Hi Skippers,
What a close and tactical afternoon of light wind sailing for the 15 skippers. The “Classic ” yachts were on show with 4 x TS2’s, a Cockatoo and the AKA fleet.
Great tight sailing in good humor. It certainly was a game of inches. Craig Wiley #02 took the 1/2 time lead and he had a target on his back from then on. Derick Warne #97 had his eagle eyes on and was consistently picking the breeze and holding his nerve. The fleet of TS2’s were at times match racing which was fun to watch. John Halloran and I were back markers in the 7 H’cap races so we saw it all up the course in front of us.
All afternoon the breeze was 2 to 5 knots from the SE trying to go East. All 6 buoybots worked perfectly and with the new pull ties on the keels we won’t be losing any in the future.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Derick Warne #97 18 points
2nd Craig Wiley #02 24 points
3rd Adrian Hardman #73 24 points ( on a count back)
Full sailscores results below:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-admirals-cup-hybrid-series-jun-30
Thanks to all of our IOM fleet for a fun and very enjoyable afternoon. We filled the scoresheet with 15 sailors.
Thanks to all for the team effort with bouybot pack up and to Tony for taking the trailer.
If anyone has Facebook experience and can help out with our IOM National Champs Facebook page please email or call me. We need YOU badly.
See you all on Saturday for scratch racing.
Happy sailing.
Simon K