Nov 11, 2024

IOM Handicap Series Heat 4, November 10th


Hebo wins, refreshed from holiday.

Another light and variable breeze, 0-5kts, and again with large swings from the SE to SW.

Both Hebo and HK returning from holidays. Perhaps we all should follow suit as they finished 1st and 2nd respectively.

Sailing was tricky with the holes and swings appearing randomly.  Added to that the floating weed trapped most sometime over the morning. All in all racing was a little bit of a lottery.

However in saying that Hebo has to be congratulated on his win as he was sailing as fast throughout, and hard to reign in.

Murray also put in a consistent day finishing with the day with 5 consecutive 2nd's.

The weed problem is a concern, sailing with weed has a massive impact on racing outcomes.

Detailed Results: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7zni358krkv6le3whjn70/HCAP-HT4-NOV10.pdf?rlkey=fg112fl2vw4jwoe0frpw57kyy&raw=1

PLACE SKIPPER SAIL # SCORE R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 R 6 R 7 R 8 R 9
                         
1 IAN HEBITON 181 11 3 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 1
2 HAROLD KEAY 60 14 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 6 6
3 MURRAY DEERE 29 16 5 2 4 6 2 2 2 2 2
4 GREG WESTERBERG 99 23 4 3 2 4 4 3 6 6 3
5 COLIN WESTERBERG 63 31 2 5 3 3 6 6 6 6 6