George Fish Memorial DF95 Tasmanian State Championship

Day 2 of the DF95 State Championship started similar to day 1. On arrival, it was pretty calm, but on starting the first race, everyone was on B Rigs.

We started on time nicely - and completed another 11 races today. Rod and Ricky again on site keeping us all in line.

Again, quite variable winds, and got well in to C rig again, before going back to B after lunch and then A for the final few races. What you want for a championship, the use of all the rigs over the weekend in order to find the best of the best in the fleet.

We had a couple of big movers today, with Stu Dawes having a great day - once he got past the disaster that was the first race, with a not at fault incident finishing the race early for him. Once fixed back up, he was near unstoppable.

Similarly, in the Silver Fleet, Nicolas Leluan had a much better day today after finding the heavy conditions on the dam quite a challenge yesterday. He came back and put in a great performance today. 

John Hall also had a great day today, on top of yesterday, relishing the heavier condiitons and continuing his fine performances in the DF95 class.

At the end of racing today the leaderboards had changed in both overall and Silver Fleets.

Stuart Dawes fanatstic run today managed to secure him his first DF95 State Championship, winning with 38.9 points.
Lisa Blackwood, came in second, 9.1 behind Stu on 48 points.
Ray Joyce took out third place on 76 points.

In Silver Fleet, Nicolas Leluan came out in first posiiton on 107 points.
Ian Hey took second, 6 behind on 113 poinys.
Nick Connor took third place, a further 5 behind on 118 points.

A big thanks again to our PRO's over the two days, Ricky Price and Rod Marshall. To take two days out of the weekend so we can sail is really appreciated by us all.

Coming up

Wednesday sees IOM Handicap at the dam, starting at 11am

Next Sunday is the MBYC Opening Day, and we are part of the program over there. Sailing will start at 10am, and we are likely to see some interest from other clubs who will also be on site for the Come Try Sailing Day.

Next week will also see the start of the DF95 and DF65 National Championships in Adelaide. Tasmania has a strong contingent of six sailors heading over there to compete. Best of luck to everyone travelling and I am sure we will be a very competitive team while over there.

Kyle