Mid Week IOM Handicap

The summery weather continues and today’s conditions with blue sky, 26 degrees and a lovely Northerly of 8 knots or there abouts were perfect for the sailing of IOM yachts. Today’s event counted as a Handicap Shield event as last week’s was cancelled due to heavy rain. 
There were some significant shifts in the breeze, both to the West and to the East and picking them well was a good recipe for success today. 
A weigh-in was held during the lunch break and although the wind was making accuracy difficult all boats were considered compliant.
Third place today went to Phil Jackman who took the podium spot on count back. Bodge also finished the day on 44 points but Phil had a nice race win on his sheet. In fact count back decisions were a bit of a feature of the results with ties for 3rd and 4th, 5th and 6th, and 7th and 8th.
Gary McCarthy took second place and regularly seems to grab a podium spot on Wednesdays. Gary’s result today is particularly noteworthy as most usually it is the mid-fleeters who tend to dominate handicap racing when the conditions are moderate and fairly steady.
Peter Sylvester was a clear winner, 11 points ahead of Gary. On a day when no other skipper won multiple races Peter took out three and thoroughly deserved the victory.
Congratulations Peter, Gary and Phil.
Next Wednesday, being the last in the month will be another Super Wednesday. The plan for this one will be to have our normal (but shortened) handicap series in the morning then have some teams racing in the afternoon.


Coming up:
Sunday: A Class scratch racing at Montrose. 1:00 button press
Next Wednesday:IOM Super Wednesday at Risdon Brook Dam. 10:30 button press


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