With a rare gap in the club calendar, five DF95 skippers got together at the lake on Sunday for some informal racing. (A thanks to Mike W for taking the lead on co-ordinating it).

The course was set down the East Bank, with no need for any mark-moving. The breeze was top end of B, and often ‘plus a bit’ – which called for caution over last-second tacking off the bank, and elsewhere meant gybing round could often be more effective than trying to tack. 

One boat had an on-board camera – the footage will need some editing down (let’s just say it won’t include Colin H’s foul-ups…), but hopefully something will be shared on YouTube. 

Colin H lucked-in on a good setup and was able to stay consistent. Sam P put on his C Rig for the first time ever before the last race, and I think the phrase is “fast straight out of the box”!

Most stayed with the B Rig, but a couple changed down to C later in the morning and did benefit from some better speed and control upwind.

There were gear problems now and again for some, but overall everyone was able to get stuck into an absorbing and challenging 8 races.

Despite the date, there was no Pickles on-hand/paw to supply a trophy. But it was a morning for just laid-back racing and – always LRSC’s forté, on any day – having an enjoyable time with club-mates.

Report by Colin Helliwell