Duty Officials Bob Geary and Joe Harpham

13 IOMs (plus 2 Big Dragons) were greeted by a bank of fog and very little wind. When a light breeze finally arrived it was from the SE so a course was set along the South bank. This sufficed for most of the morning until a slight shift required adjustment to the start line. By mid-day the sun was shining and some good sailing was enjoyed.

Results follow after finally sorting out the tie breaking function in HMS.

Nine races were completed on a superb winters morning with a light northerly breeze, that got stronger as the morning went on. Eleven competitors and some close fought racing made this another enjoyable morning at the farm. Graham K 21 was a casualty even before racing started with winch/setup problems and took no further part . Race 1 had the V9 of Mick C 46 quick of the blocks, with Bob G 58 hot on his heels after a 6month absence from the sport sailing his EVO 3 very well, close behind and the eventual winner by 1 point Rob W 97 sailing his very fast purple Brit Pop, it was always going to be the person who made the fewest mistakes that was going to take this event especially with a trick final 40 yards on the beat to the weather mark  where the wind shift could catch you unawares  at any time. Jen Hand 69 had some good results as did Alan Newman  0  but consistency as always was the name of the game. Bob G 58 just getting 3rd  on count back from Jen H 69. Thanks to everybody for a most enjoyable morning. I am sure when we see the series results it is all still to play for, and so the next round on the 27th  March should be a nail biter .

A windy wet day was forecast for this round of the DF/RG Winter series, It may have put one or two off, but as it turned out , the rain stayed away and there was some great racing in B suit conditions till around 11am and then although only Mick C changed down to C rig along with Norman F it really was one of those rare times when C suit paye’d , Ivan Stevenson was sailing out of his skin and had a string of good results, Bob Geary we welcomed back after a six month break also sailed well in fact winning the first race. A few skippers will be pleased with there results and will know deep down that they just need to work on the consistency and they will start rise up the leader board, in the DF series. In the RG series Phil has now got a B swing rig and managed to keep going even though some of the off wind legs were a bit hairy with some major Dives . Jo managed to steal a couple of firsts and is clearly enjoying his racing. 11 skippers out on what could have been a dodgy day weather wise was excellent, Thanks to the guys who got the stuff out ready and put things away at the end. Only two rounds left in the Winter series, so be there for round 7 on the          20th March .

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What a splendid day at Scotland Farm – and not a Britpop in sight! It shows how close the rest of us are. All of the top 3 today had at least 2 wins. The results (below) tell the rest of the story.

The wind was as promised, from the south west, strong enough to have 6 out of 7 in B rig, the odd one out in C. B proved to be the better rig for most of the morning but by the close of play it should really have been C – but nobody wanted to blink first, leading to some exciting skirmishes.