Those amongst you with an eye for detail will no doubt realised that there appears to be a clash of events on June 20th with Dragonforce racing at both Fleetwood and Lincoln. Do not panic, there is not. The Fleetwood event will take place on the Saturday whilst the Lincoln event will take place on the Sunday.

So, if you fancy a day by the sea at a great venue followed by an inland day at another great venue then you can indeed do both, just remember that it’s Fleetwood on Saturday and Lincoln on Sunday!!

More details to follow shortly on the events page.

This weekend sees a new event for the Bristol based club who are hosting a joint RG / DF race day, there is still time to enter with details on our Events page. Remember that supporting clubs that run race days for us keeps the wheel turning and encourages them to invite us back again!!

We are now well into 2015 and since I took over as registrar I have registered over 150 DF65’s. As some of you will be aware my life is currently a little bit hectic and as such I am conducting registrations and issuing sail numbers in batches of ten.

This means that if you are the first of a new batch you may experience a delay of perhaps a week or so before a sail number pings into your inbox.  If however you are number 10 of a batch you’ll experience some lightening quick sail number issuing!

Remember some good events this weekend at Keighley and Watermead.

Well here we are, there is a week to go until the DF65 Northern Championships which takes place on the 25th – 26th April at Weecher. A keen entry so far with more to come will make this event good fun, but the famous Yorkshire hospitality will make it great fun so get your entry in! Details on the events page.

there is also a joint DF / RG event being held at Watermead on the 25th which is the third round of this joint series, details are on the RG website for this one.

Then on the 10th May there is the Southwestern District DF/RG Event which is being held at the Woodspring club at Portishead nr Bristol. It’s a new venture for the club and deserves your support so please get your entry in early. Details are on the poster below and on our events page.

And finally we have added a Nationals 2015 page to the site, in reality it is a link to the dedicated Nationals website that the host club, Coalhouse Fort have developed. It is a great site with all the details you’ll require to enter the event, find some accommodation and keep up to speed with the preparations for the event.

Even if you haven’t yet raced your DF65 yet please do not think that you are not going to be good enough to compete. At any and all of the above events there will be plenty of friendly help and practical advice available from both newer and more experienced skippers, you may well find your boat being looked at by a National Champion and some useful advice being imparted to help you along. If you are umming and ahhing about entering an event then take our advice….just do it, you’ll have a great day out at the very least!

This weekend sees the March Championships taking place at the rapidly growing Lymington Town SC.

So far there are 23 entries from as far afield as Eastbourne and Gosport and with 36 hours until entries close there are sure to be a few more yet. Get yourself entered by midnight on Thursday to avoid disappointment!

See poster below for details of how to get involved.

There is another joint DF / RG event coming up next Sunday the 29th March at the great Bournville Club in Birmingham. You’ll be sure of a warm welcome and a hot cup of tea and the racing is sure to be fun and competitive too.

Details are on the poster below and remember that everything will be an hour earlier than you think it is as the clocks jump forward an hour. No excuses for being late, you have been warned!

Coalhouse Fort MBC hosted a Charity Event in aid of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust with the aim of raising at least £100.00 on Sunday 15th March 2015.

17 intrepid skippers entered on a day that was overcast with occasional rain and a bitter wind from the NNE. There was no entry fee, but all donations went to the fund and so far over £200.00 pounds have been raised with more promised.

Check out the race report here

Although it’s Mothers Day on Sunday there is the final event of the ND winter series at West Lancs YC taking place which is, arguably, more important than Mothers Day!

With the usual superb dining arrangements in place and some good afternoon cake available it’s a wonder there is any racing at all, however there should be around 12 races over the course of the day on the great sailing water at the club. Moderate ENE breeze is forecast which will make for some shifty breeze coming over the islands.

If you haven’t yet experienced the terribly hospitable sailing at WLYC you should really make the effort to take a trip over to the club on Sunday. Briefing at 0945, racing from 1000.

There has been a small addition to the Hints and Tips page of the website.  It concerns the rear end fitting for the compression strut.  It is listed under “rigging mods” and is entitled “Compression Strut Mod 2 – Repair”

Get yourself down to Lymington Town SC for some more great racing, it is a super venue and the racing is keen! click on the poster for more details.