2023 MYA Scottish District DF65 Championship (16th September, Barshaw Park)

The event was originally due to be held at Greenock’s Murdieston Dam but due to a valve malfunction the event was moved to Barshaw Park with thanks to the Paisley Club in facilitating the move.

The skippers found themselves racing in light and variable winds mostly from the east but with occasional puffs coming in from the north east. The race team laid the course across the southern end of the pond, starting with a traditional sausage and triangle course which was quickly reduced to a windward/leeward course. Each race comprised 3 windward legs. The racing turned out to be very tense for the skippers. They had to watch out for holes in the wind, gentle puffs coming along with 45 degree changes in direction, or appearing on one side of the beat and not the other. This fluky wind created a very open competition.

With the help of the wind direction remaining mostly in the east, 16 races were run during the event. The final score line showed that John Taylor was the winner with a corrected score of 21 points. Simon Thomson came in second with 26 points and Robert Rooney ended up third with 29 points.

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