The overnight rainstorm had cleared by 07.00 and was replaced by a mixture of sun and clouds with temperatures in the seventies and still quite humid. The wind was from the southwest and the tide was coming in towards a high shortly after 1 pm.

There were 10 boats in the water ready for this morning’s contest and Judy looked after starting and scoring. Thank you for another excellent job, Judy. Connie and Shelley were on the shore to support Al and Bill N.and Connie took some pictures.

The course was from the Drone Buoy and brown mark starting line, south to the green, then north to the blue, once around for the first race and twice around thereafter. All marks taken to port.

Nick won the first race but it was not his lucky day. He didn’t start the third race as his jib was hitting his mask, then, in the fourth race, his boat got tangled with Bill Northup’s and he had to row out to rescue them.

Kim won the next two races and had one third place to finish fourth overall. 

Races 4 and 5 were both won by John Reilly and that together with a second place and two third places was enough for him to become today’s champion, The sixth and final race was won by Jim Kelly who was also second in race five but missed the first two races. Good to see you back, Jim.

Unusually, Bill David didn’t win a race today but he did score enough points with two seconds and two thirds to finish second in today’s standings. In third place was Rich with one second and a third.

Paul did not have his winning ways today and neither did Henry, but well done to everyone for some close competitive racing and a lot of fun.

 As always, the full results are on our website mhbmyc.org

There will be no racing next Thursday as it happens to be July 4th.🇺🇸

The next racing will take place on Thursday, July 11th when the high tide will, once again be close to 1 pm.

And remember, the first of our three Soling Regattas is planned for July 16th.

Enjoy the coming weekend and the July 4th holiday,
Derek

It was hot. It was humid. It was breezy. It was a day to get some cooling water in contact with feet.

Nine members agreed and brought boats to the cove. In addition, Connie was there to support Al. Judy supported Bill, started the races, and kept score—a big thank you. Paul’s wife, Laura was also there to cheer Paul on, but mainly to supervise two grandchildren, who seemed to be having a great time.

With the wind from the SSW, the course was set: From the east-west starting line, formed by the red mark and the drone buoy, head south and round the green mark to port, head north to take the blue mark to port and back to the line, twice around.

The tide was going out towards a low at around 12.30 which necessitated a move of the drone buoy, executed faultlessly by Paul after the second race.

With an important appointment to see the England vs. Denmark game in the Euro 24 soccer tournament, I left after the third race but Nick was in fine form having won those first three races. 

In the first race, Rob and Henry got tangled together and Rob had to get some rowing exercise to rescue them. Nick won that race with Paul and Bill second and third. The second race finished in the same order and Rob recovered from the first race setback to finish fourth. Al had finished fourth in the first race. Bill was second to Nick in the third race, with John third and Rob again fourth.

I wasn’t there for the fourth race but I have the scoresheet and see that Nick won again. This was his fourth and last win in the eight races run today. The other race winners were Bill, Rob, John, and Henry.  Overall the top four were Nick, Rob, Bill, and Paul.

Kim and David had some issues today but look for them to come back stronger next week. 

Well done, everyone. Lots of fun this morning.

The full results can be found on our website mhbmyc.org

DF95s race again next Thursday, June 27th when the tide will be coming in with the high at 1.18 pm

In the meantime, enjoy the weekend,

Derek

Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling, we’re gonna go racing today. 

And 10 members agreed and brought their boats for a good morning’s competition. The wind was generally from the southwest, but changeable so the course was set as south from the line, which was formed by the pin and the drone buoy, around the southernmost green mark leaving it to port, then north to the blue mark also taken to port and back to the line. after the first two races, we decided to keep this course but go twice around. There were eight races today watched, at least in part, by Bill Raposa, Jim Kelly, and Shelley Northup in support of husband, Bill. I kept score.

Only two boats had serious problems today: David Vigeant had an unresponsive sail servo and Wilkie Marvel had some undisclosed issues.

There were many close races this morning as evidenced by the fact that there were five different winners: Bill David won the first two, Paul Mercer, Henry DiPietro, and Rob Hill won one each, and today’s champion, Nick Bailey won three. Well done, Nick.

Tuesday’s winner, John Reilly, didn’t win a race today but he finished second twice and third three times which was enough to put him second overall. Well done, John. It was close, Nick had 19 points and John had 21.

Even closer were the next three, Paul with 24 points, Henry with 25 points, and Bill David with 26 points. Very entertaining.

A little behind but close on points were Rob and Kim. Well done, everyone.

The full results are on our website mhbmyc.org

There will be more DF95 racing next Thursday, June 20th when the tide will be low and going out until around 12.30.

There will be no membership fee this season. So persuade your friends to get a boat and join in.

I should have said last Tuesday that Bill Northup reached three-quarters of a century on that day and Kim will claim the same achievement next Tuesday. Congratulations, young men!

Nick has donated some excellent elastic for DF95s for club spares. I’ll bring it with me on Thursday. Nick also has a tip: use two lengths of elastic as a fail-safe.

One more thing from Nick. Let’s look at King Park in Newport as an additional racing venue.

See you next Thursday,

In the meantime have a wonderful weekend,
Derek

A gentle breeze, a sunny sky, and boats in the water. A recipe for competitive fun.

The beach was shrinking with the tide approaching a high at 12.47.

Paul, Rob, and Bill David couldn’t make it today so it was a chance to rack up some points over them. Henry DiPietro did arrive at the cove but decided the wind wouldn’t be favorable this morning so he left but the wind had increased enough to start racing at 11.00. We welcomed a new member, John Reilly to the club with his boat, sail number 56…..Remember that number!    Four other members brought boats to the cove this morning and enjoyed nine races on smooth water. Shelly and I were also there to deal with the starting and scoring. Only three boats finished the first race with Wilkie having some problems before the start and Bill Northup having issues during the race. John, sail number 56, won the first race and another six and was today’s champion. How’s that for a great introduction to the club? The only other winner this morning was Kim who won two and finished second overall. Al Sampson was third with Wilkie and Bill N following on as a result of their early troubles. 

A very enjoyable morning in the sun. Well done, everyone. Let’s hope we get back to a more normal competitive field on Thursday.

The full results can be found on our website mhbmyc.org

DF95s race again in just two days, on Thursday, June 13th when the tide will be midway with the high at around 2.25 pm and the weather forecast is just about perfect.

See you then,

Derek