Typical DF 65 weather, very light winds but this time with plenty of sunshine. The wind was from the SE giving a beat and run course on the south bank. The wind under the east bank was turbulent leading to some frustrations at the finish.

Keith was clearly master of the conditions ending the day a very worthy winner.

Many thanks to the duty officers for the day, Bob and Pete.

Morning started off very chilly but after all sound checks were completed Roger Bacon the OOD called all to order and set a brilliant course from the south bank. 9 skippers,,  that could have been ten took part, but for some missing shrouds !!!!!!  with a decent breeze from the North West and with the tempreture getting warmer as the morning wore on, racing was done in a good tone despite some frustrating salad, on offer,  winner and well deserved Dave Burke in the I.O.M class .

And top dog in the DF 95 class was Ivan Stevenson never being out of the top three, Many thanks to Roger Bacon and all the little helpers for an enjoyable mornings racing .

Dave Burke 30 looking good on Starboard .

DF 95 blasting along on the run

A great day dawned Sun for a change but very light winds , eventually the forecast breeze came 3/5 knot from the Sout East. Darin was quickly into his stride, and the Brit Pops  were going to be hard to beat, By race four the breeze had got a tad strnger 5/7 knots and some good racing all thru the fleet was had on the south bank . Congratulations to Darin , as winner and many thanks to OOD’s Darin and Chris G for keeping the racing moving in a relaxed manner.

98 on a power run

Darin B winner of first of the summer series

A mere 4 skippers arrived for the first race of the Season which gave plenty of time to welcome Geoff Streeter, who performed creditably well considering it was his first time on the water.

The wind was N to NE and of a strength which kept all skippers on A rigs. The strength and direction resulted in a bitterly cold morning leading one skipper to ask ” If this is the first of the Summer Series, why are we wearing all this gear?”

Duty Officers were Ed and Ivan with the usual support of all concerned.

Tie broken in favour of Gordon, who had more second places.