Lincoln ready to go

We’ve just finished the RG65 TT event here at Lincoln and we’ve got the seeding heats sorted for tomorrows DF65 racing. I’d love to share a picture of the heat board, however due to some monumentally poor internet it won’t let me post any pictures at all.

Anyhow, be assured that the course looks good, the rescue boat works well and the club are raring to go.

See you tomorrow skippers.

From the Race Officer

We’ve had a mail from Race Officer John Tushingham this morning with an update regarding the qualification process for the 2023 Global Championship @ Fleetwood.

It offers clarification on the boat limits for our one day TT events as well as offering some solace for those who didn’t enter Gosport but want to have a stab at qualifying.

To read John’s words please take a look at the event page by clicking here.

DF95 Results

DF95 results above, usual suspects at the top plus a couple of new names.

Another good days sailing with a heap more boats on the start line.

Long journey now, report in a day or two.

Thanks to Gosport club for the weekend.

Gosport 65 Results

So, despite an iffy wind direction and an awful lot of rig changes during the day it was a lovely day sailing here at Gosport. The sun shone and there were A plus rigs, A rigs and the odd B rig on the racecourse.

Tushy made it look reasonably easy once again. Ken Binks made a great day of it to come home second with Tim Long in third spot.

Pub now, 95’s tomorrow.

Sunny Gosport

So here we all are, Gosport is sunny and breezy. The sun is good but the breeze could cause some course setting issues for the race team, I see zig zags in our future today….

I think that the A plus rigs that people are sporting currently will be replaced by B and possibly C rigs as the day wears on.

Results to follow later.

Gosport DF95 Entries Closed

Our Race officer John Tush has been monitoring the entries for the upcoming DF95 event at Gosport and after a chat today he has taken the decision to close the entries so that we only have three fleets on the day.

Mindful of the numbers and also mindful of possible conditions and required course changes Tushy thinks that it is sensible to keep all of the one day DF TT events limited to three fleets so that those entered get a good number of races having travelled quite some distance.

Obviously there may be one or two of you that haven’t entered but were going to. If this is the case then please contact the event organiser and add your name to a waiting list. I’m sure there will be one or two drop outs from the event which means there should be one or two available spots. Running an eye over the list I can’t see anyone obvious who is missing.

There is a little more about this on the Events page.

DF Racing Global Regatta 2023

DF Racing Global Regatta 2018

We announced that Fleetwood will be holding the DF Racing Global Regatta in 2023 and whilst the ICA (International Class Association) are still ironing out the finer details of the event we thought it would be a good idea to let you guys and gals know how you might get a place at this prestigious event.

To that end we’ve created an information page on the website with details of what you’ll need to do to be in with a shout of getting a spot on the startline in May 2023. Click here to take a look.