4 took second spot from Mick Chamberlain 3rd and Robert Wilson 4th . The results and some pictures of the day are below , and I would like to thank all the competitors for making it such a great day of competitive racing .

Darin and Robert visitors to Scotland Farm

We had a few Dragon fun races with 10 skippers taking part ,,,, the serious stuff is next Sunday 10th August .

Mick Admin

This coming Sunday is round 8 of the I.O.M summer series and a bumper turnout is expected at Scotland Farm . The heat is on for the top spot and with Bob Geary showing of his new Goth EVO 3 , Martin Lambert Sailing a new AB4 design, and Chaz Jordan sailing his revamped and remeasured Lintel it could be explosive , also are expected are a couple of visitors to mix things up a little ,, The weather is looking pretty good with a breeze from the South West 8 to 12 knots and 20 degrees sunshine ,

Don’t be late the action starts at 0950 hrs

A variable wind made the choice of the windward mark questionable at times but the strength made for some good sailing. The closest racing I can remember sailing as the results indicate. An excellent morning all round.

Another great turnout 14 contestants for round 8 of the I.O.M summer series at Scotland Farm . The weather was overcast warm and with a threat of thunderstorms to come waterproofs were kept handy.

A decent top suit breeze stayed with us all the morning and the rain held off , a good windward leeward course was set with Starboard rounding and a gate at the leeward end, We had a guest sailing an R.C Yacht for the first time , but I suspect not the last Les is an old Sailing friend of Mick C and was up for the weekend with his wife Annie. The racing got of to a good start and Martin C was using a badly rigged AB4 for the first time but very soon got the hang of it. The results are posted below , but the most notable improvement came from Mick Hunt GBR 14 with a very good 3rd place , there were battles up and down the fleet and Jim Dinmore was also showing some good form with his new boat, and when he gets it settled and trimmed will soon see himself climbing the ladder and putting some established club members to shame , results and pics below , The Dragon force series held on the same day will be posted a little later .

THE RESULTS ROUND 8 I.O.M

Mick and Phil ( want some lotion ) ive put it on the bottom of the boat as well , so watch how well it goes .

Jim and James

Jenny and Buddy ( buddy does not sail yet)

Guest Les and Annie.

ARE WE READY !!!

Ivan and Dave waiting for the start .

Micks AB4 loaned to Martin for the day.

Jenny launching.

Les and Colin meet again after 30 years .

DRAGON FORCE SUMMER SERIES ROUND 7 20TH JULY 2014 RESULTS

9 Dragons came to the line for the afternoon racing at Scotland Farm , it could have easily been 11 yachts but Jenny    ( forgot transmitter) and Mick ( rudder servo failure ) also one or two had to rush off for much more important things to do !!!!!! So they missed the fine competitive racing that we always get with the dragons and the down poor of rain that we got in race 6 .

Although Phil 44 won the first race he kinda faded for the next three races with a couple of 7ths and a 6th, not sure why that happened but I am sure he knows that if he brigs consistency to his game he would give the top guns a run for there money. Martin took full advantage of Mick and Bob not sailing to stamp his authority and win by a good margin, Chaz showed some great promise and sailed a steady set of races banging in a couple of “bullets” in race 3/5and only being out of the top three on two occasions, Norman also showed consistency, but Jim’s sailing continues to improve and I can see by the end of the year he will be mixing it with the middle of the pack guy’s , His grandson James needs to put a little more application into the game and a lot more practice ,, he showed in the last two races that he can do it , but does need to concentrate and apply himself,, and at his age his learning curve will be dramatic and he could end up as one of the guy’s to beat at club level . Martin wins from Phil and Chaz ,,Phil just nicked it on Count back for second place

All in all a very satisfying day and some great racing , we would also like to welcome two new members to the club Dave and Bert and we look forward to helping them in any way we can .

Mick Admin