DF95 Eastern District Champion Skipper Series Round 3 at Huntingdon Radio Yacht Club

by Andy Start 27 Oct 05:02 GMT 25 October 2025

DF95 Eastern District Champion Skipper Series Round 3 at Huntingdon Radio Yacht Club © Andy Start

17 skippers gathered in the early morning sun to be welcomed by club Commodore Martin Brooking, skippers had travelled from far and wide to be with us today with the furthest having a round journey of 350 miles! Top work by Gary Parkin.

A briefing was held by Dave Green, PRO for the day, and the pace of the event was set, a simple Triangle course with a downwind gate was set for the days entertainment, this was explained and detailed on the course board.

I will take a moment to mention that we had a good number of our novice skippers sailing today, for Stuart Brown this was only his third tome on the water with the boat, that's the kind of spirit we like, I think I can happily say they all enjoyed themselves, and it was very pleasing to see they kept up with the race pace extremely well, very well done gents.

The wind was a funny old thing, sometimes blowing a hooley then a gentle breeze and the occasional fruity gust that saw a few rudders waving in the air, but it was a great breeze to race in, albeit a bit chilly, and as with all racing at this time of the year, welders goggles were needed to see some of the marks.

After a steady flow of races, a coffee break was called, and the skippers sprinted off to the club house to grab a coffee and a few bits of cake, lovingly baked by Steve & Karen, thanks guys, our galley was managed by Karen & Karen, for which everyone was truly thankful for, using Afleet to score the event, results were posted in the clubhouse on a regular basis, this kept skippers up to date with how good/suicidal they were doing.

Back to the racing which was well mannered and most behaved themselves (it is radio sailing) turns were taken when called, and this carried on through to a 45 minute lunch break, at this point Oli Knowland from Alton Water had a decent lead over the fleet (he did sail a blinder all day).

Dave Green pushed the races on throughout the afternoon, at the end of race 19, there was only one point difference between first and second place, and it really did go down to the wire, leading local skipper Andy Johnson breezed home in the final race with a 3rd with Oli Knowland a comfortable 3 places behind him.

Congratulations to everyone who took part and thank-you for your participation, we hope to see you at next year's event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Sailor	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	Pts
1	48	Andy Johnson	Huntingdon RYC	2	3	14	2	9	1	7	12	7	4	2	2	2	3	5	1	3	3	6	3	56
2	640	Oli knowland	Alton Water RSC	5	2	8	13	1	4	2	1	4	3	4	6	4	8	3	9	5	1	1	6	60
3	63	Andy Baldock	Huntingdon RYC	3	7	1	1	4	12	12	18	1	2	18	1	1	7	1	5	9	2	3	18	72
4	109	Gary Parkin	Scarborough MYC	1	15	3	7	6	3	11	10	6	7	1	11	5	2	2	2	1	10	8	1	75
5	418	Glenn Meekcoms	CHFRYC	12	4	2	8	3	5	9	5	9	1	13	3	13	5	9	8	4	5	2	4	86
6	759	Andrew McKee	Rutland RSC	9	1	18	6	5	11	4	3	18	11	6	7	3	1	18	3	8	4	12	2	96
7	286	Neil Webb	MBRYC	7	6	5	9	8	2	3	7	12	6	5	4	18	15	4	10	2	7	10	7	102
8	73	Vernon Appleton	Datchet RSC	6	14	6	4	2	7	13	2	3	5	14	5	15	12	8	6	10	13	5	11	118
9	206	Phil Davenport	Huntingdon RYC	4	16	7	10	15	9	10	8	5	15	3	9	6	6	6	4	6	8	7	12	120
10	21	Andrew Wigley	Huntingdon RYC	8	5	11	3	13	14	8	9	8	10	9	16	11	10	11	7	7	6	11	8	142
11	367	Les Kirby	Huntingdon RYC	18	11	9	11	7	10	5	11	10	8	11	8	9	4	16	11	11	12	9	5	150
12	370	Alan Cooke	Huntingdon RYC	10	12	4	5	11	6	1	14	2	13	18	12	14	14	10	14	15	11	17	15	168
13	92	Stuart Jessup	Huntingdon RYC	15	13	13	12	10	8	6	4	14	12	8	10	16	9	15	12	13	14	15	10	183
14	90	Stuart Brown	Huntingdon RYC	16	9	10	15	16	16	16	6	11	14	7	14	10	18	13	15	14	16	14	9	209
15	623	Steve Graham	Huntingdon RYC	14	8	16	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	18	7	11	7	13	12	9	4	13	215
16	61	Colin Vincett	Huntingdon RYC	13	10	15	18	12	13	15	13	15	9	10	13	8	18	14	17	16	15	16	16	223
17	548	John Doe	Killingworth MYC	11	17	12	18	14	15	14	15	13	16	12	15	12	13	12	16	17	17	13	14	234