The weather forecast promised winds gusting to 20 mph from the SW during the morning. It was not wrong. The direction made for an excellent long course up and down the East bank. The strength favoured those skippers with a rapid rig change technique. A mix of A rig and B rig changed to a mix of B and C after the coffee break. Congratulations to Chris and Gordon for a close end result and to Roger for hanging in there for a good third.

As can be seen from the results there was a high attrition rate with 10 boats starting and 5 finishing.

Finally thanks to the Officers and helpers who kept the morning running smoothly with a firm but sympathetic approach.

Fantastic day at the lake Opps , sorry I lied, Light winds heavy, snow slippery jettys, cold clubhouse and that was after we set light to the toilet to try and defrost the lock !!!!  and i broke my flask. still it was not all bad. Sailing up and down the East bank having a chin wag talking about the skippers who were missing this great morning , you would be surprised who we talked about !! any way back to the racing , Mick Chamberlain was in some kind of Zone cos he won all the races, ok he did have an A + rig but so did a few others, Ed was parcially on dog patrol, but the rest of us did the best we could, 6 races were enough , quite a long course, and we were all pleased we turned out,  results below ,

Series results are also up .

This post is a test to confirm that the new club name is being recognised correctly

Ivan

2018 has arrived , chilly but bright and eleven skippers from the club had a very enjoyable morning in the split fleets. Round four of the I.O.M Championship was won by Chris Graves with seven wins from eleven races and a very consistant performance whith his white britpop, it seems that 69 is a very popular number in the club if you look at the first three places. Consistancy is king and as you can see Mick Cooper had a couple of second places and a couple of thirds, Roger Bowtle also got a second in a very old design and looked to be going well on occasions. The wind was light to start from the North East , staright down the east bank but increased as the morning progressed, Many thanks to our OOD’s Roger and Gordon for keeping things moving.

The DfF 95 fleet could have been six but hey ho some very close racing throughout the morning in beautiful sunshine made the crispy cold morning well worth while. Unfortunatley ED had electrical problems after the first race and could play no further part.

We now have a lot of water in the lake due to the heavy rainfall so some jetty’s may get a bit wet, so wellies could be good in future . Results below.