2020 Racing Begins

A very variable light to moderate Southerly breeze greeted the fleet for the first races of 2020. It was a lovely day for the start of the Autumn Pointsocre, though the racing was made a bit trickier by the huge shifts and big holes, which meant big gains for some and losses for others. In one of the best moves of the day, at the start of the 2nd race Daryl Lawrence went right, while the rest of the fleet went left. Daryl got a huge lift and the gains he made meant that he almost lapped the fleet. Well played Daryl!  First over the line after handicap were: Standards: Michael Osborne (heat 1) and Nick Alexander (heat 2); Radials / 4.7s: Hugo Knight (heat 1) and Daryl Lawrence (heat 2). Hats off to Hugo for scoring a victory in his first race as an “official” DBSC member.

Thanks to all last week’s volunteers for putting on a great day of racing, including PRO Jules Hall who was assisted by Clare Alexander on the Jazzman, COTD: Matthew Knight, and CoCOTD: James Leaver. As always the toasties were delicious thanks to the canteen crew who were assisted this week by Michael Osborne and Pat Levy. 

Photo by Matthew Knight.