Cold but not too cold , 11 skippers arrived from far and wide, the sun was out most of the time and by start time 10 am we had a decent breeze from the North West, I say decent what I mean is with top suit on the boat heeled and moved forward, it was enough, and it increased as the morning wore on, everybody was happy The Hand family Tim and Jen were our OODs for the day, and a course was set on the South bank, With the water level so high only Chaz’s landing ( jetty ) was in use, two or three skippers were warming up in ready ness for next weeks TT at Southport.

Nice to see Richard Jutsum , he has a torn Achilles, and is recovering, and will be back racing soon , and so to the racing , a pretty tight affair all thru the fleet unfortunately we lost two skippers early on with servo/rudder/winch problems. First race up Mick C 46 took the bullet closely followed by Tim H 44 , 3rd place was Mike W 76 and Sam P 159 getting 4th spot, This series ,the DF 95′ is a great series because all boats are the very same design, slight difference in sail manufacture, and it is the skill of the skipper that will count, you need to do everything you used to do with your dingy in the earlier days ( when you was younger ) get a great start and try and be in the first three at the weather mark, play the shifts upwind and down.

Race two and same again for first two places , but much tighter with 46 winning by only an inch or two third place going to Martyn A 877 , and fourth going to Kevin E 02 before his servo gave out, Looking mid fleet Stuart J 92 was showing well in fact he got a brill start in race three and was never caught taking the bullet fair and square, Jen H 69 taking the second spot and Tim H 44 keeping well in the frame with a third, Mick C 46 was left floundering , Colin H maybe had his mind on other things and today was not contesting it, Sam P 159 will be pleased with his mornings work and sailed extremely well taking 5th place overall, The top three Mick, Martyn and Jen are all competing in Stockport next week and will be happy how the morning went, Tim struggled for speed at some points and knows he can do better. the racing was great and it was a very nice morning weather wise, Many thanks to all skippers and the OOD’s, thanks to Alan for a couple of pictures, and well done to Mick fro the win ,

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