MYA Scottish District IOM Travellers 2 – Greenock, Saturday 13th May 2023

Eleven skippers from throughout Scotland assembled at Greenock Murdieston Dam on Saturday 13^th May for the MYA SD IOM Travellers 2. Participating in the fleet, were a 3D printed hull and five wooden hulls.

Racing started with a 2 to 4 knot breeze from the North East flicking to the North for short periods of time. Simon Thomson (RO) laid the Start Line in the South East corner of the Dam with the weather mark midway up the North bank. It provided a good but tricky beat with a few holes in the wind to negotiate. The run was to the start marks which were used as a gate. The course consisted of 2 rounds and a final beat to the finish. The conditions persisted for the morning with several small delays to allow the patchy breeze to fill in.

Following lunch (pie, beans and mash!), the wind swung to the West North West building to 8 to 10 knots of breeze. Thus, the course was switched to start at the Eastern end of the Dam and the weather mark close to the bank for the Western corner near the club house. This provided great visibility for the skippers. With the sun shining and a good breeze it was champagne sailing conditions.

In total there were twelve races completed during the day with five different skippers scoring bullets. The eventual winner of the event was Ian Dundas.  Steve Taylor secured second place just 3 points behind after discards. Only 8 points separated the next 3 boats with Brian Summers 3^rd with Richard Ennos 4^th and Robert Rooney 5^th. Richard Rowan and Gordon Alison had some good results during the day but fell foul of the tricky wind conditions coming in 6^th and 7^th respectively.

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Photos by Simon Thomson