Round 7 I.O.M Winter series.

Perfect conditions for the last round of the winter series, a third of the membership came and raced and loved every minute , with temperatures in the low 20’s  and a warm steady  Southerly breeze everybody was happy, OOD’s Darin and Allan set a course along the East bank and with three long beats and two runs there was plenty of time  and opportunity for place changes in the wind shifts and you needed to be on your toes to take advantage.

The usual suspects garnered mostly the first three places, But for once this was not all about the superstars, the racing here was about Mr ordinary        ( no disrespect ) Forget about B/P’s and V9’s ad flash boats coting a few bob , this was about Evos the AB4’s and the Lintels, with odd gadget thrown in and Young Roger Bowtle with his skiff like racer, that’s where the battles were won and lost. The near perfect conditions made for some real battles between these guys and if I picked out a stand out star, well they all were. Just look at the results and see for yourself, If you had been there you would have loved it . I took a few pictures on the day and will try and get them uploaded as soon as possible. Many thanks to the OOD’s and also many thanks to ED and Allan who came along to do the finishing line.

A few tips from the Master about rig tune before racing

Lintel and AB4 keeping the B/P’s honest

Rogers latest Boat looking good

Offwind racing to wing or not to wing ????

Both boats still on starboard , can 39 bear away round the mark or what ?????

Not all about radio racing at Scotland Farm , it’s lambing time again .

will try to publish more pics soon

What a cracking day at Scotland farm , not a great turnout but quality was the name of the game. The wind blew strong from the south west giving a first class beat up the east bank , C suits were in favour and by the end of racing a D suit would not have been out of order. Chris E started well taking a chance on B suit it all looked bad until the final beat when the wind went light and Chris surged ahead to take the win, roles reversed in race two when the wind stayed strong for all 5 legs and Mick Chamberlain took the gun. Breakages then started to take there toll and Jen hand took the honours in race three. Mick Cooper first time out with his new TNT  had a few teethers as would be expected but got stronger as the morning wore on finishing the day with a third place, Phil H was also going well in the breeze posting some good results. PLEASE NOTE . The results have now been changed as there was some debate on Sunday evening about boats retiring or not retiring etc etc . Say no more . This has changed the results and the new results can be seen below. Well done to Chris and also well done to Jen hand.

Many thanks to Bob Geary and Mick Cooper for the OOD duties . Only one round left on the 9th April and it will be all to play for that’s for sure

Jen Hand at speed , she now has a new boat diff colour

Very light drifty conditions met the skippers with nice sunshine , I would like to say force one, but I would be lying, then the sun went in and it was quite cold, so starting with the I.O.M fleet,  Chris Elliott drifted a little quicker than the rest and had a clean sweep well done  Chris,

the Df 95 twosome also drifted around chatting most of the way and Mick C took 5 out of 6 races , we raced on the South Bank and many thanks must go to Alan Newman who came all the way from near Peterbourough to do the OOD job , Thanks also to Chris for keeping us warm with ginger cake at half time.

While the racing was a little slow , we had the chance to welcome another new member to the club brought along by Graham K , his name is Roger, and he is very keen to get started, I am sure we shall see a lot more of both of them this year as they can sort out a little car share from the Boston area .

Mick admin

Another fine day at Scotland farm, Very light non exsistant breeze gave the skippers the chance to chew the cudd and generally put the world to rights Nobody went home we just chatted, drunk tea, sipped coffee, and generally had a laugh. Around 11 am a decent force two came in from the south west and we sparang into action. The race team bless there hearts had been there since before 9 am and had got the board out and fetched the Dingy             ( just in case ). As it was they set a nice long beat up the East bank followed by a run and then a long beat to the finish.  8 skippers on a very short start line behaved and all in all it was good sailing. We managed to get in 5 races packed up had another cupa, put the stuff away and went home.

Many thanks to Keith our OOD and assistant Alan Edgar, also Hopalong Ed who is recovering from his foot operation but just wants to get down to the  lake, if he can scrounge a lift , Ed sat down and did the scoring for us Thanks guys. Results are below, and Kieth with an original set of sails took the day, Phil was a close second. Alan Newman came all the way from Bourne not sure how many miles that is !!!!!!!  shame some more local skippers could make it.