2025 MYA Scottish District IOM Travellers 2, Barshaw Park (Paisley), 7th June – results
Twelve skippers from throughout the MYA Scottish District gathered at Paisley on a dullish Saturday morning for the second Scottish Travellers event of the season. Six Scottish clubs were represented. Up to eight different boat designs were entered, ranging from examples of the latest plastic printed boats to both venerable and latest design wooden hulled boats, with a couple of BritPops! and one now fairly old Bantock Topico design.
It would be fair to say that it was a challenging day for racing – a good course laid by the race team about 20 minutes prior to a race could turn out to be unsatisfactory because the wind had swung by more than 30 degrees. The northerly wind in the morning was very light with large holes, local puffs and big changes in direction. It was very difficult to read and even more difficult to maintain top scores. Following lunch the wind was more north-westerly but still with continual changes in direction and varying strength – the snakes and ladders were truly active!
A total of sixteen races were held which meant that three discards applied. At the end of the day, Ian Dundas’s counting scores showed very good consistency resulting in him winning the event with a final score of 37 points. Brian Summers came second with 41.3 points. Richard Ennos came third on 46 points, closely followed by Simon Thomson in fourth on 47 points.
Having noted that the sailing was not what one would call spectacular, one aspect of the day was really superb and that was the lunch laid on by Lady Graze Catering who is a local specialist charcuterie, graze board and afternoon tea caterer. Truly scrumptious.
Photos (copyright David Bell)
