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PUDDLEDUCK VINEYARD SAILING – DF95
23.01.24
Overcast sky with little breeze at the Duck greeted twelve keen skippers today to contest another round of DF95 handicap racing.
The slight NE breeze of 1 knot was enough to get us under way and as usual shifted around depending upon where you were on the pond. A figure 8 course to buoys 1 – 2 – 4 – 3 worked extremely well although frustrating at times being becalmed. Clean racing was the order of the day with skippers in most instances allowing buoy room.
The only incidents to note were, Jammy #23 found the claws of the fountain in R6, and The Smiling Assassin #261 hooked his keel around buoy 2 in the last race requiring the rescue dinghy.
Sheep #55 loaned his boat to Flash (Bruce Palmer) for the day as he had a near Pickle Ball career ending hamstring injury and kindly took on the scoring and handicap duties. Thank you Sheep 😊
Jammy had another day out today excelling in the light wind with a podium finish in every race he finished with a total of 10 points. In R8 he started on the maximum handicap of 60 sec and still beat everyone by a country mile. Well sailed Jammy.
Trout came in second on 17 points, with myself third on 18 points. There were plenty of mixed results further down the list but still very competitive. The last race you could have thrown a blanket over the fleet when finishing! (apart from Jammy, I think he had packed up and was politely waiting for his coffee 😊)
Coming Up …
Next week 30/1/24 – DF65/ RG65 handicap racing
Following week 06/02/24 – DF95s with lunch afterwards
Saturday 2nd March – Annual Puddleduck Vineyard Peter Smith Memorial Race Day
o Registration 9 – 9:30am
o Briefing 9:45am
o Button Press 10am
o Event is open to all skippers of all experience levels, prizes on offer, Cost $20ph, lunch, coffee, tea included
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