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DF Winter series round three 8th December 2024
If I told you all it was awful you would all say ” yes not surprised ” The weather forecast was as bleak as it has ever been let me tell you , but I arrived and Tim and Roger our OOD’s for the day were both there , dingy launched ready to move the buoys, sign out flags up, wow I am thinking if no body else turns up we can cancel and go home to a roaring fire , but hey within 20 minutes we had 8 eager beavers rigging their boats in the wind ( yes it was friggin windy and the rain was horizontal ) so 9 of us Roger was not sailing, Even the Landlady turned up, I had already received messages from a few pussies, Not coming today etc etc, But hey what I am about to tell you is we had 9 fantastic races , we helped repair and rerig a couple of boats , big joint effort and we all raced to the end.
Timmy as he is fondly called down under was the master of the conditions, and won four of the 9races The old man Micky boy tried to keep him honest and had a couple of wins, Colin Helliwell sailed brilliantly and won a couple and took the final race of the morning and you could see the pleasure emanating from his face after that one , and the other win was taken by Kevin, The morning started on C rigs except for Colin Toll who only had a B rig but sailed very well with it, we could have probably gone to B rigs around midday when the breeze moderated , but we didn’t, The races were all fantastic I kid you not, If we were in dingy’s we would all have been swimming that’s for sure, just goes to show turn up and take what comes and sometimes you could well be surprised and we were .
Well done Timmy and well done to all for showing up and having a go it really was worth every minute.
Thanks also to everybody for putting all the gear away .
IOM Winter Series Round 5 – 1st December 2024
A great turnout of 15 skippers again today for the IOM’s
The forecast moderate southerly wind did not materialise but the light rain showers and warm temperatures did.
The morning commenced with a light south easterly wind diagonally across the lake, making it difficult to set a course. The OOD’s Kevin Evison and Mick Cooper were helped throughout the day by Roger, Tim and Darin moving buoys and setting the course.
Racing commenced off the south bank with a zig-zag course beating from the west towards the clubhouse. Roger 30 taking the first win of the day closely followed by Darin 98. The second race saw Chris 74 taking the win again followed by Darin 98 in second. By the third race skippers were getting overeager on the start line, resulting in two general recalls, however Darin 98 secured the win in this one with Chris 74 second.
At the coffee break the wind was in a more southerly direction and the decision was made to move to the east bank, meantime Jen provided a banquet of sausage rolls, pork pies and cocktail sausages left over from yesterday’s MYA meeting.
After the break Tim 134 was getting into gear winning the 4th race and the 5th and 6th with Darin 98, Chris 74 and Roger taking seconds. The final race of the day got underway, after another general recall, with Mick 46 taking the win followed again by Darin in second.
On the day Roger, Chris, Darin and Mick all had one win, Tim had a purple patch of three consecutive wins after the break but the outstanding skipper of the day and overall winner goes to Darin proving consistency is key….well done Darin
Thanks to Richard Jutsum for calling the line on the first three races and thanks to everyone for helping put the gear away at the end of the day.
Kevin Evison
DF 65 Winter series round two 24th November 2024
Weather forecast not great , a few trembling knees on the no shows, but hey it turned out not too bad at all , showers , sunshine and a decent breeze from the South West , what more do you want.
We had 5 skippers and we all started on the same rig which was B , Rigger’s Rigby got off to a flying start and took the first race , Mick C took the 2nd spot with a crafty little tack right on the finish line from Pete W , 2nd race Dave again took the win with great speed on beat and on the run , Pete got the 2nd spot , Richard was still finding his feet and a few adjustments were made on Dave C ‘s boat with some advice to make improvements, After 3 races we called a coffee break as it appeared the wind had got a little lighter , 4 boats changed to A rig , and after a banana and a biscuit we lined up again, to be fair it did not seem to have lightened , but hey ho , Pete took the win , Mick C went in irons just after the start and was lacking the skill to get going, leaving Dave to chase Pete down, Richard decided ( quite rightly in my humble opinion) to change back to B rig , and just before the start of race 5 Mick C had a catastrophic Bridle failure and was out of the mornings racing , Richard was getting to grips with the B rig and was sailing very well in fact he took the win in race 6 , Pete took the final race but Dave who had sailed a great morning to win the mornings bragging rights, with a great performance,
A good mornings racing for all proving that you miss it, at your peril, well done all. Especially Dave R 180 It was 14 C by the way .
Report done for Dave by agreement .
IOM Winter Series Round 4 – 17 November
Sunday dawned bright and still, but by the time boats were on the water a nice breeze had filled in from the northwest. Accordingly Roger set out a course with 3 beats along the west bank of the lake for the healthy turnout of 15 skippers. With the sun still shining, it was a perfect day for sailing and some good close racing ensued. While close, the racing was good humoured with plenty of penalty turns being done without being asked and help being given by the experienced skippers. A personal thank you from me to Darin and Roger who tweaked my Lintel and got it going very nicely. That just leaves the skipper to sort out!
Roger and Dave were both tweaking out the set-ups on new boats – a frustrating process at times. However both achieved top 4 finishes in the last couple of races, so it looks like progress was made. Darin had an excellent row of six straight wins in the middle of the session which helped him to first place, with Pete, Tim and Rob taking the other wins.
Unfortunately Tracey’s boat had an attack of the gremlins, but that did mean that we had the benefit of Tracey as an observer in our final race. (Yes, Mr Cooper, you did hit that buoy!)
As the morning drew to a close the skies darkened and the wind picked up, although still A rig. Then with perfect timing rain set in just after everything was packed away and skippers were heading home.
Stuart Jessup
Lincoln Radio Sailing Club 