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A sparkling sunny autumn day gave perfect conditions for this week’s Wednesday Handicap at Risdon Brook Dam. Thirteen skippers turned up and a 5-knot Northerly made for excellent racing conditions. The wind held its strength and direction for the whole day allowing us to complete a full compliment of 10 races. The day was started using the rotating PRO system. Lisa arrived after a couple of races and took the PRO’s position and kept the day moving well and gave coaching tips and encouragement to those in need. Thanks for your work today Lisa. We started using a new handicap system today. The system awards handicap penalties from one race to the next of 10 seconds for first and now 5 seconds for second. The race-to-race handicap is independent of the weekly starting handicap which now depends upon the number of times that a skipper has visited the podium. An explanation of exactly how the new system works follows below – both in brief and in more detail. It will be interesting to see if over a period of time it leads to fairer handicaps. Special mention today goes to David Woolley who finished the day with two wins and a third place. ‘Sheep’ came to radio sailing with no former yachting experience and so it is great to see his efforts rewarded. Applause to you Sheep! Third overall today went to Phil Jackman with trademark consistency. Our first and second place getters were a long way ahead of the rest of the fleet on points but tied for the honors. Rod Marshal gets the nod on count-back by virtue of more race wins. Congratulations Rod, Rob and Phil. For those who are interested in understanding the nuts and bolts behind the new handicap system, the document explaining it is linked here for it Coming up: Saturday: An IOM Woodies invitation race at Forcett Lakes. 1015 Briefing for 1030 start Sunday: The John Emms Memorial for Marblehead’s at Risdon Brook Dam. (10:30 button-press). Spare RM's available to sail - contact Kyle if you're interested. Next Wednesday: More IOM handicap at the dam. (11:00 button-press.) Shorty 
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