IOM Summer Scratch Round 6

What a day today. A wonderful 12 knot E to ESE breeze, getting towards 20 at times, providing some real fun in B Rigs for the entire afternoon.

No Pro today, and we sared the duties turn about, with the duty pro getting averaged points for the race missed. Worked very well with minimal on course intervention required, and the few that jumped the start quickly returned and re-started as soon as they were called. Thanks everyone for making the Pro job nice and easy.

It surprosed me when doing the results to see that we actually had 16 sailing today. What a terrific effort. With such a good number along, it was equally good to see we got in 12 races in the allotted time, which I am sure evryone enjoyed with the fantastic breeze on offer today. It truly was Montrose showing its best today.

A lot of close sailing today, which made it really enjoyable. Whether you were at the lead of the fleet, middle or towards the back, there was always some yachts close enough to have a real good challenge.

We introduced Gary MacCarthy and David Woolley to Scratch racing today, with Murray Willis coming down from Launceston to have a sail as well. Simon Delaney had the first sail of his restored Britpop - the best presented boat in the fleet :) Looking forward to seeing you improve with the boat all fixed up, and now just some little adjustments needed to get it really firing.

Eight boats sharing a podium finish today, showing how close some of the racing was.

By the end of race 12, Gary McCarthy had shown us what true consistemcy looked like with 8 podium finishes, to win todays round with 25 points.

Lisa Blackwood came in 3.4pts adrift of Gary, to take second on 28.4pts.

Kyle Stewart rounded out the top 3, a further 4.9pts behind on 33.3pts.

In Silver Fleet, Ian Hay dominated with 7 wins amongst the fleet, winning with 12.6pts.
Second was Andrew Wardrop - Blitz sailing very well, 7.4pts behind on 22pts.
3rd place was taken by John Hall, on 3.4.7pts

Well sailed everyone today. It was a great day on the water.

Coming up

Wednesday sees the annual Speak Up Stay ChatTY regatta. As previously this will be a handicap event for IOM yachts. We will be using the system where everyone starts the first race on scratch and then handicap penalties of 15 sec, 10 sec and 5 seconds will be applied to the place getters of each race. There will be prizes for the podium on the day and the club will provide a free BBQ lunch. If you have a friend from another club with an IOM yacht then feel free to invite them for this occasion. This is a charity event for a great cause so we are asking you to dig deep into your pockets to find a donation for the Stay ChatTY organisation. Let’s hope for good conditions, a big turn out and a great day.
Button press at the usual 11am.

Next Weekend the IOM State Championship on both Saturday and Sunday. If you have yet to enter, please get yours in as soon as possible. Registration and weighing/inspection  starts at 0930 with briefing at 1015 and button press at 1030.

Kyle