IOM Mid Week Handicap

The forecast was for plenty of South-Westerly but although that was the case on the Derwent not much of it made its way to the dam. Instead, today we had a light Northerly in the morning before a shifty Westerly established itself in the afternoon. As the wind did not get above 5 knots all day A-rigs were the obvious selection. 
Watching your telltales and indicator and working your sails appropriately was a key to success today as the actual direction of the wind was often different from what it looked like from the shore. Additionally, two different boats could be sailing close together but in different winds also strengthening the importance of sailing with the wind that you had.
A rotating PRO was used today. Many course changes were tried in the afternoon in an effort to keep up with the changing wind – but it is always difficult to set a good course at the dam in Westerly conditions. Still it didn’t stop us enjoying the day!
While it was the backmarkers who had most success in the conditions everyone got to the podium at least once. 
Rod Jackman stole third spot from John Penman in a countback for the tied position. Lisa took out second spot with two race wins and nothing worse than 5th in her mix. But it was John Cole-Cook’s day with three race wins. John’s boat-speed was particularly impressive today.
Coming up:
Sunday is IOM Scratch at the dam, button press at 10am.

Following sailing, we will be holding the Annual General Meeting of our club at Montrose Bay Yacht Club, commencing at 2.30pm . Please make the effort to attend and have your say in the running of the club.
Next Wednesday: DF95 handicap racing at Risdon Brook dam (11:00 button press). A reminder also that this will be the last Wednesday Handicap for the month with Risdon Brook dam closed to the public for maintenance works. We will be returning to our normal sailing program on Wednesday 2nd July.

Lastly - Kim Potter has just advised he is putting his V9 IOM and DF95 boats on the market. Both come with a transmitter, two rigs each, two batteries each and a charger for each boat. Kim has the V9 for sale for $2000 and DF95 for $400. If you have any interest, contact Kim, or ask Kyle for his details an he'll get them to you.
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Shorty