Hi Skippers,
We arrived at the lake to find strong gusty S Westerly winds ideal for B rigs. I rigged up and 1/2 an hour later not only had the Council pulled the plug on the lake water level but the winds abated so we all changed to our A rigs. The tide dropped heaps throughout the afternoon. No Gumboots need !!
We had 13 skippers sailing including Richard Machin from Victoria. Super close sailing all afternoon with only 7 points between the top 6 places.
The H’cap adjustments kept the fleet close especially at the finish line.
Congrats to the place getters:
1st Bill Heritage #59 31points
2nd Phil Gray #57 / 147 33points
3rd Derick Warne #97 35 points
Full sailscores results below:
https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/iom-winter-handicap-series-aug-11
Thanks heaps to Kym Mitchell for scoring and doing the start box once again.
Thanks to the team effort in packing up the 6 buoybots and flags.
Geoff Morris will be excited in buying a new IOM “Pikanto ” No 63 from a retiring past club member. We will see it on Saturday.!!!!
See you all on Saturday for Club Champs H’cap sailing.
Happy sailing,
Simon K