IOM Mid Week Handicap

Handicap racing at Risdon Brook Dam started with an “I-know-boats” moment when Bodge and I took out the dinghy to reset a buoy but forgot to put the bungs in! Silly boys!

The indecisive mostly 3-5 knot Westerly was not ideal for racing today and it is always difficult to set a good course for this type of wind. But I think that most skippers were pleased just to get a sail in today considering the general pattern of wind that we have had lately which has lead to several cancelations. 

In race #5 some skippers were convinced that Andrew Wardrop did not correctly round a mark and implored him to return. In fact they had wrongly accused him and it was in fact a different yellow boat that had made the error. While it is not our common practice to award average points to compensate for such events in a Wednesday sail – this one was clearly unfair and Andrew gets  average points for the race.

Again the scoreboard was tight with podium finishes being well shared around the fleet and again countback was used to separate ties right down the scoreboard. Ties were recorded for 3rd and 4th, 6th and 7th, 8th and 9th and 10th and 11th. I guess that this demonstrates how important it is to keep racing hard even if you are doing poorly as even one extra point can make a difference in the day’s results.

Third place today went to John Hall in a countback with Lisa. Ricky Price continues his excellent Wednesday performances with a second today. And today’s winner was Ray Joyce who just seemed to be able to put his boat in the right places to catch the significant windshifts that we had.


Coming up:

CHECK YOUR CALENDAR - as there has been a recent change!

Sunday: Will now be IOM scratch racing at Risdon Brook Dam. (10:00 button-press)
Next Wednesday will be DF95 handicap racing at Risdon Brook Dam (11:00 button-press)