Chipstead District IOMs…..

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Great fleet and great Team Datchet turn-out today. A super 21 boat fleet with 6 of our members! Racing was jolly competitive to put it mildly. The Datchet club was hosting inter University team racing today (near the shore, so a challenge for our little race courses) plus an RYA Youth event ……the general consensus was “lets go to Chipstead instead”!!

It was light and wispy from the south…. very tense!! Typical Chipstead southerly !!! Nigel and Craig sailed superbly to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively. The event was won by a wonderfully consistent Peter Stollery. Always up the front!!

Phil – who had to leave for home early – also put in some great numbers. By mid morning we’d had a couple of Datchet 1-2-3’s . Harry will be pleased as punch and our Jim found himself so far out front in one race he had a champions aura about him!!

(Phil’s Proteus)

(Chipstead, as ever, pretty as a picture…!)

Radio Sail the Year Round?? … The Winter Glove Problem ….!!

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I was at a neighbourhood seasonal party for Australia Day … any excuse, I know…. The host is a keen 12 months a year fishing guy. I suddenly spotted these gloves in this entrance hall.

I must admit I have several bits of fishing kit masquerading as radio sailing kit. Super selection of 8-plat rigging lines… something to do with catfishing. Then there’s my super little folding rigging stool. Fishermen, for some reason that escapes me use radio controlled bait boats – check out their transmitter covers.

Everything always reasonably priced – there are so many more fishing fans around.

The point about these winter fishing gloves is that aside from being wind proof, water proof, well insulated etc – you will see that thumb and forefinger ends can be rolled back and clipped (plastic studs) out of the way for (fishing) jobs where you need manual dexterity and fingertip touch. Sounds a lot like using a radio transmitter to me….

Just off to the IOMs Open at Chipstead – ideal chance to try gloves like this !!±