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DF Travellers Trophy R1 & R2 – Southport

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Saturday DF95’s

Saturday dawned dull and cold for the first event of the 2017 DF Travellers Trophy (TT) Series held at the West Lancs Yacht Club on Southport Marine Lake. 23 DF95’s made it to the startline on and were rewarded with 16 races in prime A rig conditions.

 

DF95 Results

John Tushingham scored 9 bullets today and deserved the win, we just can’t compete with that level of consistency. The now infamous darkside 95 was skippered into an excellent 2nd place by Peter Spence with John Brierley rounding out the podium in 3rd place.

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DF65’s Sunday

17 brave DF65 skippers took to the water on Sunday. The northerly wind was brutally cold and only 8 races were completed over the course of the day with the DF65 fleet alternating with the laser fleet which were also enjoying the bitter winds! This turned out to be a great move as it allowed us to have a 20min race in the freezing cold and a 20 min warm up in the wonderfully warm clubhouse at West Lancs!

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DF65 Results

Ken Binks was on fire today in the 65’s pushing John Tushingham till the last race, almost had him, almost!

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Weekend Wrap Up

  • So, John Tushingham continues to lead the way in both the DF65 & DF95 Fleets but looking at the results from Sunday we almost got him drunk enough on Saturday night! 😉
  • Derek Priestley, Ken Binks and John Brierley sailed consistently well throughout the weekend to post good results on both days. They’ve certainly laid down a marker for the rest of the TT series.
  • We must again thank the West Lancs Yacht Club for putting on such a well organised event, thanks to the lads doing the scoring and the rescue boat duties and thanks as always to Alan Tickle. Top man!
  • Liz Tushingham knocked it out of the park with home baked cookies on Saturday and devilishly good chocolate cake on the Sunday which was consumed, in short order, by the entire fleet, in honour of John Tushingham 60th Birthday!
  • Thanks to Sue Brown for the pictures and Tony for his video’s and report on Yachts & Yachting
  • So that was the first event, lots more to come, see you on the water 🙂

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