{"id":1752,"date":"2021-09-23T20:32:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhbmyc.org\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2021-09-23T20:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:33:13","slug":"df95-regatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhbmyc.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/df95-regatta\/","title":{"rendered":"DF95 Regatta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is the first full day of Autumn, but it’s clinging on to summer, hot and humid, We were\u00a0expecting a\u00a0 strong breeze from the SSE at about 14 mph, but what we got was very different.\u00a0 We got gusts\u00a0then calm, and many changes\u00a0of direction. A very challenging day for racing but 11 members and 1 guest arrived with their\u00a0boats\u00a0for the skippers’ briefing which was given by Race Director, Rob Hill.\u00a0Rob set the course in a normal anti-clockwise direction: South then\u00a0north both taken to port.\u00a0 Sometimes once around, sometimes with half a loop, and sometimes twice around. Just to add to the challenge of the wind. We had 12 races with our worst two scores thrown out.Our distinguished guest, Don Ouimette, showed us how it’s done and won 11 races!\u00a0 Paul won the one that Don didn’t. (Don was third). So our 2021 DF95 Regatta Champion is Don, with Paul second with five second places and four thirds.In third place was Kim with four second places and one third. Well done all.The full results are on our website\u00a0mhbmyc.org<\/a>
The Soling Regatta was remarkable for the fact that eight boats started and eight boats finished.With the DF95 Regatta, twelve\u00a0boats started but only seven were still running at the end. There were a number of reasons but the most dramatic event was during race 6 when Jim Kelly lost control of his boat and off it sailed on a perfect course across\u00a0the Sakonnet River.\u00a0 Jim went for a little drive and recovered it,\u00a0but too late to\u00a0resume racing. It was good to see new member, Sam Morgan come down to spectate and to see the arrival of the Paul Mercer fan club.\u00a0Rob kept score until Wilkie stopped racing and took over the scorekeeping. Thank you very much.\u00a0We all had a good time today. Well done everybody. And special thanks to Rob who organized the event to such good effectNext Tuesday, weather permitting, we’ll start our post-season\u00a0fun races. Mainly for Solings, but we’ll be pleased to see any boat.\u00a0 High tide about\u00a02 pm.Stay safe, well, and happy,
Derek<\/p>\n\n\n\n