DF95 Mid Week Handicap

It was a lovely sunny day at the dam with the temperature nudging 30 C and a good (but variable) North Westerly wind mostly of 5 – 10 knots. I wasn’t surprised when I arrived to unlock the gates at 9:30 to see Phil Turnbull and Martin Svensen there eager and waiting. Both had very good sails yesterday at Puddleduck and I guess were keen to see if their rich vein of form would continue.
 
PRO Andrew Wardrop set a variety of good courses to match the changing wind conditions. Thanks for your work as usual Andrew.
 
Third place today went to the in-form Phil Turnbull who was backing up a second place in the Peter Smith memorial regatta on Saturday and a win in Tuesday’s Puddleduck event. Phil seems to think that his leaky DF95 is a bit faster than his other one.
 
John Hall took second place after winning the first two races straight off the bat. This is always a risky thing to do on a handicap day so well done John!
 
Today’s winner was Ray Joyce who was very consistent throughout the day. Congratulations Ray.
 
A ‘handicap shakedown’ occurred with this weeks results. When a scratch skipper (Ray) wins the day the top third of the fleet retain their starting handicap while the rest of the skippers (those that have completed enough races) have their handicap reduced by 10 seconds.
 
Coming up!

Sunday IOM scratch racing at Risdon Brook - Change of location due to very low tide again (1:00 button)

Next Wednesday IOM handicap at Risdon Brook Dam (11:00 button)
 
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