Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF65/RG65 29/08/2023

[Bodge]

Puddleduck Sailing – RG/DF65s 29.08.23

Another enjoyable morning was had by all 10 skippers that attended the RG/DF65 sail day, with plenty of banter and laughs along the way.

We were greeted with sunshine, the usual 0-3 knts NW breeze occasionally shifting to the SW without any warning, with the occasional bullet gusts to see some nose diving at one end of the course and becalmed elsewhere … only at the Duck 😊

We managed 10 races today with some very close fought out racing with results changing right on the finish line. 5 different skippers shared line honours with 9 skippers sharing the podium at least once during the morning.  It is the first time that I can remember where 9 out of 10 skippers ended up with a handicap. Speaking of handicaps, young Stuart #8 ended up on 75 seconds and still managed 3rd place in race 10., well sailed Scrooge 😊 (Chaps, I think it’s time we should add some lead to slow him down)

At the end of the day, I envisaged that Stuart #8 would take out overall honours in the combined and RG class and he didn’t disappoint finishing on net 16 pts in the combined class. I was even more surprised when I, #006 came in second on 27pts, with third place Ret Admiral #23 one point adrift on 28pts.

In the DF65 only class Bloody Geoff #80 came in with a (well-deserved? 😊) 3rd place on net 25pts, Ret Admiral #23 second 22pts, and I #006 happily took out first place with 20pts.

A couple of special mentions go to the Gentle Giant (Andrew #92) who scored a first place in race 6 in the DF only class (congratulations GG 😊), and Poonie #81 who has shown considerable improvement, nice work Poonie !

Thank you again to Sue, Bonny and Puddleduck crew for looking after us, and it was also great to see Trout join for us for coffee.

Next week at the “Duck” will see the DF95 fleet take its turn with a reminder that the next luncheon is scheduled for the first Tuesday in October (3/10/23 coinciding with DF95 sail day), mark it in your diaries. It is also posted on the RC Toys website calendar so there are no excuses 😊.

See you all next time at the Duck 😊

Bodge

 

[Bodge]

PS I have kept the original hand written results in case anyone wishes to audit the result 😂

[Admiral]

Thanks Bodge, yep another great day out @ da Duck again. Certainly was interesting at times and at different parts of the course!😲

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