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

Another sunny day at Scotland Farm welcomed 8 IOM and 2 DF 95 Skippers. not a bad turn out for Mothers Day. The wind proved somewhat unco-operative, varying in strength from very light to a gentle breeze and in direction from NE to NW.

Well done to the  RO Dave Thomas for sticking to his decision to sail from the South bank as this provided some good sailing for most of the morning.

Results below

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

Round seven and a very nice morning at Scotland Farm, wind was non starter with just a bit of flat_ _ _ _ _ from the five skippers.  Race officer Ivan laid a fantastic course and we managed three races. Although the racing was slow , we all learned quite a bit about life, Allergies, Polups, Prostrate, gluten , and gluten free, you name it,  it was discussed  at length in some case’s, The rain was not enough to wet our heads and the wall to wall sunshine was hiding. Well done to Ed who had his best result to date in one race 3rd . Not many rounds left before the summer series starts !!!!

Pic Sue Brown 2016