Hi Skippers,
Sorry for the late results but I had a subject information night at my son’s school and I’m just home.
The morning patchy showers cleared away and the 12 IOM sailors were greeted with sunshine and a shifty SE to East wind around 6 – 12 knots. 4 bouybots were used and the start line and top mark was adjusted during the 1/2 time break to keep the sailing fair.
We welcomed Craig Wiley our Rear Commodore to our IOM fleet with his yellow V8 IOM number #02. A very good looking yacht and boy it has some speed as well. Some very close racing and tight finishes with the bunched fleet. John McAulay and Derick Warne mastered the conditions all afternoon and were hard to beat. Geoff Morris starting off a 40 second h’cap was always playing catch up until Derick passed his h’cap on heat 9 and ended on 50 sec. Tony Silver was up the front of the fleet on many races at the last bottom mark rounding and then played the shifts on the last leg. Sometimes chockies – sometimes boiled lollies.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st John McAulay sailing #164 26points
2nd Derick Warne #97 31 points
3rd Tony Silver # 18 32 points
Full sailscores results:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-winter-handicap-series-jun-16
Thanks to all for helping with packing up the buoubots and to Tony for taking the trailer.
It was a very close and tight afternoon of sailing for all.
Well done!
There is no IOM sailing this weekend as the DF 95’s have a 2 day regatta. Come along and have a look.
See you all next Tuesday.
Happy sailing,
Simon K
