IOM Winter Race 12, 22 Feb 2022

After much of my dithering, looking at the forecast wind and rain, four intrepid skippers made it to Setley.

I had pre-rigged my B rig and was a little concerned when I arrived at the pond. There were wind ripples but no black swirly wind effects over the water.

Nonetheless three of us donned our B rigs and one an A rig. Martin in the A rig won the first two races with the result that John T and Hugh changed up to their A rig. A sensible decision, we could hear the wind in the trees, feel it on the bank and in the car park but whereas I was expecting lots of nose diving gusts and a few flat spots – we got the opposite – a few gusts and lots of holes.

The sun came out for some of the morning before a big black cloud came across at 11:30. We anticipated rain and wind,  however it was an anticlimax, the wind never materialised and the rain didn’t start until we were packing up.

Congrats to John T who won the day and John M who won the Winter Series.