Apr 12, 2024

DF95 Summer Handicap Race 3 120424


The 4 skippers who turned up today for the 3rd Handicap Race of the series were greeted with ideal conditions, a steady Easterly breeze of about 15 to 18 km/h.

We had some great races as we all had similar tuning and there wasn’t a lot of difference in boat speed.

The handicaps converged quickly, and we soon had a max of about 10 to 15 sec between starters.

Getting around the windward mark first was the order of the day as getting onto the downwind run before the rest usually meant a good chance of a win.

Today’s clear winner was Geoff C who had the #24 tuned to perfection and made good course choices with few mistakes. In 2nd was Phil R #44, just ahead of Grant T #38 and John K #29.

PLACE SKIPPER SAIL # SCORE H 1 H 2 H 3 H 4 H 5 H 6 H 7 H 8 H 9 H 10 H 11 H 12
                               
1 GEOFF CASS 24 14 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 1 1
2 PHIL RAMSDEN 44 21 4 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 5
3 GRANT TURNBULL 38 24 3 3 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 2
4 JOHN KNEEBONE 29 30 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 3