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