South District IOM Winter Series Round 1 @ Bideford

Skippers were met with a light southerly from over the wall, moving round to more SSE after lunch with a bit more pressure and consistency. The shifts and dead spots created by the effects of the reservoir wall made for interesting sailing with boats a metre or two to the left or right sailing in a different wind vane. The starts were by and large very port biased, although it didn’t always matter much where you started as the shifts on the first beat would be the differentiating factor. On a whole, with the exception of Tony Edwards, most had a mixed bag of a day as is evident in the results, where consistency was near impossible. An enjoyable day’s sailing, all in very good spirit. Good to have Greg King join us from the Midland District, finishing with a respectable 2nd behind Tony Edwards, followed by James Edwards in 3rd. Both Mike Cooke and John Stone put in some good performances throughout the day, as did Bob Conner with a couple of good finishes after lunch.

Thanks to George Evans and the Bideford race team for running an enjoyable day’s sailing

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