Not a great deal to report on for todays racing , The weather won . But in truth 7 skippers showed up with great intentions to have some races, OOD’s Mick and Pete mainly Pete got a course sorted on the South bank , put some rock salt on the middle jettyand with about 2 knots of breeze we were off, Yes it was painful, and there was silence in the control area, 3 quite long beats later and it was Mick Cooper who had the edge on all of us to take the bullet, Rewind for race two and Mick Cooper took the win once again by far superior sailing skills. We then had a 5 minute break with one or two opting for a trip to Gregs for a bacon buttie and a cuppa but were stopped in there tracks by an offer from Pete 678 of a shortened course, Boats to the water and by this time the whiff of a breeze disappeared completely, with boats not even getting near the start line, the call went up for the bacon buttie option to be reinstated and so for the next half hour skippers struggled to get there boats to a jetty,

So you cant take it away from Mick C 53, top of the pile, well done Mick , but thanks to all skippers who braved the forecast to come out to play a great effort, This has to be a first at Scotland farm that we have had to terminate racing due to lack of wind.

I must say we also had a couple of visitors Steve and Jeff who have both been before, it was not inspiring racing but I believe we shall see both guys sailing DF 95’s at our wonderful club in the very near future.

Pretty cold day forecast could have put a few off but it was not to bad, Lack of breeze was slightly more concerning. Darin and Adrian our OOD’s were there early and got course set out, the breeze was very light from the North East , so it was a good beat and run straight up the East bank, 14 skippers started so not a bad turnout, and every body was wrapped up warm, Jen started with a bit of a disaster when we found the portaloo had been left in a mess by the people who are supposed to clean it, so she was not a happy bunny, But after the first race a smile returned as she took the well deserved Bullet from Daren B 98. As you can see from the results it was pretty tight at the top, Mike W 76 had to retire after the first race with electrical problems, so we were down to thirteen as Mike then kindly did the scoring . Pete W then got into his stride with two straight wins, Mick C 46 seemed to be struggling with a new rig, but hey no excuses, It seemed for once that Darin was not having it all his own way , but hey lookout if he wasn’t winning he was building up a lot of 2nd place’s, One of the skippers tried to get a decent setup on Stuarts J 66 Lintell but hopefully he wont be to despondent today was not Lintel weather by a long chalk, Colin H 54 with his first real racing with the squiggle knows what he has to do to get more speed and I am sure it will be quicker in 2023 , Mick Cooper 39 has jumped ahead in confidence, and can be seen jostling with the leaders, and in one race Pipped Darin to the line, by some very good covering.

Dave R 57 has things on his mind at the mo but don’t worry he will be putting in some good performances in 2023 , and Mick C 46 only got him on countback by winning race 6 . Kevin’s Pikanto is getting quicker. All in all a decent day’s racing, With Darin getting the win, but definite highlight of the day was Jen H 69 winning three races ( more than anyone ) and taking second spot on Countback from Pete W 65, It felt that we are getting closer to Darin B 98 , but his consistency nailed it yet again. Round 5 is next year and I am sure we will all be ready. Well done all skippers and especially to Darin for his win.

Thank to all for helping put the gear away .

Pleasant day light winds and warm , 10 skippers raced could have been 11 but hey ho, bit of a delay due to no wind at all and finally got going on the south bank , Pete W 65 took the first bullet with Gordon B 23 taking 2nd and Jen H 69 taking third, the fleet then moved to the East bank as the breeze could not make its mind up, and was real fluky, Jen won race two and Dave R 180 trying to get into his stride after a couple weeks away, took second , and the much improved Peter Webster 26 taking third spot. races 3 and 4 saw Pete W 65 take the the wins and was clearly into his stride getting a second and two more bullets, to seal the day. Jen H 69 retired with a faulty rudder, but Gordon Bennett had the best day of all getting 3rd place on the day, Alan N 232 had a completely off day and will be very disappointed, and it was great to see Alan B sailing his original DF 65 with no A + rig. We welcomed a visitor Steve I believe and hope to see more of him in the future, 2 or 3 skippers missing for this round , and the wind was lighter than forecast , Very well done to Pete W 65 for his win which will surely now take him to the top of the cumulative series but there is a fair way to go in this exciting series, Well done everybody for a great mornings sailing.

Pete Walters winner of round two

Cracking day at the farm , 13 skippers on the start line, breeze was a top suit day and it was coming from WNW at around 10 knots , It was a Buddy day where the experienced help out the less so, Many boats were set up by the old bloke , and it has to be said nobody complained and and I feel everybody seemed to sail really well, and a lot had results during the morning that maybe they were not expecting. Racing was close all thru the fleet , but straight out of the blocks Pete W 65 took the first two races, from Mick C 46 who in the first race judged the last mark completely wrong and ended up doing a turn.

The course sorted by Pete and Mick was a big zig and a small zag which gave the fleet two good beats and a long run, probably the most improved skipper on the day was Graham K 79 , but to be honest a few skippers were shining , Peter C 110 was right up there, Roger B 448 had some great results, in fact it was countback time for the two men from the East of our county.

Pete Webster 26 was showing a marked improvement finishing well ahead of Cooperman 53, Ed W 31 has lifted himself off the bottom shelf and when he gets the advised adjustment done on his boat there will be no holding him back,Mike W 76 had some great results but as we have said so many times for most of us consistency is the key, not sure what was going on with Kevin E 02 but he was mainly in reverse and he really is better than that, sort it on Wednesday Kev. The sharp end was tooth and nail between Pete W 65 and the old bloke Mick C 46, and it was exciting racing , with Pete W 65 winning the last three races it was touch and go who would take the top step, Mick C 46 prevailed, and took it by two points from Pete W, Jen Hand came home in third place after what must be said was a great mornings racing 11 quite long races using the four minute countdown worked well with the finish not to far from the start line and that was the key

Well done to Micky boy and greatest thank to all skippers who made this a morning to delight in.

Above racing at Fleetwood a couple years ago .