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A slow day today unfortunately. The wind was a spredicted with a lot of East in it and about 2 knots if it was lucky. We had four skippers turn up today, and unfortunately Stu had some technical issues (Smart Switch failure) and could not participate, so the three remaining (Kyle, Liusa and John H) got away in the very light conditions. A rare direct off-shore start after the second race, but that was the best we could do with the very unusual wind. After 5 races, we all agreed to wait it out on shore for the expected sea breeze to come in, and after about an hour twiddling our thubs, we decided to pack up. About 15 minutes after we brought the rescue boat in and cleaned it out, a nice northerrly of about 10 knots came in. Oh well, too late. While we were waiting, Kyle decided to test out the new RC Buoy that he built from Robin Gray's plans/design. Worked very well, although there were a few small things to tend to with it over the next week. Here are some Links to the Pictures and video of it. A few of us stuck it out and watched the MBYC afternoon races, which was quite exciting in the fresher breeze. It was fantastic to see the club with 14 yachts on the water today. Back to the A Class, and after the 5 races, it was just one point the difference between Lisa and Kyle, with Kyle takingt he day out on 5 points to Lisa's 6, with John in 3rd on 11 points. Coming up Wednesday sees IOM Handicap "Super Wednesday" at the Dam, starting at 1030. Next Sunday is IOM Winter Scratch Round 1, at the Dam. Button press at 10am Kyle 
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