Great Weekend Racing – we had the Next Generation of Radio Control Race Marks in for testing. Pretty good they were too. On the previous generation you would get a bit of movement – GPS accuracy can be anything from 1-4 metres depending on thickness of cloud cover (apparently well known to pilots and drone fans!). Anyway the kit seems to have improved noticeably and the accuracy seems more like half a metre or less with the new marks. Eat your heart out Americas Cup!!

At the morning coffee break, Craig gave us a great tutorial on 3D boat printing (really interesting to see close up) and the tweaks on his new printed IOM design.

Results from the weekend at Datchet:-

Four of the regular Ten Skippers were out on Saturday with a light breeze and thanks to Phil’s marks we were able to set a good course on the north bank. We managed eight races and were the only boats on the water.

Results were 
Hugh 8 points
Phil. 11 points
Graham 15 points
Richard 16 points

Sunday saw the marks in use again in a bit more breeze and Craig sailing his new IOM managed 11wins from 11races.

Overall 
Craig 9 points
Darin 20 points 
David Adam 30 points
Phil 33 points

It was good to see Richard Jones on the water after a long lay off. He was not scored in his 5 races and neither was I with 7 races

Good day with sunshine, even if it was a bit in the eyes with a low sun.  Phil had his new Blitz 6 from Red Ant

HM