Another fantastic day at Scotland farm saw 12 contestants including one visitor, Stephan Haywood showing off his brand new Britpop and getting some great results even though not fully tuned. Jen Hand was race officer for the day and did a grand job keeping everybody in order and very happy with the 2 lap course which was sailed from the East bank with a full top suit breeze from the South West. conditions were warm and sunny and the sailing and racing were some of the best we have seen at the lake this year.A number of boats had wins and some very close seconds but at the end of the day it was Dave Burke who won through to take the win on the day. 10 races were sailed in the allotted 3 hours.

Many thanks to those who came down early and helped out with the minor tasks that always need to be done before racing starts

Sailed on 2nd August, which turned out to be a typical Dragon day – light flukey winds from the S to SE. The wind off the SE bank produced some turbulence on the water and made for some interesting or frustrating racing depending on your point of view. It was a day when the game of “spot the windshift ” made all the difference.

Since there were 4 RG boats sailing the results have been divided and an RG Summer series created, this being round 1

A meagre 6 entries for todays event. The wind was South to south east increasing slowly to around 10 mph by mid-day. Racing was along the south bank with sporadic problems with weed which affected all skippers randomly providing mixed results. However the overall weed situation appears much improved reflecting the hard work of the work parties in recent weeks.

A breezy day greeted 15 competitors to Scotland Farm for round six of the summer series , and with the wind forecast to veer and strengthen, racing was stated on the East bank. A top suit breeze from the south west with some nasty little gusts made for some great racing. We had two visitors Barry Raven and Sam Gill to make up the numbers and I am sure they both went home satisfied with there days racing. Neil Coleman and Barry Raven were of to good starts winning the first two races, but then the normal slow starter Dave Burke posted the first bullet in his 6 wins from 13 races, a consistent performance in anybody’s book Rob Wilson again showed signs of good form as did Neil Coleman. Alan Newman sailing an AB4 also seemed to be going well. After 5 races the massive veer came in and the wind direction changed and was coming from the North West, it had also increased in strength and this had skippers changing down to B suit, A new course was set on the South Bank where much work has been carried out with the opinion that it is a great improvement but still more work to do. Now although we started with 15 boats , we ended up with only 10 which was a shame because it was a fantastic day for sailing, sunshine a breeze in equal measures, good banter on the bank, made this a great day , results are posted below . Well done to Dave Burke who now leads the series.

Mick admin