MYA Scottish District IOM Travellers event 1 at Tayside Radio Sailing Club
by Brian Summers 11 Jun 19:46 NZST
18 May 2024
Fourteen skippers travelled from all over Scotland with representatives from Aberdeen, Buchanness and Tayside in the north-east, Kinghorn near the Firth of Forth, and Ayr Bay, Greenock and Paisley on the "west coast". Eleven different IOM designs were present in the fourteen strong fleet with construction types including seven wooden planked hulls, five fibre glass and two 3D printed boats.
On a very sunny day, the forecast was for a light easterly breeze but when the race team arrived, Forfar Loch was more like a mill pond with no wind. This year the Scottish District have put back the start time for their events by one hour to 11.00 to allow those travelling to start their journey a little later and to allow the wind to fill in which often happens later in the day.
Right on cue the forecast breeze started to appear at 11.00. Following the skipper's briefing there was a short delay to allow the wind to settle before RO Boyd Baird got racing under way at 11.15.
Tich Summers from the local club sailing his home-built Buzz 3 took the first two races in what were still light & patchy conditions. As the wind built to what became perfect sailing conditions for A rig IOM racing more boats came to the fore, with eight different skippers taking a first place showing the strength of the fleet. Races 3 and 4 saw wins by Malcolm Worsley and Ian Dundas respectively.
Race 5 was won by Gordon Allison, Race 6 by David Levison, Race 7 by John Owens and Race 8 was won by Ian Dundas. However, it was not all plain sailing for some with a number of race retirements to repair (or not!) various gear failures.
The wind held up well throughout the day and the fleet was blessed with warm sunshine. Fifteen races were completed with the last race finishing at 16.30 following a great day's racing conducted in a very friendly but competitive atmosphere.
Tich held on to take overall victory with Stuart Teasdale sailing his BritPop taking second place and, rounding up the podium in third, Ian Dundas sailing another home-built wooden boat which has a beautiful inlaid foredeck. Fourth, fifth and sixth were all on equal points requiring to be split on countback to the number of 2nd places gained. It was noteworthy that twelve skippers recorded at least one top 5 race result.
At the prize-giving Tich thanked the race team for an extremely well-run event and Forfar Sailing and Water Sports Club for again opening up their full facilities and providing exceptional catering throughout the day.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Boat Design | Skipper | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | Pts |
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| 1 | 07 | Buzz 3 | Brian Summer | Tayside RSC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| 2 | 54 | BritPop | Stuart Teasdale | Kinghorn RSC | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | 138 | Fatboy | Ian Dundas | Aberdeen MYC | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 52 |
| 4 | 86 | Buzz 1 | Malcom Worsley | Tayside RSC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | 85 | Cheinz | Richard Rowan | Greenock MY&PBC | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 54 |
| 6 | 62 | Alioth | Gordon Allison | Ayr Bay RYC | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 54 |
| 7 | 101 | Corbie 5 | Simon Thomson | Greenock MY&PBC | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 81 |
| 8 | 90 | BritPop | David Levison | Tayside RSC | 11 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 99 |
| 9 | 30 | Alioth | David Stewart | Tayside RSC | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 106 |
| 10 | 63 | Buzz 3 | Bob Wilson | Tayside RSC | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 111 |
| 11 | 40 | Alternative | David Redpath | Kinghorn RSC | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 117 |
| 12 | 33 | Venti | John Owens | Aberdeen MYC | 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 134 |
| 13 | 59 | Vision | Alan McKechnie | Buchanness RYC | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 162 |
| 14 | 89 | Corbie 4 | David Smith | Paisley MYC | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 175 |