A bit late to the party but for all those of you in the Midlands and the North there is an event at the very good West Lancs YC on Sunday the 16th of August. It is being sailed with the RC Laser fleet so it will do your close quarters sailing skills a great deal of good, during the winter series there were sometimes 30 boats on the water.

More details on the Events page.

If you are based in the South remember that there is the open event at Eastbourne on the same date, the closing date for entries is the 12th August so if you are umming and ahhing about it youve not got long left!

Notice of race and entry details on the Events page.

We’ve had a bit of confusion lately about how and where you go to register your boat, the form is still on the Class Documents page where it always has been, however to make it really simple we have added the link to the main menu above. Click the link, complete the form, click submit, get your number!

Don’t be alarmed if you experience a short delay in being issued with a number, it won’t be more than a couple of days and remember we all do this as volunteers whilst running businesses, going sailing, looking after families etc.

Thanks.

Posted below is the poster giving full details of the event to be held at Fleetwood on the 22nd August. These details are also available on the Events page.

Get your entry in to help out the organisers.

Click the poster to make it bigger

There is a bit of a layoff now until next month when there are three DF events on the cards.

The first is at Eastbourne on the 16th which is a super venue and home of the very popular tea trolley.

The second sees another instalment of fun up at Fleetwood on the 22nd. Both the sailing and the off the water talk will be amusing that’s for sure.

Finally in August on the 30th there is a joint RG / DF event to be held at the Watermead club which again is a great venue.

Full details of these events can be found on the Events page.

And finally for this post there is a brief report and full HMS sheet for the Nationals on the Results page along with a link to Sue Browns photos of the event.  I might suggest making a cup of tea before viewing them as there are over 350 photos!

Just one of Sue’s excellent photos

So day two took on a familiar pattern as John Tushingham continued his day one form to take a convincing second DF65 National Championship title with 24 points. Trevor Binks took a distant second with 47 from Derek Priestley on 52 and Ken Binks on 55.

It sounds like the racing was very close throughout the field with some great battles at the top, and bottom of the fleets, the wind made matters easier with competitors in C rig by the end of the day as the wind strength increased.

Full scores are available on the Nationals website.

With day two now underway the day 1 results are available and it seems that there is a familiar name at the top of the sheet in the form of a certain John Tushingham. He has taken 8 points from 9 races and with the nearest challenger being Trevor Binks on 25 points it seems that JT is going to have to have really bad day at the office if he is not to collect the winners trophy for a second time.

That said the breeze is due to fill quite nicely to provide a really nice days sailing which could give some of the others renewed purpose on the racecourse.

For full day one results check out the Nationals website.

With 30 entries confirmed the seeding races have been drawn  for this weekend’s DF65 Nationals.

For details of who is racing in which heat please check out the link here

I’m sure if you wanted to enter the organisers might just let you….but be quick!

Are you still umming and ahhing about entering this years DF65 Nationals at Coalhouse Fort. There isn’t much time left to get your entry in and the deadline is on Monday 6th July which gives you just a few days to make your mind up.

I know there will be those of you reading this post who are thinking that you’d love to enter but you’re worried about not being competitive in a fleet racing situation, not having enough experience to get involved at this level.  Please, if you are in this situation get yourself entered, you will absolutely love it.

We all had to start racing somewhere and even John Tushingham had to do his first nationals once upon a time.  Getting started at a nationals gives you a great intro into the class racing and those involved in it. They are a friendly bunch who will give any newcomer a great deal of help even at an event like this.

If you are in any doubt, get your entry in!!

Check out the Nationals page for more details.

Last weekend saw lots of DF65 racing at both Fleetwood and Lincoln with nearly 40 skippers taking part over the weekend. There are reports on the Results page but here’s a photobomb from your author who raced for the first time in nearly 4 months!

The ROFWAC boys on tour, Paul Rudkin (L), John Goodyear (Middle) and a portly chap who’s enjoying the racing(R)! Photo – Mrs Goodyear.

Don’t forget folks that there are two days worth of DF65 racing happening this coming weekend.

Saturday sees the Fleetwood club hosting an open meeting which will looks like being well supported by the local fleet which is growing in strength, there will be some visitors too from Yorkshire and North Wales, so if you are in the area make sure that your boat is in the back of the car.

Pre entry is preferred with name, club and sail number to ken.crabtree@btinternet.com

Then Sunday sees the Lincoln club holding a DF65 race meeting down on the Farm.  It will be part of their summer series and again will be well supported by the local fleet as well as having visitors from Yorkshire and North Wales. The club is easy to get to and is just off the main Lincoln ring road, has ample lakeside parking and great control areas.  Another venue that is well worth a visit if you’ve got a spare day.

Pre entry not essential but nice if you could name, sail number and club to v113simo@outlook.com

Remember that even if you haven’t raced your DF65 before you’ll be assured of a warm welcome at both of these events.