Great day of racing at Scotland farm , after all the rain over the previous two days, all was calm with sunshine a decent top suit breeze, 14 skippers in attendance, including fresh from the Europeans Rob W 97. Tim and Darin sorted out the race course, a good long beat and run , twice round and a final beat to the finish, Pete W 65 after having a whole load of winch trouble on the bank pre race finally sorted it and got it done just in time for the first race, which he duly took the bullet , Mick C 46 was not too far behind taking second spot with Tracey B 49r beating the old man, and taking third, and this was not the only time she risked a lift home !!!! . The course was perfect , bit shifty at time’s but it always is, and it is definitely there to catch you out, so you cannot take your eye of the floaty thing for a second. Race two saw Rob w 97 take top spot Tim H 44 second and Darin B 3 third, race was slightly marred by an incident that took two boats out , one with a broken boom , one with a disfigured lead, but no harm done, there would be a short talk on the Rules at the coffee break , lead by Darin, it seemed to centre on mark rounding, and I am not sure if total agreement was reached, but hey rules are rules, and the advantages to us club sailors is good .

The racing was good throughout the fleet and I remember Mick C 39 getting clean away at a couple of starts and also Kevin E 20 getting some great tacks that took him to the sharp end , but as we have said before,,,, its consistency that counts, and step one with that is making sure you boat holds together for all races, and you steer clear of trouble. We welcomed back after a long absence Chris E 74 and it may well have looked a bit different from what it was a year ago, the fleet now is pretty competitive, and I am sure will only get stronger, but hey it is exciting, And so we have a winner for the first round Pete W 65 , but it was on countback, Pete only won one race , and it was very tight as you can see, with the wins taken down to sixth place. Great day of racing , 8 races sailed .

Nice to see an old member on the banks today , any body recognise Peter Webster, I did .

well done everybody for helping clear up , great day with great people.

Final round 10 and we have a winner Congratulations to Darin Ballington who attended 8 of the ten races a great example to us all , only one skipper Kevin Everson attended all ten races, Only two occasions we dropped below double figures for the series , we have the members so let us try and support the upcoming summer series. and have some fun into the bargain.

The Summer series’ starts on the 7th April 2024 , come and join the fun and some very hot racing .

Crispy morning lot of ice scrapped from windscreens, Long johns hunted down, and bigger coats than normal , so here we have it , first real snap of Winter ,, decent breeze though , wish it were like this last week I hear someone say !!!!, Bit of a mix for race officer today , it cant be helped and we all mixed in, great spirit. 10 skippers showed up , a lot stayed in bed , and what a mornings racing they all missed.

Martyn A 877 was on fire, and took the first four without reply, Jen was also on it, and took no prisoners, It was a good beat , 2 in fact with two runs and a final beat to the finish, the racing was close, all through the fleet there were some battles, the windward mark was just about “spec savers range” and caught one or two out, and you definitely needed to be on the right gybe down the run to the gate . Colin Helliwell 301 has got Mike Williams 76 in his sights, but not quite this time, Mikes consistency paid dividends, Pete Cogill 110 took the only other win that was not taken by the top two and was only one point adrift of Colin 301 , Good to see Stuart Jessup 92 getting regular and nice to see Jon Lee 00 our newest member getting his hand in, Ed 31 had a bit of a winch problem that sorted itself out thank goodness, Mick C finally found a bit of pace to win the last two but was clearly not at the races, and all credit to Martyn on the day with 10 points from ten races, and taking out his discards his worst place was a 2nd .

Well done Martyn , but a great deal of thanks to all who chipped in to sort the morning out , that was sailed in a great spirit