Hi Skippers,
All morning I was hoping for the morning rain to clear being glued to the rain radar.
It turned out to be a great afternoon for IOM sailing with light South to SE winds and clear sky’s. The sun broke through so it was T-shirts and shorts for the afternoon.
I started the day off needing to rescue my IOM when the rudder servo packed up. My dramas continued when the winch was intermitted. One moment working and then for no reason it would stop working. I couldn’t even start the first race so I then ran the start box and shore sheet for the day.
All 9 skippers enjoyed the first round of our Winter H’cap series. Gosh it was close sailing and very tactical with working the light breeze and keeping your focus. Geoff Morris #96 , Derick Warne #97 and Garry McMahon #57 managed to work it out and shared the first 3 places.
David C-Dobing #12 was a very consistent 4th in 5 of the 10 races. This didn’t effect his h’cap but also didn’t get him on the podium. A very enjoyable afternoon with light wind sailing.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Geoff Morris #96 12 points
2nd Dereck Warne #97 16 points
3rd Garry McMahon #57 19 points
Full sailscores results below:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/2026-iom-winter-handicap-series
Rob Priest had 2 race wins and a good afternoon showing good boat speed.
Thanks to Tony Silver for delivering the trailer and taking it home. Much appreciated !
We used the std moored buoys moving them with the dinghy. This gave the dinghy a good run to clear the carby. Thanks to John Halloran for the boat work.
See you all on Saturday for Meter Cup scratch / H’cap sailing.
Happy sailing,
Simon K