Once again the weather wizard had worked out that we were running a DFRG race! By race start time 7 skippers were ready and the wind was trying to blow from the SE. After a frustrating race?? up and down the south bank a coffee break was called to recover. By about 11.00 the wind had decided to try to blow from the South and subsequently provided a reasonable mornings sailing up and down the East bank.

An unusual NE wind was blowing with enough strength to make the early arrivals think about B rigs. By the start of sailing it had dropped enough to cause some last minute changes to A rig and it continued to drop all morning but was still enough to provide some good sailing all day. There were enough bouys on the lake to allow a good course without adjustment.

Results follow.

The first race of the Summer Series will be on 19th April.

The March winds do blow – and its only the 1st of the month. A 20 – 25 mph south westerly had everyone in C rigs. The slightly gusty conditions found weak points on boats and turned slight bumps into serious collisions. Of the 9 boats that started the event only 3 remained sailing at the end.

It seems that the Dragon Force winter series has to be sailed in conditions of no wind! Today started that way but as the morning wore on a very light and variable zephyr allowed 4 races to be sailed. 7 skippers went home having learned that sailing requires several skills, one of which is patience.