Puddleduck Vineyard Racing DF65/RG65 30/9/25

[Bodge]

Puddleduck Sailing – RG/DF65s

30th September, 2025

A wet day was predicted for today’s sailing at Puddleduck and it came true with light rain falling for most of the morning with a non existent breeze.

Eleven skippers fronted today with wet weather gear at the ready and the quickest the boats went all day was when they were launched from the jetty …. I kid you not! 😊

Three, yes 3 races was all we could muster in one and half hours of pure frustration. The concentration levels were so high you could hear a pin drop as skippers searched for a zephur of breeze. With no drops every race (drift around the course Buoy2-B3-B4 to finish, 1 lap only) counted with R2 and R3 shortened missing out B4.

Buzzy Behrens had two outright wins today with Trout taking out the remaining one however today was more about “duck luck” and being able to find a wiff of a breeze to keep momentum.

JP came out on top in the combined fleet with two x 3rd places and one 2nd place with only 1 point seperating him from Buzzy. In the DF only results it was Buzzy on countback with JP closely followed by Trout. Well sailed chaps.

The rest of the fleet had their ups and downs and at times un-forced 360s were made just because the boats decided to do so 😊

Thank you to Sue (& Bonnie) for being on top of the scoring yet again in miserable conditions. A special shout out to JP who brought along a delicious chocolate cake that was welcomed and devoured be everyone , THANK YOU JP. As Manu says on MKR …. YUM !!! Beware Gadget, JP maybe wanting to steal your home baking crown 😊

We did miss our post sailing coffee today as PDV were having new flooring installed inside the restaurant / café, but the cake certainly made up for it.

See you all next week

Bodge

 

Coming up

Tomorrow (Wed 1/10) DF95 Handicap racing at Risdon Brook Dam

Next week 7/10/25 – DF95s at PDV

14/10/25 – RG / DF65s at PDV

 

 

Graeme & Gadget taking care of Sue …. nice job !!!!

A happy Sue 🙂

[Gadget]

Thanks for the great write up Bodge. If it wasn’t for that yummy mud cake, I would have preferred to forget about the day!

Still great to catch up with the gang ⛵🙂👍

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