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Report on DF 95 Summer Series Two 8th May by Martin Crysell

I arrived at the lake at 7.45am to meet our gardener Marcin and his brother who arrive 5 minutes later to spend the day working on clearing the west bank.

After they were sorted and working a few others arrived and we got ready to sail off the south bank in a fluctuating but mainly north easterly of varying strenghts .Initially there was 5 of us but Slieve had to leave after 3 races.

We sailed a total of 8 races all of which were very closely fought and competetive and each of the skippers had a race win.

After the racing we had an impromptu working session Alan and Martin gave the clubhouse a tidy and the two Mikes gave the rubber boat a real good clean,it looks almost brand new again.

Alans final score sheet is attached together with a photo of a very smart looking west bank (no excuse now for not seeing the blue marks)

Please click here for Results Page: 2024-05-8 WWS 2 DF95

By Mark|2024-05-09T14:42:42+01:00May 9th, 2024|Categories: DF95|Comments Off

Round Two of the DF 95 Southern District Championship. Report by Martin Crysell.

This event was also round two of the DF 95 Southern District Championship. Report by Martin Crysell.

Eleven skippers arrived to find a complete calm with not a single ripple on Guildford’s Abbey Meads lake. Eventually at 10.30 Race Officer Martin Crysell went out and laid 7 marks in hopeful positions should the breeze come in as forecast. Well some of the time it did and other times it didn’t. Anyway we started a race in a very light north easterly and David Cole from Hampton Court found the right shifts and won from Emsworth sailor Richard Calas.

In the next three races the course was changed every time to accommodate the ever changing light fluctuating breeze. These races were won by Dave Adams from East Kent and again by David Cole. In the next two races Dave was showing more of his light wind skills by picking up a first and a second. However it was local skipper Alan Viney who beat Dave in Race 5 after a tight downwind tussle and the short beat to the finish line. We then broke for lunch hoping that by the 1.15 restart that the wind settle in, but of course it didn’t.

Anyway we sailed again with Alan starting from where he left off before lunch as he had a convincing win in Race 6 with Richard in second place. Race 7 was another win for Dave from Richard, but this was in complete drifting conditions.

The skippers were then given three options either to attempt to sail till 3.30 as the NOR, or do one more race to get to two discards or finish where we were. The vote was to stop at the last race number 7.

A disappointing day wind wise, but every body was in good form and had a good day.

Results:

1^st Dave Adam, East Kent 11 points

2^nd David Cole, Hampton Court 20

3^rd Richard Calas, Emsworth 23

4^th Adrian Tomlinson, East Kent 27

5^th Alan Viney, Guildford 30

6^th Mike Brand, East Kent 32

7^th Ian Hounsell, East Kent 33

8^th Jim La Roche, Coalhouse Fort 40

9^th David Coode, Guildford 43

10^th Mike Wilkie, Hampton Court 49

11^th Colin Honour, Chipstead 49

By Mark|2024-05-07T10:22:04+01:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: DF95|Comments Off

2023 Ash Trophy Open for DF 95s at Abbey Meads

14 entries from 11 clubs from nearly every MYA District turned out for some excellent racing on a simple windward leeward course. 21 races were sailed in a variable, but basically easterly breeze, which in the afternoon, when the wind went a bit northerly would test the DF 95s off wind in the strongest gusts.

All but 6 competitors won a race and several won more than one, but the results were dominated by Dave Adams from the East Kent Radio Sailing Club, who won 10 races and when he was not winning was always counted podium scores.

By lunchtime 13 races had been completed and the leaderboard was headed by Dave Adams with 20 points ahead of last year’s winner Buzz Coleman with 43 and Shaun Anderson 45.

For the afternoon there were 3 retirements, as Barrie Martin fell into the water getting his boat out and 2 other competitors no longer want to sail and went home. With the wind more from the east north-east and increasing in strength, the afternoon racing was exciting with boats planing offwind for most of the downwind leg and in the dark gusts struggling to keep control with bows underwater, broaching etc.

The afternoon results were predictable with Dave Adams sailing really well, sticking to the rhumb line on the beat and benefiting from the big wind variations to get 4 firsts in a row. Local sailor, Alan Viney having won the very first race of the day carried on improving and won the very last race of the day to take him onto the podium in 3rd place.

Everyone said that they themselves and most of the incidents hailed by observers Martin Crysell and RO Roger Stollery were resolved on the water, with competitors taking advantage of the IRSA Short Penalty, which was in operation to do just a tack or gybe and keep them clear of the rest of the fleet.

At the prize giving the race team were thanked for running another good event at Abbey Meads and particular thanks went to Janet Crix & Slieve McGaliard for ensuring that the scoring system worked OK on the laptop.

Results:

1st Dave Adams, East Kent RSC 27 points

2nd Buzz Coleman, Coalhouse Fort RYC 54

3rd Alan Viney, Guildford MYC 62

4th Shaun Anderson, Whitefriars SC 76

5th Richard Calas, Gosport MYBC 84

6th Martyn Aspinall, Rotherham MYC 97

7th David Coode, Guildford MYC 100

8th Simon Johnson, Hampton Court MYC 110

9th Jay Williamson, Springfield SC 124

10th Barrie Martin, London MYC 149

11th John Crix, Eastbourne & Dist MYC 158

12th Slieve McGalliard, Guildford MYC 172

13th Simon Collyer, Alton RCSC 197

14th Mike Wilkie, Hampton Court MYC 262

Report by Roger Stollery

By Mark|2023-04-21T16:28:32+01:00April 21st, 2023|Categories: DF95|Comments Off

Wednesday 8th February DF95 WSS 3

WSS 3 report by Roger Stollery

The journey to Chertsey was mainly sunny, but approaching the town the sun disappeared! You could barely see the other side of the lake and that question was asked again, “Are we mad”! It was good to have 8 competitors and especially David Coode with his 21/2 hour drive from Herefordshire. After setting 5 marks for the south south-east wind including 3 windward marks, I tried my BOTTLE boat in what appeared to be no wind, but it sailed off into the mist and I was able to follow its progress down to the 2 blue gate marks, which you could not see from the control area steps! To test whether we could race properly we started a practice race and satisfied ourselves that it might just be OK.

When Race 1 started on the simple windward leeward course, the wind was not cooperative and you could see from the swirling mist that the wind was blowing from every direction, sometimes from the north and sometimes from the south and then sometimes not at all. If you are lucky you might just about be able to see how your boat was reacting to it, but it was extremely difficult. Having done a penalty early in the race, by the time I got to the gate my place was last with the fleet already starting back up the course on the rhumb line with very little wind. The pace of the race was extremely slow indeed there were comments about “paint drying” being uttered in jest.

With nothing to lose I opted to stay near the far bank where the wind was stronger and used the direction of the swirls of the mist to either sheet in or out. With the basically southerly wind my plan was to use this to go some way towards the south bank before reaching back to the windward mark and approach it ‘at speed ‘ from above the normal lay line, whilst the rest of the fleet were struggling in the doldrums. All would have worked well to round the mark first had I not hit the mark with the projecting jib boom of my swing rig! Even a short penalty in next to no wind was not what was anticipated by taking this strange long route. At this point probably after about half an hour there appeared to be no wind and the short leg back to the finishing line was really frustrating, but Mike Wilkie continued to extend his lead and cross the line 1st ahead of myself and Alan Viney, the eventual winner of the event.

The sun had started to burn the mist away, but the lack of wind did not encourage any more racing and we had a long break for lunch before deciding to race again. I had rigged up my new 36″ XITE design, to test the workings of the vane gear on a new pintle plate, which had broken at Gosport on the previous Saturday. The plan was to chase it in the inflatable dinghy, which in little wind should have been no problem. However just as I launched the sun was fully out and the breeze filled in to give me a really hard time on the oars to keep up!

The fleet got back on the water and raced until 2 PM sailing another 4 races, which apart from Race 3 which was won by David Coode, were all won by Alan, as you can see from the results.

By Mark|2023-02-13T16:29:23+00:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: DF95, Games|Comments Off

GMYC DF 95 Winter Series Report & Results from WWS – Event 4

WWS Event 4 Report

19^th October 2022, report by Roger stollery

More good racing at Abbey Meads! 13 races were sailed by an entry of 9 competitors in a strong, but very variable wind particularly late in the morning when the gust strength increased to make even B rig look too large! It was the sort of wind variation which allowed you to be going in a straight line and seconds later be on the opposite tack without having touched the helm!

There was no rain, absolutely no weed and even sunshine. The only downside was coming back to the bottom of the steps as the water level was so low that this could be awkward.

Roger set 5 marks for the start line, windward mark and leeward gate for a simple windward leeward course of 2 rounds. The racing was close with some very close finishes and the honours were shared by most of the entry with all but 3 competitors winning a race. Congratulations must go to Les Thorn who won 4 of these races to win the event easily.

Initially Roger started well as his BOTTLE boat only has 2 rigs, big and small and in the big rig before the wind got up too much he won the first 3 races. Les then showed his form by winning Race 4, followed that by 3 more wins, with Barrie being the only other multiple race winner. On the wind the big variations were very frustrating, but downwind in the strongest gusts there were some very exciting performances that everyone enjoyed!

At the end there was bit of excitement in that the inflatable dinghy floated off downwind, as it wasn’t tied on but just resting on concrete at the bottom of the steps. So we used our emergency dinghy again and by doing so found a better way of storing it in the clubhouse by just resting vertically against the wall on its transom, which will make it quicker to launch in an emergency.

With half of the Winter Series completed, you can see from the Winter Series scores that there is all to sail for in the 2nd half to win that beautiful trophy and to enjoy a lot more fun!

By Mark|2022-10-20T16:13:36+01:00October 20th, 2022|Categories: DF95|Comments Off

Guildford Model Yacht Club will be sailing a new class in 2020 the DF95

In the summer months on alternate Wednesday mornings, we are initiating a series of events for the DF 95 class. These events between 10AM and 2PM start on 8 April. The invitation to come and sail to enjoy our fantastic lake at Abbey Meads, Chertsey is open to everyone, so you would be most welcome to come and join us at these events. Currently members are building up a fleet of DF 95s to complement our racing of Marbleheads on Saturdays.

Our lake is a large open sailing water, which is ideal for radio racing. We may not have a clubhouse with facilities, but we do offer fantastic sailing from raised bank control areas with great visibility round permanently laid marks. Two launching platforms allow us to set good courses relating to any wind direction. You can drive onto both control areas and operate out of the back of the car. We have no depth or weed problems in the summer. More information is available on our website www.guildfordmyc.co.uk or contact Roger Stollery on 01483 421801 for access details.

DF 95s sailing with BOTTLE boats at a Wow! event in 2019

By Mark|2020-02-09T19:28:03+00:00February 5th, 2020|Categories: DF95|Tags: DF95|Comments Off