Day: 15 September 2026

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