Sailing Results

DF65 Easter Classic - 04 April 2026

Near perfect weather and great sailing conditions met the 12 skippers for Saturday's DF65 Easter Classic. A cloudless afternoon and blustery wind saw most skippers choose an A rig with a few deciding to start with the B rig (which was definitely the right choice during some of the races). Gary bravely started with an A+ before moving to his B and finished the day in a respectable 4th place. All skippers must also be complimented that we had no retirements or withdrawals all afternoon dur to gear or boat failure; keep up the good maintenance.

Sailing was a mixture of scratch and handicap races with a big thank you to Sel who co-skippered #965 with Dudley; allowing Sel to RO the first six races. As per usual, racing was close and competitive with many races again seeing a number of position changes during the last leg of the races. Thank you also to Don for arranging prizes of easter eggs and chocolate bunnies that were handed out during the afternoon. Not sure who collected the most, but I am sure some chocolate even got home for Easter Sunday.

The final results saw David finish in 3rd place with 42 points with only 1 point separating myself and Don for 1st and 2nd on 29 and 30 points each.

A lovely afternoon was had by all at the lake yesterday, the weather was near perfect with a nice sunny afternoon, the wind being mid A rig for most of the time and the blasting heat of the sun definitely less as we come into the end of March.

A few thank you's to start with Bob again being our starter scorer for the 1st half of the afternoon, always good to see you and always grateful for your time nearly every weekend. A big thank you also to Sel for assisting with the trailer duties and also for stepping into the RO role for the afternoon after the curse of the comment "you have a quick boat this afternoon" was made during race 3 only minutes before an electrical issue forced him out for the rest of the day.

The sailing was very close as it can be seen in the results with many of the races coming down to the last few meters before the finish or the decision on which side of the bottom gate to take definitely changing the final positions.

As for the results, you could not get any closer with both the 1st and 2nd place ending on the same points along with 3rd and 4th in a similar position; 5th was only 1 point behind.

Congratulations to Philip finishing in 1st on 29 points with myself taking out 2nd place. Third was awarded to John on countback to Terry with both skippers finishing on 31 points. Greg took out 5th 1 point behind.

A reminder for next week, with no sailing at the lake due to the 1st round of the DF65 Interclub between Coomera and Redlands. We are starting to develop an excellent Redland fleet and thank you to everyone who has indicated they will be travelling to Coomera. I will send the details of the day shortly.

DF65 - Club Championships Round 2 (handicap racing) - 15 March 2026

B Rigs were the sail of choice yesterday with a gusty South Easterly breeze greeting the skippers at the lake.

Depending when the gusts would roll down the course, downwind control was key with a number of position changes seen when 3-4 boats nose dived or misjudged the bottom gate at a critical time. Picking the shifts upwind was also very well read by a number of skippers with 1-2 races saw boats jump from last to second or first in one leg. The Handicap racing also saw some very close finishes and thank you again to our resident starter and scorer Bob for coming down for the day.

Overall, the control and judgment by all skippers allowed for a fun and friendly afternoon with only a few minor contracts and only one rescue needed when a boat did not seem to be turned on when launched (no names will be mentioned).

As for the results, a big congratulations to Slab for winning overall on 24 points. Although he won 2 races, it was again the consistency that won the day with either finishing 2rd or 3rd for the majority of the races. John McCartney was a very close second on 26 points, and again showed it is not necessary to win with John taking out 5 second place finishes in a row. I was able to hold onto third place (30 points) from David Kerr on 32 Points.

DF65 - Club Championships Round 1 (scratch racing) - 28 February 2026

We started the afternoon with the presentation of the 2025 championships. In addition perpetual trophies, mugs were handed out to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place getters for last year in each class. I was also very proud to announce club member of the year with Greg Carter being the 2025 Club Member of the Year for Redlands.

Greg was very deserving of this award; in addition to taking out Club Championship in DF65 Handicap racing, he stepped up as DF65 Class captain during the AGM as well as showing great improvement and consistency throughout the year with his sailing, Greg was available nearly every week to assist with set-up and packing up after racing and his input and assistance in setting the courses allowed others to step back knowing it was well under control.

Based on the first rounds this year, competition will again be very close in both DF65 and DF95 for the 2026 Club Championships and good luck to everyone.

As to today's sailing, with a number of our regular members away this weekend, a fleet of 8 skippers hit the water in a blustery south-easterly breeze with the decision by most skippers of choosing an A rig sitting somewhere between a comfortable sail and the times where it was a little hard to steer downwind when the rudder was out of the water (sorry no photos but was spectacular with 2-3 boats nose diving at the same time).

Overall the day was won by Don Horton (17 points) by 1 point from myself in second on 18 points. Terry very comfortably held third place on 27 points with Greg finishing in 4th of 38 points.

Finally, a special mention also has to go to Greg after being the first boat I can recall to be hit by a fish. Luckily the jumping mullet only caused the clew on the main to come loose and after a quick repair he was back on the water for the next race (Greg not the fish). It was estimated the mullet was only slightly smaller than the DF65 with it being very lucky more serious damage to the sails or rigging did not occur.

DF95 - Club Championships Round 1 (scratch racing) - 21 February 2026

As per usual with the lake, the Easterly breeze provided some challenging sailing for the skippers yesterday with 12 races completed in the 1st round of the DF95 Club Championships in scratch racing.

The sailing was again very close with a number of races having mark roundings 2-3 boats wide but a number of skippers seemed to be a little rusty judging of the actual mark rounding with multiple "misses" on the same mark throughout the afternoon (I will not mention names).

There were also some very close finishes and thank you again to Bob for coming down and being the resident starter and scorer, your effort is always appreciated and we enjoy your chatter and company during the afternoon. Those missed opportunities or lost places right on the finish line definitely had an impact on the results.

As for the results, Warren again sailed very constantly to take out 1st place on 23 points, 1 point ahead of myself on 24. 3rd and 4th places were also separated by only 1 point with Greg finishing on 29 points and Terry just behind on 30.

Congratulations to our other skippers who were able to grab a win with Anthony, Phillip, Terry and Graham all able to take out first place throughout the afternoon.

Finally, thank you to Anthony for volunteering to tow the trailer. I am always impressed with our members' engagement and the enthusiasm provided when a request to help is sent out.

DF95 - Club Championships R1 (Handicap racing) - 7 February 2026

Round 1 of the DF95 Cub Championships - Handicap Series was today held in a pleasant but weakening East/South-easterly with 10 skippers hitting the water for an action-packed afternoon. The first 8-9 races had guests at times causing a few boats to nosedive downwind with the breeze definitely weakening by race 12 with some drifting conditions around the bottom gate causing frustrations for many.

Racing was again close with the excellent handicaps seeing most of the fleet finishing within boat lengths of each other. This can also be seen with 8 different winners in the first 8 races of the day. Congratulations everyone for a competitive but friendly day of racing.

The day's winner was one of our most recent members to join, Anthony Loveridge finishing on 33 points. Anthony not only won race 3 but finished with 3 second places and 2 thirds from the 12 races. Congratulations Anthony, great start to the season. Warren Kerswell was able to secure second place by 1 point in front of the ever consistent Terry Jordan on 41 points.

Just a reminder that the 2025 Club Champion trophies and prizes will be handed out next weekend before sailing starts at the usual time of 1pm. Even if you can't stay around for sail, come on down to congratulate last season's winners.

DF65 - Club Championships R1 (Handicap racing) - 24 January

Even with 3-4 of our regular members away today we had a great turnout of 12 boats for the 1st Round of the Club Championships for 2026.

Although it was a very warm afternoon, all the skippers kept their cool during very close racing including some mark roundings being 3-4 boats deep. Finishes also kept the RO and scorer busy where one bad tack or a touch of the finish mark saw boats going from 2nd to 9th.

Although there was some contact, as expected during close racing, thank you to everyone for both doing their penalties as well as talking to each other before incidents happen. I feel we are always happy to discuss any questions around rules and incidents; no one is perfect and misjudgments will happen.

Thank you also to everyone for taking their turn as RO during the afternoon.

As for the results, Greg showed a brilliant start to the season finishing in 1st place on 24.5 points; a huge 21 points ahead of both Russell and David Kerr with both finishing on 45.5 points and Russell taking out second spot on countback. David Proctor finished 4th on 47.4 points, well sailed skippers.

A special mention to Greg who finished the day as one of the back markers on 70 seconds and was still able to finish 2nd and 4th in the last two races, excellent sailing. Just a reminder, the next round we start race 1 on the same handicaps as we finished today (photos have been taken and no bribes accepted).

I hope everyone stays cool in the coming days with temperatures predicted to be around 35-37 degrees and have a good week.

DF95 - Results Saturday 17 January

With a good turnout of 12 boats on the water, the first DF95 sailing for the year was a success and a good shake down for the boats with the 1st rounds of the 2026 Club Championships starting over the next few weekends.

Thank you to all the skippers for some close racing, good talking during mark rounding and taking your penalties when needed. Although there were some calls of "not there" when a penalty circle was done a little close to other boats, this is a good skill to practice in order to get the penalty done and back racing as quickly as possible.

Racing was a mixture of handicap and scratch racing and thank you again to Bob for coming down and helping with the starting and scoring duties. The handicap races showed some very close finishes with one race having 5 boats cross all overlapped and the whole fleet finishing with 30 seconds from 1st to 12th. Great sailing everyone.

As to the results, Warren won the day on 30 points and showing that is not always winning the race but being consistent. Warren won 2 races but was only out of the top 4 finishes 3 times the whole day which included the handicap races with Warren being one of the last starters on 60-70 seconds. Great sailing Warren. Don secored Second spot on 33 points and Mark (who has not had a chance to sail for some time) showed some great speed during the day securing 3rd on 40 points.

Finally, just a small change in the calendar with Coomera Radio Sailing club planning to host a Ron Brown Memorial Trophy day on the 4th of July for DF95's. This day was already in our calendar as a DF95 Club day but the calendar will be updated shortly to reflect this change as more information is obtained.

I hope everyone has a great week and see you on the water soon.

Regards

Stephen Elkington

RRSC - President

DF65 - Results Saturday 10 January

The first official sailing day of 2026 was held at the lake yesterday with a small but competitive group of skippers shaking off the cobwebs. I am happy to report there were no mechanical issues with everyone clearly taking the last few weeks to service and maintain their boats. There were also very few contacts that I can recall, and talking and calling between skippers was well practiced during the afternoon.

Welcome also to our newest skipper, Anthony, who has recently purchased a DF65. With a third place in the first race and taking out the last 2 races for the day, I am certain Anthony is now hooked and will be seen regularly at the lake.

The day's sailing was a mixture of handicap and scratch races with Don setting the day by taking out the first three races and finishing in 1st place on 25 points. I was able to secure second place by one point to David with Greg rounding out the top 4 places.

Next weekend will give the DF95's a chance for a shakedown sail before the first rounds of the 2026 club championships kick off on the 24th of January.

I hope everyone has a great week and see you on the water soon.

Regards

Stephen Elkington

President - RRSC

DF65 - Results Saturday 13 Dec - Club Championships Double header

The double-header (both Scratch and Handicap racing) of Round 5 of the DF65 Club Championships was a great success and thank you everyone for keeping the day competitive but also friendly and moving smoothly with 16 races in total completed. With 15 skippers on the water, the start line was busy with a number of contacts called; especially with frustrating wind shifts seeming to come through in the last 5 seconds of a start.

Thank you also to Don for setting the course, there was no need for adjustments throughout the day which allowed for little delays between races.

The day started with 8 Scratch races with Gary Earl blasting out of the blocks and untouchable with 3 wins from the first 3 races and finishing with 4 wins in total. Greg Cater, Warren Kerswell, Grant Hudson and myself were able to take a win each, but Gary convincingly won the first session with 9 points, myself second (12.7 points) and Don (21.1 points) taking out third by the slimmest of margins (<1 point) from Grant in forth (22 points).

After the lunch break, the Handicaps were set and racing resumed with the Easterly breeze holding in all day. The Handicaps saw the fleet stretch out at the start with the back marker starting at 100 seconds but after his brilliant morning Gary really could not argue too fiercely. Even with a 90 second start he was still able to win race 5.

Overall, Marcel was able to remain consistent throughout the Handicap session taking out first place on 13.1 points, well ahead of Terry in second on 23.3 points and Greg rounding out the top 3 places on 28 points just ahead of 4 other skippers (Garham, Warren, John and Russell) who all finished on 29 points.

The presentations for club Champions will be held early in the new year so please keep an eye out in your emails. The ability to drop the worst result from 5 rounds has certainly made for a very close finish.

Next weekend will be the final day for the year with a number of scratch, handicap and novelty races planned. We will aim to start a little earlier (12pm) with the afternoon planned to allow time for a chat and socialise off the water. Feel free to pop down to the lake next weekend, even if you are not available to sail, just to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and reminisce about the year that was...

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DF65 Club Day Results - 8 November

The predicted 15-20 knot Nor'easter did not disappoint and created some very choppy conditions on the lake today. And that challenged all competitors at some stage during the afternoon. Our numbers were down slightly today with some regulars away at interclub events. Our fearless leader and President Stephen who presence was missed was away defending the club honor at the DF95 SEQ champs and finishing a respectable 6th in a very good fleet of skippers.

The day was a mix of H/C and scratch racing which provided some close racing. We had several race winners and some exciting downhill runs particularly for those who persevered with thier A+ rigs

13 races were completed in all with the help of Greg a new DF convert who dropped by and carried out the starting and scoring duties for us. Many thanks for your efforts. Congratulations to the place getters.

Two reminders this week with no sailing at the lake this weekend as members are off to Springfield Lakes to compete in the final DF65 interclub for 2025. Let's wish the team some luck and patience and a good result to finish the year. The Redlands consists of Garth Halton, Don Horton, David Proctor, Stephen Elkington and David Kerr.

Cheers

Don

Club Captain

DF65 results - 18 October Club Day

We kicked off the day with an Open Day, which had been advertised in the local paper to invite anyone interested in trying out RC sailing. While we didn’t see large numbers, several locals visited and expressed interest in returning over the coming weeks, which is great to see.

A big thank you to Don for organising the morning and for his continued efforts in engaging with the local paper and having articles continue to be included about the Club.

The lake remained a little shallower than usual, and thank you also to all the skippers who helped out by wading in to retrieve boats from the shoreline.

The afternoon's racing began in a building north-easterly breeze. The day was a mix of Handicap and Scratch races, with seven different winners across the twelve races.

With the predicted storms starting to build as the day progressed, the decision was made to continue racing without a break. This proved to be the right call, as the wind began to ease late in the afternoon as the storm approached the bay. Fortunately, we had just packed up and left when the rain arrived.

As for the results, I somehow managed to come out on top with 28 points and three wins for the afternoon. Marcel showed excellent consistency across both Handicap and Scratch races, finishing in second place on 30 points only 1 point head of Don, taking third place with 31 points.

Next weekend will see us host Coomera Radio Yacht Club in the second round of the DF95 Interclub competition. A formal notice of race will be issued shortly but would love to have as many DF95's from Redlands compete. We were so close in beating Coomera last round and feel with us being on "home turf" this round, this will be the year Redland can win the series.

I will send a separate email out asking for all skippers to confirm if they are sailing with the roles of Race Office, scorers and observers also to be confirmed.

Thanks again to everyone who came along and contributed to a successful day on and off the water and see you all soon.

Regards

Stephen Elkington

RRSC President

DF95 results - 20 September 2025

It was great to be back at the lake yesterday, although numbers were a little down due to some of our regulars being away or unavailable, a good northerly breeze allowed 16 races to be finished until time was called around 4pm. Thank you to Dudley who "came down to watch for a while" but ended up being starter/score for the first seven races. Hopefully see you back at the lake next weekend with your 65.

I am sure at one stage Greg thought there must have been an unofficial game of tag being played with number 28 as 4 different boats in the first 3 races having made contact. Greg I promise I was not trying to make a new DF90 class when I misjudged crossing behind you. The rest of the day was relatively clean and again thank you to the skippers for talking well before any contact. A highlight of the day was a clean 5 boat rounding of the top mark with no contact.

As for the results, Don took 1st place with 20 points and 9 first place finishes, congratulations Don. I was able to secure 2nd place on 25 points with Terry in third on 33 points.

A reminder for the upcoming Wayne Bloomer trophy day on the 4th of October. Thank you to Don for arranging the trophy (photo attached) with this open for all DF65 skippers and please ensure you contact Don to register to sail on the day.

DF95 Club Championships Rd3 - Scratch - 16 August 2025

Another spectacular Brisbane winter's day at the lake yesterday with not a cloud in the sky, a mild 21 degrees and a good breeze.

I will start with a welcome to our two visitors yesterday Hank Beyer and David Brunsdon from Coomera. It was a pleasure to have you both sailing with us and can't wait to see you again during the next DF95 day. There were rumours they were scoping out the competition for the upcoming interclub event in September but as you will see in the results with them taking out Second and Third place, I feel there will be stiff competition between the clubs in the coming months.

I would also like to thank Philip for volunteering to tow the trailer yesterday, very much appreciated and thank you also to John Maccartney. John is one of our DF65 skippers who popped down to watch and ended up as scorer and started for the afternoon. John also had a sail during one of the races and he now seems very keen on sailing a DF95 and I am sure we will see him soon on the water with his own boat.

The day's sailing was excellent with the fleet of 9 skippers showing good skills in conditions that started in mid A rig winds but started to lighten in the afternoon. 13 races were completed and although everyone was keen to continue, the day was called as the winds dropped and it became a drifting event to see who could get their boat to the wall the fastest.

In the end, the results were very close for the top three, with myself and Hank finishing on equal 30 points with Hank losing on countback (not scorer's privilege). David took third place on 34 points with Warren in 4th on 38 points.

Next weekend will be Round 3 for DF65 Club Championships (scratch) with the usual start time and I hope everyone has a great week.

DF95 Club Championships Rd3 - Handicap

We finally got some typical winter weather for Brisbane yesterday with a nice westerly breeze, sunny skies and the temperature on the cooler side at around 20 degrees.

Thank you again Don for setting a great course and to David Kerr for volunteering to tow the trailer. Out of the 12 races we had 7 different winners with the handicaps well set with most races having all 8 boats rounding the final mark within boat lengths of each other.

Congratulations also to all the skippers as I can't recall many contacts between boats during the afternoon. The only exception was the contacts with the marks with the record going to myself in one race for contacting the top mark, clearance mark and bottom mark all in one leg. By my 3rd penalty turn I think I was getting dizzy.

As for the results, A big congratulations to Philip Frahm for his first win with 27 points. He has only sailed his DF95 about 5 times since purchasing it early this year and a good sign for the DF95 Interclub races coming up later this year.

In second place was David Kerr on 36 points and Graham Saltwell only 1 point behind in third on 37 points.

Now we are in August and well into the second half of the year, a reminder email will be sent shortly for all remaining events for the year. These include both rounds of the DF95 Interclub Competition between Coomera and ourselves, the DF65 Southeast Qld titles, the remaining DF65 interclub events and a new Wayne Bloomer trophy day to be held in October. It will be a busy few months.

I hope everyone has a great week with next Saturday being a DF65 club day.

DF95 Club Day results 19 July 2025

Back to a wonderful winter's day in Brisbane with a cloudless sky and a westerly wind which kept everyone busy trying to pick what direction the next shift was going to come from. We also had Garth Halton pop down to try his hand with a DF65 with success in finishing 2nd in the 1st race before the breeze picked up and the 95's showed the benefit of the longer hulls and that little more momentum in the lulls. With no official RO there were some questionable starts in a number of the races but overall everyone did their penalties, maintained a friendly and relaxed attitude with some rule discussions also held after racing which always is a benefit to skippers in having a better understanding of situations.

Moving to the result , the day was taken out by Don Horton on 15 points with myself and Terry finishing on equal 20 points but Terry being relegated to third on countback. Greg rounded out 4th place with 32 points.

A big thank you also to Philip Frahm who volunteered to tow the trailer, very much appreciated and thank you to all members who continue to help with the trailer each week, including the packing and unpacking with many hands making light work.

Just a final reminder that the club's calendar has previously been sent out at the beginning of the year with a copy also showing on our website (Redlands Radio SC - Events Calendar). Next Saturday is a DF65 club day with racing to start at the usual time of 1pm.

DF65 Club Championship Rd3 - Scratch results 12 July 2025

Rd3 of the DF65 Club Championships (scratch) was held yesterday afternoon with 13 skippers coming down to the lake for a great afternoon of sailing and friendly banter.

The first 3 races were sailed in conditions that were considered just above calm with a "slight gust" sometimes separating the fleet by over a leg while other times had the trailing boat gently move through the whole feet from last to 1st before stopping again and painfully watching boats do the same to them soon after. The breeze quickly set in for the rest of the afternoon with 12 races able to be completed in a consistent south-easterly. Thank you Don for setting a great course with no changes needed all afternoon and thank you everyone for assisting with recording of the score sheet.

Based on the results, there were skippers who definitely mastered the day's conditions with Gary taking out 1st spot with 22 points and 6 wins from the 12 races, congratulations Gary. Warren was second (30 points) with a very consistent day; with only 1 win but finished in the top-5 in all but 2 races. Russell took out third spot on countback from Terry with both finishing with 43 points.

Today's results have caused some movements in the overall position for the Club Championships with only 3 points separating myself, Gary, Russell and Warren with Terry and Don only a further 2 points behind. With two rounds left this could all change again with each skipper able to drop one of the 5 rounds from the final scores.

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