Roger’s Report on the First of the DF 95s Summer Series 1 on April 24

The wind was a bit more south-westerly than forecast but of a reasonable strength, so there were some fast runs. We were delighted to welcome David Howard to this event and he sailed BOTTLE boat 92, so there were 2 of us sailing with the DF 95s of Mike Wilkie, Martin & Slieve as shown in the photo.

The violently changing variable wind made it difficult to sail, so David’s first racing event with his boat was a bit of a challenge, but by the end he had mastered getting round the windward leeward course. We all stalled at one point going to windward. Before the start of one of the races we had a collision which resulted in David’s jib being torn away from the forestay. Fortunately, I had gone with a spare rig and so was able to replace the jib.

Mike Wilkie was the star of the day sailing very well to win the event with Martin 2nd and myself 3rd having won the first race, and Slieve in 4th.

I’m afraid that because of current chaos in my study I have lost the scoresheet, but at least have started the schedule for the Summer Series.