Tag: IOM Points

First to kick off yesterday’s racing was the IOM’s.

Gerry Wold signed up as RD for both classes and he certainly had a challenge ahead of him. The breeze was coming from the direction every Argonaut holds with much disdain, across the pond!

Fortunately there was a bit of West in it ( At times?) and Gerry was able to set courses that stretched the length of the pond. This was going to be ‘one of those days’, the wind swirled, there were plenty of holes and mother nature just kept everyone guessing the whole day.

After winning the day, I have to say that it wasn’t due to me being the fastest, perhaps just the luckiest. :O

Add another seven boats and we saw the DF’s hit the water. Same challenges but now with the increased number of boats, everyone’s chances of getting ‘lucky’ were a whole lot less.

“Go left young man” seemed to be the strategy but that was sometimes easier said than done.

Even with quite a biased line at the North shore end, the fleet fought for the pin end and if you got away cleanly you were in good stead. (Not so easy to achieve).
BUT, even then the top mark was like a roulette wheel, enter the zone and cross your fingers. :O

Apologies for setting it there but more so for not moving it after the IOM’s.
Sailing two boats sometimes causes some time management issues. :(.

All in all the racing was extremely ’sporting’, penalties were taken appropriately and there was a high level of consideration amongst the competitors for the challenging conditions.

Congrats to the podium placegetters and congratulations to all all competitors for turning up and making it a great day at the pond.

If you havent already entered the TT teams event next weekend, get your entry in it’s going to be great fun and ’something different’.

Or even just drop down and bolster the numbers in the peanut gallery. 🙂

Thank you Kerim, Gerry and Jon for collecting the marks and putting the boat Etc. away.

Regards

Chris

What a day, what a day!

Wind, no wind, rain, no rain.

It certainly was a mixed up day at the races and Hughie was not discriminating. Im sure everyone was at his mercy at one time or another. If it wasn’t Hughie, it was the dreaded slime. 🙁

Certainly need another slime busting work dat in the coming weeks.
The RD’s did a great job choosing the courses and thanks to Kerim and Chris S for adjusting the marks as needed.

IOM’s

As you can see by the scores, the racing was still very tight.

Congratulations to Len Bose on scoring a bullet in the final race of the IOM’s, he was chased and chased but held his nerve to the finish. Worth the drive hey Len. 🙂

DF95’s

See you all next week!

Book them and they will come they say.

Well they did!

20 DF 95’s hit the pond today and what a display!

Whilst 20 boats might seem a lot to have on the start line, it was! Though, to everyone’s credit, the presumed carnage was almost non-existent, almost. 🙂

A lot of ducking and weaving but all in all the skippers played rather nicely and when necessary took the applicable penalty when required.

Thanks to Tom Warren for being RD and running a great set of six heats with varied courses and not one general recall! 

Breeze was a little shifty but generally, it was up and down the pond with only the odd hole. 🙂 If you were fortunate enough to break away you generally were spared being a victim of the melee behind. :O

Welcome to Richard Diamond from up North who joined us today. Whilst not being scored in the points series, I’m sure he enjoyed himself nevertheless.

Second class on the water were the IOM’s with Kerim Baran taking over with the RD duties. 13 boats! RC sailing is alive and well in San Diego! Go the Argonauts!

Unfortunately the DF 95’s stole a lot of the good breeze and left the IOM’s with a mixed bag of ‘litter’. The holes were bigger, the shifts were erratic and by the end of six heats I think everyone had their turn in getting ‘ponded’. 🙁

Gotta take the good with the bad sometimes. 

One thing that wasn’t bad was the superb weather. The sun beamed down on us all day long, what a wonderful place we have to play boats.

Good to also see David Woodward pop up and join us travelling from afar, and to all the other sailors that travel reasonable distances to get to our stomping ground. 

We appreciate you all. 🙂

P.S. Richard also sailed in the IOM’s making up the 13.

Here are some shots from the start line of the IOM races of the day.

Next week is the Bob Debow Masters trophy event for ODOM’s.

This is going to be a sell out! Even if you don’t have an ODOM, come down and join the peanut gallery.

You may be able to offer some advice. 🙂

Have a great week and see you sailing again soon.

Regards,

Chris Davidson