2026 MYA Scottish District DF65 Championship, 29th August hosted by Greenock MYC&PBC

Greenock Model Yacht & Power Boat Club hosted the 2026 MYA Scottish District DF65 Championship at Murdieston Dam on 29th August 2026. The event drew six skippers from three different clubs in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

In the morning there were bright sunny conditions and, despite the distinct lack of wind before the scheduled start time, the wind gods played ball with light north-east to eastly winds of 4 knots. Before lunch, eight races were sailed on short-windward leeward courses. These proved to be tricky with subtle and sometimes quite large wind shifts resulting in three different skippers taking 1st places but also large scores for all. The afternoon session began with the wind switching 180 degrees to the south-west with the same wind speed. The Race Officer kept to the short windward-leeward format to ensure a good number of races were completed.

After sixteen races with light and tricky winds and with three discards, Richard Rowan was declared the 2026 MYA Scottish District DF65 Champion. Gordon Allison kept his consistency throughout the afternoon session to take second place with Ted Johnson third. Overall, five skippers recorded 1st places throughout the event.

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