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DF 65 Summer series round five 24th August 2025
Not a lot of breeze that’s for sure and what there was it was what they call Fluky with a capitol “F” Micky boy had finally got rid of his unbeaten Icarex sails claiming he had sold them , we are still waiting for the truth !!!!
Dave Clarke was helped out as he was assistant OOD, and a short course was chosen that gave us three beats, Martin took the first bullet squeezing Micky boy out at the finish after he had led the race , a good win for him and one that was to prove crucial. Adrian normally a quick starter came home in 4th after Jen Hands skulduggery at the leeward mark , don’t ask . Race two and three saw Adrian back to his best taking both wins with Martin hanging in tight to take both seconds. Sam was not his usual quick pace but by race 7 managed to get the first of his two second places, it does have to be said once again, the race course was tricky for all, you would head for the dark patches ( normally wind ) but when you got there it was gone. Dave C was getting better as the morning wore on and was showing some promise that will only get better. Martyn had the best of it with 4 wins Micky 3 wins along with Adrian with three , Jen got a bullet making up the 11 races on a very quiet wind wise morning, great banter on the bank and the six that turned up had a great morning, Well done to everybody especially Martyn who took the win , and with one round to got Mick is trying to get hold of some more Icarex sails !!!!!!
IOM Summer Series round 9, 17 August 2025
Colin and Pete arrived first and sorted the courses and got the kit out. The light breeze was coming from the north but was forecast to go more to the east so a course was set on the East Bank, start close to the club and a beat midway up the bank in an effort to avoid the millpond conditions near the club entrance.
Nine skippers showed up including two from Huntington and racing got under way on time; however Adrian had an issue with his boat which could not be fixed, so 8 raced the morning.
As it was it became the Tim Hand day with him winning all but one of the 9 races completed. This being quite a feat with the very changeable conditions especially near the top mark.
Ben and Hayden Wallace from Huntingdon showed good pace with Hayden giving his dad a lesson or two.
Colin H nearly won one of the races from Tim but it appeared the pressure may have got to him, allowing a pass within the last 20 metres of the finish.
Racing was kept going with very few breaks and the courses were quite long allowing competitors the chance to get back over the 2.5beats.
A few calls as you would expect over rule infringement but all done in good humour.
Pics below from Andy many thanks .
Calling all I.O.M skippers.
Lincoln has a couple of Dates for your Diary’s ,
With the upcoming I.O.M Ranking in mind, we at Lincoln have a couple of event’s that could interest you if you are a keen racer and want to tune up your boat and race against like minded skipper’s , Take note, 21st September will be an all day event starting at 10am , and finishing at 4 pm , all details should be on the MYA events page pretty soon , get yourself entered , its a fiver for the day, make a note of it, bring your own lunch.
To Follow that we have the Legendary Clive Hand Memorial trophy , and that is on the 5th of October, The NOR for this is, expected to be published on the MYA website very soon , and as you may know there is a RG 65 event the day before on the 4th October and you could well kill two birds with one stone , because the following week it all happens at the ranking.
DF 95 Summer series round 6, 10th August 2025
A wonderful summers morning greeted 8 skippers, not a breath at 0930 but a whisper at 10 am , and that was going to increase and give the fleet some exciting but tricky conditions, Pete and Rob got the course all set up, with two long beats and runs, perfect, but hey wait a minute we spied a visitor, he seemed pretty keen and after a brief chat just before the start of the first race, we decided to let him have a go, He borrowed Robs boat for a couple of races , and them Mick handed over his boat for the remainder of the morning, Malcom was his name and he had fun with his first time radio sailing . Moving on to the real business, Pete after a lengthy absence came roaring back and after a first race 5th, he had three bullets on the trot, Sam 59 was sailing well but went thru a brain fade in races 4 and 5 , Sam of course is in contention for the series and after that bucked his idea’s up , Colin 301 the other contender in the series was having a steady morning, in fact he won the last race, brilliant stuff , Kevin 02 could have done better and he knows it, he just cant get out of a ( in my view ) bad habit,,,, Colin T 431 was enjoying himself , and Mick C yes Cooperman, just could not get the boat going , personally he just did not seem at the races today and I think he would agree. Mean while our visitor Malcom was getting the hang of things and enjoying himself immensely, while Mick gave a few tips and generally took the scores, Pete as you would expect did the business , Sam just pipped Rob, ok a couple regulars missing, but it is all to play for in round 7 , so watch this space, a great morning racing, with no sign of the jolly green giant, and the lake looks stunning.
Well done everybody .
Check out the cumulative results HERE Hope the link works , if not ?
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