A dull damp day greeted 18 competitors for round four of this exciting series , A couple of visitors from Rotherham came along , and racing started on the south bank to a north westerly breeze around 8/10 knots. Straight out of the blocks was Dave Burke with his new shaped fin and Bulb and judging by his performance throughout the day it is a vast improvement, as the fin was covered while the boat was on the bank nobody got a clear view, and all we know it came from Europe, and not the UK as first thought, any way enough of all that. Jen Hand had a bad first race but quickly got in her stride with some good results, Jen getting a second on the day was a worthy performance. Dave Thomas sailing his Cheinz also sailed very well and finally got the win in last race of the day, Sam Gill showed some spirited races with his MX14 and certainly enjoyed his racing. Unfortunately Bob Geary had to leave at lunch time,,  but looking at his result for the morning he would have been on the podium had he stayed on , his EVO 3 going very fast , It appeared that some people were a little under the weather and not sailing as well as they could and in fact we lost 4 boats shortly after lunch through fatigue I suppose you call it , in Fact Phil Harpham had said by race 12 that we had walked over 4 miles up and down the control are, After Lunch racing moved to the East Bank and became quite fluky , however as you all know cream comes to the surface and so it came to be , the clever guys and gals managing to tackle the conditions and take it in there stride, All in all a great days racing with Dave Burke taking 7 wins from 14 races means he moves up the leader board . results are posted below. can you work out which bank you sailed best on all I know is that I Mick C gbr46 sailed a little better on the East bank !!!!!!!!! The lake has its secrets.

Mick Admin

In 2014 one of our club members decided to build his own I.O.M this is his story and pictures from top to bottom , He did finish the boat in early 2015 and it can be seen racing at Scotland Farm .

click the link below to open a pdf

V3 Frank Russell Goth XP build

Phil sent this blog to Frank Russell, Frank replied and this is his response 

Phil
 Thanks for this you made my day!!
 Seeing the results of my designs in finished boats has always been the 
best part of being involved in this greats sport.
 In the old days it was all hand written letters and photos but things 
are so much better now with pdf and digital photos.
 You have done an excellent job of the boat. Something I wish I had time 
and motivation to do.
 I would like to post your letter and the last photo of you holding the 
boat on my website and facebook page and also make you log downloadable 
on my website, if that is okay.
 I have finished the basic lines of a new Goth IOM which will be released 
as a plan late this year. I intend building a male hull and deck plug 
and similar to what you have done and testing before release. This is a 
boat I intend building in limited numbers for sale as well.
 I hope I can come up to your standards.
 
Frank
FRD

Well all I can say is well done to Phil. We will all look forward to his next project, whatever that may be . 

A bright dry day greeted 11 skippers and there was WIND. A fairly steady breeze from the North west, as forecast, provided  a windward leeward course along the south bank without the need to move any marks. The breeze was strong enough for most skippers to opt for B rig initially but soon  changed to A rig and were tested by the gusts. 4 skippers shared line honours at some point but Mick Hunt was by far the most consistent.

Yet another fantastic day at Scotland farm 16 entries and 16 races sailed , Weather conditions started with a little rain , and top suit but by race three the breeze had picked up to a steady B suit breeze. The club welcomed four visitors from the Rotherham club, Sam, David, Peter and Malcolm. After a slow start from Dave Burke he quickly got into his rhythm with 4 straight wins closely followed by a Mick Hunt posting some good early results, Jen Hand again started slow but gradually found her form with some cracking results towards the end of the Day,as did Phil Harpham , who is now reaping the rewards of such hard work Building his own Goth,,   consistancy is of course what we all strive for and Malcom Yeomans from the Rotherahm club put some pretty close scores together after Lunch, to give him the bragging rights for the visitors. With 16 races , it is a pretty long day for most people and we certainly walked the banks today, it all became to much for Chaz who had a lay down midway through the afternoon and poor of Jo had a touch of hayfever , I think Rob was under orders not to be late home ,  I must admit I was flagging at the end, but the day turned out nice and sunny and very windy. I am sure everybody enjoyed them selves and had some great racing where ever they were in the fleet. Results are posted below.

You will see two guys tied for 9th but on countback I believe Rob W got 9th and Sam G 10th

Mick C admin