IOM Summer Scratch Round 5

A difficult day to sail today, with some wildly variable winds in the general NW direction, but quite shifty, and from 2 knots to around 18 knots during the day.

We had 10 skippers on site today, and without a PRO for the day, decided on a rotating PRO system again, which worked quite well. After race 6, Andrew suffered a side stay issue, so PRO’d the rest of the day for us – thanks Andrew for seeing the day out.
Our first four races were all in A Rig, however after the first break, a few came back with B rigs on, and after about race 5, we all elected to go for the B Rigs. Just as well with a few gusts shooting through sending the bows under for a few moments for almost all of us.

In the end, we got in 12 races, which was pretty good going for the day.

Taking the chocolates for today was Ray Joyce – a welcome return to form for him. 23.8 points was enough for top place.

Second place, just 1.2pts behind was Lisa on 25 points.

Third place was Ricky Price, a further 8 behind on 33 points.

Silver Fleet was dominated today by John Hall, a resounding winner on 10.3pts.
Second was Simon Delaney on 20 points with Andrew Wardrop rounding out 3rd position on 28 points.

Photos below kindly taken by Grant Wise.

As well as todays results, we have had members representing the club and State and National level with great success.
Nick Connor competed at the DF95 National Championships at Grahamstown Dam in NSW. With some very varied wind conditions, just two complete races were completed on day 1, with much of the day glassed out. Unfortunately, a severe weather system passed through on the second day, with no sailing on the day. Day 3 started early to try to make up for some lost time, and they managed to get another 6 races in for the day, giving 8 for the championship.
Nick finished in 5th place, having a win in Qualifying race 2 and a string of three seconds in races Q4, F1 and F2. A fantastic effort Nick. Representing the club at the highest national level in fantastic style. Congrats on a great result over there.
Similarly, Gary McCarthy competed in the SA IOM State Championships which concluded this afternoon. From unconfirmed reports, Gary took out second place in the championship. Congrats on a great result Gary.

Coming Up
This coming Wednesday will be DF95 Mid Week Handicap at the Dam, starting at 1030.

Next weekend will have no sailing with the Easter Break on us. That said, the club will be running the Bunnings BBQ on Saturday at the Glenorchy site. If you need any stuff from Bunnings, please come along and support the club with a sausage as well 

Kyle