Hi Skippers,
The early rain cleared and the sun came out for the 8 skippers enjoying the afternoon of scratch / h’cap sailing. The Southerly wind of around 10 knots went SE and then a little East with gusts up to 15 knots and lulls of 3 knots. We had a few skippers experience boat issues today which is quite out of the norm.
Geoff Wilson #25 turned up with flat boat and transmitter batteries so he decided to be RO for the day and did a great job. Dave C- Dobing #12 had rudder servo issues and missed a few races trying to work out the problem. Bill Heritage #59 is usually very reliable but today his rubber servo stopped after the 3rd race and then Bill became the cheer squad.
Setting the early pace was Geoff Morris #96 and that continued throughout the day and he won the day by a big margin. Hot on his heels was Derick Warne #97 winning 3 races. John McAulay # 164 sail number was very consistent and ended on a tiebreak with Phil Gray #147 on 24 points. A super close afternoon of sailing.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Geoff Morris #96 13 points
2nd Derick Warne #97 20 points
3rd John McAulay #164 24 points
4th Phil Gray # 147 24 points
Full sailscores results below;
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-metre-cup-club-hybrid-championships-jun-13
We ended up using the std. moored buoys as buoybot #2 developed issues and we could easily set the correct course with the dinghy.
Thanks to all for a competitive and fun afternoon.
A special thanks to Geoff Wilson for running the day and the start box.
See you all on Tuesday for our Winter H’cap series.
Happy sailing,
Simon Kellett
