IOM Mid Week Handicap

It was a cool morning at the dam with a nice North-Wester of about 8 knots for the pre-event scratch races. Unfortunately this breeze gradually died throughout the day and our last race finished with a shortened course and in not much more than drifting conditions.
 
Still we sailed nine good races and as usual they were closely contested and the podium was well shared throughout the day.
 
Andrew Wardrop took out third place overall. Andrew often staged good recovery in his races after completing penalties. Rob Cooney took second with two race wins in the afternoon session. And the hands down overall winner was Commodore Rod Marshall with three race wins and plenty of other podiums today. Congratulations Andrew, Rob and Rod.
 
COMING UP: A bit of a DF95 Festival!
 
CHECK YOUR CALENDAR. There is a change to the usual pattern. Next Wednesday ‘s handicap will be for DF95s. This is to give those heading to the State championships extra practice beforehand. On the Wednesday’s following the Championships we will be back to IOM’s for the whole month of August.
 
Next Sunday: Scratch racing for DF95s at the dam 10:00 start.

Also on Sunday, Montrose Bay Yacht Club is holding its AGM at 3pm for those MBYC members who wish to attend

Next Wednesday: Handicap racing for DF95s at the dam 11:00 start.
 
It looks like we will be sending a strong team North for the championships. Sat and Sun 29th and 30th July. There is still time to enter on-line through our site.
 
John S