A simply glorious day greeted the 13 skippers for round 4 of the I.O.M winter series. When II say that word I mean it was not to cold and there were bits of Sun shining through, the wind however was true to the forecast which said 4 knots , Totally different direction and in terms of beaufort scale  I would say about one and a half. We started on the East bank did three races, moved to the South and did three more racing was tight between Mick Gbr 46 and Chris Gbr 74 with nip and tuck all the way, Gordon Bennett Gbr 130 had a great day and will be well pleased with his result, we welcomed a new member Roger Bowtle gbr 58 white who had some good solid results despite not having sailed for twelve years, Ivan Gbr 53 also sailed very well in the ultra-light conditions. After we had completed six races the wind died completely and OOD Chris was allowing the wind ten minutes to return, however whilst we were waiting  two of the three swans on the lake had a bit of a dust up , and a couple of minutes later the loser decided to take off for pastures new, unfortunately the perfect take-off was interrupted by some heavy duty power lines on the West bank  and the swan came tumbling down from a fair height and landed just inside the sheep field. All I can say is Phil Called the R.S.P.C.A and they came out to check the bird out. What followed cannot be added to this write up but trust me you will get to hear about the end result, which was happy for the swan, but not so for Phil. All in all, a nice day. Chris held a minute’s silence for our  friend Norman Fish who died recently, and he spoke fondly of the good old days when Norman was just a lad winning all sorts in the MYA. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

Results below and a couple of pics of all the members who showed up on the day on counback Mick just nicked it from Chris,  On the two 8th places

it is not as shown,  and Roger Bacon took 8th from Alan Newman due to his 3rd in one race, apolagies for the spelling mistake Narpham should read Harpham.

Not forgetting the OOD’s  fantastic job to get racing underway with so little wind , well done Chris and Neil

Dragon Force 65 round 5 winter series 29^th January 2017

A fine day greeted 10 skipper’s lovely sunshine, a little light southerly maybe force 2 and some great racing, Keith was a little unlucky in missing two races with rudder failure and Mick Chamberlain tried to take full advantage by winning the first race but falling apart in the second. The racing was all on the East bank and OOD’s Bob and Gordon laid a sensible one lap course. It seemed the fun was back at the farm, the club house was full to overflowing with raptures of laughter coming from within, most of the chat was about a certain boat that was supposed to come from Italy and for whatever reason has not arrived. A certain Picture may be put on Facebook soon,  and delivery may be within a few days. (sorry private joke) due to the lightness of the wind only 5 races took place and top dog for the day was Mick Chamberlain closely followed by Bob Geary

It was nice to see 10 skippers out of a total of 15 who own DF 65’s at the club , Those who missed it , it was great fun and we hope to see you next time.

Well don Bob and Gordon the OOD’s

Piccy Sue brown with Micks gbr 46 going well

The day started with rain. What there was of the wind was from the SW. After two races the wind had reduced and race 3 was a drifting match. Fortunately the rain had also stopped. A refreshment break was called. Finally the wind filled in again, this time from the NW requiring a decamp from th east bank to the south bank. A further 4 races were run in the time remaining.

Peter and Chris did a good job in difficult conditions.

Well done to Chris for some consistent racing, as can be seen below the rest of the places were closely fought for throughout the morning.

Another fine day at the farm , 10 degrees, sunshine, a light south westerly, with a few pigs in blankets on the horizon. 5 of the clubs best human beings  turned out for a bit of racing and mulled wine tasting, A gentle programe was set with plenty of time for rig adjustments and tuning after each glass of mulled wine and 6 races were completed. The assistant race office was there around 0845 and had plenty of time to get the dingy round ( not used ) get the board out and set up the start box, both classes started at the same time with a long  long beat and a run followed by a long beat to the finish.  Mick Cooper sailed well to win the I.O.M having match raced Graham around the course, results below, and Mick Chamberlain won the DF 95, results further below. Around 1130 we all retired to the clubhouse for mulled wine and sausage rolls,  pigs , Mince pies, and some terrible jokes, we had a couple more races and then all mucked in to get the kit away and go home, funny but no shouting on the bank , not one call for starboard, It was so peacefull, a fitting end to the season , Good time to check the calendar to see when you are race office next year!!!!!  Happy Xmas everybody

Mick Cooper winner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            DF 95 results below

Mick C 46 winner of the DF 95