Month: September 2026

Hi Skippers
10 boats on the water this morning including two visitors – Jon Evans #39 from Victoria & Peter Conde #28 from Wynnum Manly.
After a heavy shower we started with a SE breeze of 8-12 knots – majority going A rig with two choosing B rigs.
Results :

Check out the scores online : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/df65-spring-handicap-series-sep-29 plus cumulative scores after two heats of the series : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/2026-df65-spring-handicap-series.
Highlight of the Day : well done to Craig for taking out the overall win with good consistent racing. 6 different race winners & only 4 points separating the top 4 boats.

The visitors scores are not included the above – Jon Evans #39 would have come 4th overall & Peter Conde would have come 7th. Thanks for joining us guys.

Next Session : Saturday 3rd October : next round of our DF65 Club Scratch Championship. Check out where you stand to date : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/2026-df65-club-scratch-championship

Have a good week.
Cheers
Mark
Mark Lewis
Secretary / DF65 Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club Inc
0424 787 884

Hi SCRSC Members,

As you all know, we moved the club scoring system online this year using sailscores.com

This new system has been quietly calculating the Season scores in the background, and the up-to-date Series scores are all there to be seen as we hit the final 2 months of the 2026 Season.

I’ve just updated sailscores with all scheduled racing until the end of the season.

You can access the SCRSC scores in a couple of ways:

• From the main club website – https://www.scrsc.org.au/2026-results/
• From the SCRSC page on sailscore.com – https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC

I hope you’re enjoying the slightly adjusted calendar this year.

• Club Scratch Championship Racing on the first weekend of every month
• Club Handicap Championship Racing on the first weekday racing of each month
• Seasonal Scratch and Handicap mini series
• Club Hybrid Championships

There are still many podium positions up for grabs, so get your calendars sorted out for an exciting finish to the season!

Watch out Kim Mitchell, Simon Kellett, John Halloran and Derick Warne – we’re hot on your heels and chasing hard!!

Craig Wiley
Rear Commodore
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club
rc@scrsc.org.au

Hi Skippers,
It was a nice blue sky afternoon at the lake for the 7 skippers on AFL Grand Final Day . What a mighty win for the Lions. 3 in a row!!
We had a 3 -8 knot Easterly wind which was very fluky. The top mark was proving to be really tricky as the wind shifts and strength were always changing. Well done to all for hanging in there!!
As it was Grand Final Day we decided to run our 10 heats back to back ( 5 scratch / 5 H’cap ) so we could finish by the end of the 1st quarter of the game.
It was very tight racing for the scratch races with the 7 yachts all bunched together.
Congrats to the place getters;
1st Geoff Morris #96 15 points
2nd Simon Kellett #58 17 points
3rd Doug Turner #82 18 points
4th Dan Silk #56 32 Points
5th Derick Warne #97 32 points (tied on a countback )

Full sailscores results below:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-metre-cup-club-hybrid-championships-sep-26-moved-from-sep-12

We had 4 buoybots on the water with a start line and top and bottom mark They all worked well.
Thanks to the team effort packing up the flags and buoybots.

John Halloran and Geoff Morris will be running the Tuesday racing Admirals Cup #3 as I am off to Straddie on Sunday for the week with the family for school holidays.

Other than the challenging winds the sailing was a lot of fun. It was good to see Mark Burdon #88 sailing with no issues. New rudder servo, receiver and transmitter. He had very good boat speed!
See you all next Saturday.

Happy sailing,
Simon K

Hi Skippers
A beautiful day at the Lake this morning – perfect A+ rig weather from start to finish – yes a few knocks & swirls but also some nice lifts to the top mark if you choose the right side… 13 boats arrived with 12 racing.
Results :

Check out the scores online : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/df65-spring-scratch-series-sep-26
Highlight of the Day : goes to Sue Young – first time on the water in her new green DF65 – 2nd time sailing a DF65 ! Sue did remarkably well even beating husband Andrew in one race. Welcome Sue & well done.
A very pleasant morning with great behaviour, penalties being done where necessary & polite banter – makes Class Coordinating a pleasure ! Oh and the racing was close & competitive with Mark Burdon #275 took out the win with 5 wins, 4 x 2nds – a very consistent performance.
Next Session : Tuesday 29th Sept – DF65 Spring Handicap series – looking like B rig weather – we will see.
Life Batteries : I have new stock – first come first served ! $23 each.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend – go the Lions !
Cheers
Mark
Mark Lewis
Secretary / DF65 Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club Inc
0424 787 884

Hi Skippers,
The expectation of early rain passed and we ended up with blue sky and 10 -15 knots of SE breeze. I thought we would be sailing with A rigs but after looking at the lake for 1 hour the gusts were getting stronger and more consistent. B rigs for the afternoon was the call and it ended up perfect. The sailing was very close and tightly fort during each heat. John Halloran took and early lead and at the 1/2 time break was well in front. He was the man to catch. The wind was very shifty with each gust and lull. This made sailing very tricky. Weed was the other issue.
After the 1/2 time break Craig Wiley and Adrian Hardman got into their stride along with Derick Warne and David C-Dobing. Many yachts were crossing the finish line in close tight packs. All in all a fun afternoon in good breeze.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Garry McMahon #57 27 points
2nd Adrian Hardman #73 30 points
3rd Craig Wiley #02 31 points
4th Derick Warne #97 32 points

Full sailscores results below;
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-spring-handicap-series-sep-22

As you can see the points score was very close and one bad race proved to be very costly. It was a very tactical afternoon with the wind shifts and weed.
Thanks to the team effort in packing up the buoybots and flags.

This Saturday we have the Meter Cup Scratch / H’cap racing. Dress in you AFL or NRL team colours for a fun day.

Happy sailing,

Simon K

Hi Skippers
9 DF65’s raced this morning – just before the start the breeze was suited our A+ rigs but most started with their A rigs as the wind increased. As the morning most progressed to B rigs except for a couple of us "brave" souls.
Results :

Check out the scores online : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/df65-club-scratch-day-sep-22

Jon Evans from Victoria raced with us but his score is not included in the above – he missed the first 4 races – can’t divulge why but it relates to memory function 🙂. His score after drops was 42 so he would have come 6th.
Highlight of the day was having Brian Wiley return after a mammoth catamaran trip – unfortunately he still remembered how to sail his DF65 & won the day on 16 points. Wayne Cowling came second on 18 points. Owen Finlay did well & came third on 20 points on Countback. Well done guys.

A much better performance on the start line compared to last week with only a couple of OCS’s – thanks everyone for being friendly & well behaved on the water . It was a very enjoyable morning !

Thanks to Tony for early morning trailer & battery duties.

Next session : Saturday 26th Sept – round 2 of our Spring Scratch mini .series

Have a fun week – looks like showers coming 🙁
Cheers
Mark

Mark Lewis
Secretary / DF65 Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club Inc
0424 787 884

Hi Skippers,
With a warm day expected we were dealing with a 5-12 knot NE wind into “Death Corner ”
10 skippers signed up but Mark Burton had rudder issues with his new IOM and ended up scoring and running the start box. The remaining 9 sailors enjoyed a very close afternoon of IOM sailing as the h’caps kept the scores very close. At the 1/2 way point there was 3 points between 6 skippers. Geoff Wilson had the lead by 2 points and held his nerve for the last 5 heats and won the day. Well sailed !!
There were many skippers having close battles with others during many heats. Derick Warne and Geoff Morris were chasing each other around while John Halloran had the finish of the day weaving between 3 skippers as 4 boats were trying to cross the finish line.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Geoff Wilson #25 24 points
2nd Geoff Morris #96 31 points
3rd Derick Warne #97 33 points

Full sailscores results below:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-club-championship-handicap-sep-19

Weed was the big drama for all skippers today. It was important to check your keel after each heat. I don’t know why it’s so bad at the moment??

Thanks to all for helping out packing up the buoybots and flags.
See you all on Tuesday for our Spring Series H’cap sailing.
A great fun afternoon for all.!!

Happy sailing,
Simon K

Hi Skippers
12 boats turned out for the first round of our DF65 Spring Scratch mini series. Initial NW breeze disappeared & eventually we got a SE breeze that quickly went NE.
Results :

Jon Evans #39 from Victoria raced with us but his score is not shown above. His score after two drops was 32 giving him 4th overall for the morning.
Check out the scores online : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/df65-spring-scratch-series

Thanks to Sue Young for scoring this morning – I hear Sue may be getting a DF65 for Christmas ?

Next session : Tuesday 22nd Sept DF65 Club Scratch racing.
             Saturday 26th Sept : DF65 Spring Handicap series
Have a great weekend
Cheers
Mark
Mark Lewis
Secretary / DF65 Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club Inc
0424 787 884

Hi Skippers
This morning was the first round of our DF65 Spring Handicap series – a beautiful day greeted us the only thing lacking being breeze. Luckily it arrived just at our start time & slowly increased as the morning progressed, shifting from SE to NE.
11 boats arrived but only 10 raced as I chose to score/RO again.
Today we tried a new format for this new mini series after discussion with some of the early arrivals. Our 10 races started with one scratch race – the winner of which got a 20sec handicap, 2nd place 15sec & 3rd 10sec – which was applied for the remaining 9 handicap races. I’m looking for get a fairer means of offering handicap racing – fairer to skippers of different skill levels….hopefully.
Interesting Stats : Kim #42 ended up on a handicap of 85 seconds for the last race and still won it ! 9 out of 10 skippers had a podium finish.
Results :

Check out the scores online : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/df65-spring-handicap-series

Highlight of the morning : as you can see Kim #42 started well until his increasing handicap started challenging him… Kim won the day on 20 points , Dean Chase #462 did exceedingly well ( pressure from brother Bryan maybe ) with 3 race wins coming second on 27 points. Brother Bryan #195 completed the podium with 29 points. Welcome to you Bryan – please come back again to keep the brotherly rivalry going. A fun morning with not too many bingles & good comradery.

Overall I think the trial worked well with a fairly close fleet – the other difference is that we will not carry the scores over from each of the races in this series. Each race morning will start with a scratch race & proceed accordingly. There are 6 races in the series. ( 29/09, 20/10, 27/10, 7/11 & 24/11 remaining ) DF65 skippers – your feedback is welcomed as we take a slightly different approach to our racing.

Next session : Saturday 19th September – DF65 Spring Scratch series.

Have a fun week & see you Saturday.
Cheers
Mark
Mark Lewis
Secretary / DF65 Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club Inc
0424 787 884

Hi Skippers,
What a nice afternoon for IOM sailing with light 5 knot NE winds and blue sky.
The 7 skippers were loving the warm conditions. It was super close sailing as the h’caps brought the fleet together at the 1/2 way point. Paul Newman had worked for 2 days on his yacht and finally got the sheeting settings and receiver linked to his transmitter. He was on fire for the first 5 races. During the 1/2 time break he noticed that his keel was dropping out of the bottom of his yacht. What a bummer as he had to retire at that point not wanting to lose his keel.
That meant the rest of the fleet were only 4 points apart. Gosh the results were close.
Craig Wiley #02 showed great downwind speed and managed to win 3 of the last 5 heats. That gave him the win for the day. Well sailed!! Holding your nerve was key as you sailed the last windward leg.
Bill Burley #80 was very consistent all afternoon and managed to finish in 2nd place. Well done!
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Craig Wiley #02 16 points
2nd Bill Burley #80 22 points
3rd Simon Kellett #141 24 points

Full sailscores results below:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-spring-handicap-series-sep-15

Thanks to all who packed up the 4 buoybots and flags.
A really nice afternoon of close IOM sailing!!

Well done to Derick Warne for finishing 6th in the Laser Nationals held last weekend.
Well done to the others in our SCRSC team for their great effort.
See you all on Saturday for Club Champs H’cap sailing.
Happy sailing,
Simon K