DF65 24 - 25 Champs 111224 Race 11

Today we had 11 yachts on the water with a guest sailor in Nigel who will be doing more sailing with the club when in Albany.

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 8 061224

 Another good turnout of 8 boats for todays 8th Heat of Handicap racing.

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IOM Handicap Series Heat 5, November 1st

Brian has comfortable win.

Practice before racing bought the realisation that racing around the eastern buoys was risky with weed regularly being hooked.

Racing was changed to use the buoys around the fountain making shorter courses.

 

 

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 041224 Race 8

8 Boats started the day in a WSW breeze that favoured those who chose A rigs.

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 9 291124

We had 8 sailors on the water for the 9th Champ race today.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs Race 10 271124

We had a interesting day of sailing with ten yachts on the water and South winds which then went around to the South East.

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 7 221124

Another good fleet of ten boats competing in the 7th Handicap Race of the series today.

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 8 151124

Ten skippers on the pond today for the 8th Race of the Championship series.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs131124 Race 9

Today we had southerly winds to start with which went around to SE as the morning went on.

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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.

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 6 081124

We are now getting got fleets of around 11 boats competing each week, making it very competitive racing and skippers need to be on the ball as one mistake can result in a loss of several places.

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 061124 Race 7

Today we had a new member in Tony Turner sailing for the first time and he picked up the control of his yacht quickly.

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IOM Championship heat 3, Nov 3

Colin has good win in tricky conditions.

We only had 3 starters, Murray waiting on winch parts and HK and Hebo overseas.

The breeze was all over the place throughout the morning, from the west around to the SE at 0- 5kts.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 301024 Race 8

We had 7 boats on the water this week, plus we were joined by Peter McQuoid who has been sailing a DF65 at a Queensland club, but has now moved to Albany, so will be a new member to the fleet, Welcome Peter.

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IOM Handicap Series Heat 3, October 27th

Colin has comfortable win.

We were dished up a variable southerly at 2- 5kts with significant shifting from the SE to the SW.

 

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 231024 Race 6

Today we had 10 yachts on the water and started with a steady Westerly wind which changed to a very light SW wind.

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 6 181024

We had 11 yachts on the water for race 6 of the series with a good NW wind.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 161024 Race 7

We started with a smaller fleet of 6 boats this week, in a light N/NE breeze that swung at times from NW to SE and varied between 0 to 8 km/h, so there was a lot of tacking on shifts and waiting in one position for some sort of wind.

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 091024 Race 5

10 boats competed today in a S/SW breeze that saw the change of sails being used from B to A+ and all rigs had their moment on the water.

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IOM Handicap Series Heat 2, October 13th

Small fleet faces off in Heat 2

The breeze started in the ENE at 5-10 kts with some significant swings making for plenty of opportunities.

Half way into the morning the wind moved to the East and was still swinging. It was a different easterly having considerable variability. 

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 4 111024

A big fleet of 10 boats started today with Geoff O #421 joining after heat 3.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 021024 Race 6

We had 11 yachts on the pond which was a good turn out with a rainy start and a gusty NW wind.

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2024 DF95 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nic Jerwood makes it a double for the weekend.

Sunday DF95 State Championship was contested by 31 entrants, three fleets and over 8 races from the 24 heats.

Winds for first heats started from north of west swinging around 10 degrees edging towards west by mid- morning making choice getting out to the right side for the first windward leg important.

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2024 DF65 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Nick Jerwood wins.

Racing was greeted with a gusty westerly at 5-15kts and shifting to give plenty of opportunity to make gains, the opposite was also the case.

The rain stayed away resulting in pleasant racing conditions.

 

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IOM Championship Ht1

Small fleet with close sailing.

Greeted with a Westerly at 5-10kts gusting to 15kts with a lot of variability both in strength and direction

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 5 270924

Seven boats on the pond today with a breeze starting from the WNW but quickly swung to SW bringing squally showers with it.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 250924 Race 5

A very gentle breeze from anywhere between S and NE greeted the six sailors for the 5th race today.

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 4 200924

Six boats on the pond today with a gentle breeze starting from the W but slowly swinging to eventually come from the S.

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 180924 Race 4

We started of with 4 yachts and then John K #29 turned up half through the morning.

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IOM Handicap Series Ht 1

Greeted with 5- 12 kt ENE'er for opener.

Our first race using the new handicap system. As it turned out today the 3 boats that turned all had the same handicap, so it became a scratch start day.

The next handicap race handicaps are adjusted according to the days final results. See the table below the results display for details.

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 3 130924

Only a small fleet of 6 started today in a very nice ESE breeze.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 110924 Race 4

 On the day we had six turn up and we had variable light ENE winds which made for frustrating sailing.

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IOM Social Handicap Shakedown - Season openner

Sunday 8th September

A busy bee is scheduled prior to sailing at 9am

Cleaning, checking and Replacing buoys.

 

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 040924 Race 3

Another tricky day with strong gusts causing a few problems on the down wind runs and tacking at the bottom marks.

 

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 3 300824

Five sailors turned up today in the last days of winter, with a moderate cool wind from the WNW and a couple of showers.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 280824 Race 3

We had seven yachts on the pond and it was good to Kim Swarbrick down from Perth.

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 2 230824

A good fleet of 9 boats today for the 2nd handicap race with Brain S # 281 still down farming, Brian H #45 back after a long break and Peter T #34 down from Barker boosting our numbers.

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 210824 Race 2

We had 8 We had 8 yachts on the water and started off with a light Westerly wind.yachts on the water and started off with a light Westerly wind.

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 2 160824

Seven skippers today for championship racing with another day of light shifty winds.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 140824 Race 2

Wednesday the 14th was race 2 of the 24/25 Championship series with 6 sailors braving showers and the 30kms plus winds.

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DF95 24-25 Handicap Race 1 090824

We started the 1st Race of the new series with 4 boats for the first 2 heats, then we were joined by Peter T #34 and after another 3 heats, good to see Geoff O #421 back on the water and quickly into stride.

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DF65 24 - 25 Handicap 070824 Race 1

A small fleet of 5 boats turned out today for the 1st handicap race of the new series.

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DF95 24-25 Champ Race 1 020824

Six sailors for today’s first race for this championship series. We also had Brian R with his IOM, due to structural problems with the DF95.

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DF65 24 - 25 Champs 310724 Race 1

Today we had 6 skippers turn up for the 1st race of the new series.

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2024 IOM GT STHN REGATTA

Final placings dominated by Our Metro visitors.

Sean wins from Glen and Rosco.

The weather offering winds from the East on Saturday and the Sth to SW on Sunday.

Saturdays forecast max of 38 may have got close at the airport but was probably 28-30 Lakeside, making for comfortable sailing. Sunday remained overcast, keeping the temperature down to a cooler 23 - 25.  Metro sailors welcoming the cooler relief from the Perth heat.

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