IOM State Championship - Day 2 of 2

​Well, it has been run and won for 2025 and we have a new State Champion.

After a night of repairs and adjustments for some, all 17 sailors were back on deck today in what looked to a a challenging day. Very light winds early and after the lunch break, it intensified to the interesting stage of whether we needed a B rig or be brave and hold on to A rig a bit longer. About 9 skippers went for the B rig with the remainder bravely holding on. The result was quite stark, with the wind dying right off after the squal had passed, and the A Rigs easily had it.

Given the fact that we had just had our break in between sets of 3 races, it was a make or break decision for the skippers, with some retaining the B Rigs, and others racing to get an A on, with a few retiring from that race (26) to cut losses and change back to the A.

We got another 13 races completed today, which was a fine effort, and there were a lot of really close matchups throughout the day. The excellent sailing and attitude of sailors on the course was a great example the sport would well be proud of. Congratulations to all skippers for their efforts across a very long couple of days.

Quite a few changes on the leaderboards, with both some good luck and horrible luck stories around.

After counting up the scores, we have ourselves a new State Champion in Gary McCarthy. Hardly heard around the course - just letting the sailng do the talking. A well deserved winner on 72 points.

Second place came down to the wire, with a fast finishing John Cole-Cook taking the honours with 97 points.

Third place was Lisa Blackwood, just two behind with 99 Points.

Silver fleet similarly had some leaderboard changes today, however, one thing remained the same.

Winer of Silver Fleet, with his new Orca boat, was Ian Dickinson on 70 points. A very well sailed couple of days while still getting used to his new boat.
Second place went to Andrew Wardrop, on 76 points. Really sailing the Blitz 6 well.
Third place was John Short, just one behind Andrew on 77 points.

Showing how close the Silver fleet was, there was just 8 points in 28 races between 1st and 4th place.

A big thanks and congratulatons goes to John Hall, who ran both days with efficiency, consistency and great sense of humour, especially when the wind was conspiring against him at times. Thanks from all of us for your efforts.

Tristan Price was on site again today and has taken some more fantastic shots of the sailing. He has posted to the RC Sailing Tasmania FB Group, which can also be seen if you do not have a FB account. Big thanks to Tristan for providing some photos from the day's sailing.

For those who don't have FB and cannot work it out, we will be getting some pictures from Tristan at some stage and will post them on our website.

Kyle