IOM Summer Scratch Round 6

​What a beautiful day for sailing today.

Initially, the fourteen skippers turned up and set up their A Rigs for the first race. Befre we even got a start though, the wind stiffened to around 15 knots and we all went to our B Rigs.

Once we got started, we were treated to some wonderful conditions. The wind had some great shifts and those concentrating on them were hansomely rewarded as the day went on. A few races with some weed, but overall, it was a great day to sail and the skippers were very well behaved for much of the day.

We were fortunate to have our northern members sail with us today - thanks again Murray and Ted for travelling down to sail with us.

Andrew came along to watch as well, having planned to watch the skiffs on TV in the afternoon, but was gracious enough to hang around and Pro the day for us. That was very appreciated Andrew - thank you.

We got 11 races in today, and was fantastic with some tight starts with 14 on the water.

Charging out f the blocks early was Lisa, reeling off a few ins and a trio of seconds in the first five races. No surprise in the end with a round win on 14 points.

Ten points behind was Michael Hickman, with Rod Jackman enjoying a return to form in third on 38 points.

In Silver Fleet, Ted Stevens was the standout today, with 14 points. Ricky Price took second on 21 with John Short rounding out the three on 24 points.

That concluded the formal scratch racing for this year, and results will be tallied for our presentations.


Coming up

We were going to hold our end of year presentations and BBQ next Sunday, but seems to be a number of people unavailable given it is so close to christmas - lesson learned for us that maybe it should have been today instead. We will postpone the presentations until our return in the new year on January 5th. That said, we will still have a sail day next Sunday with any boat you wish to bring along. I hear a few "A's" will be coming along as well.

This coming Wednesday will be Mid Week IOM Handicap at the dam, button press at 1pm.

Kyle