The recent DF State Championships at Jackadder make the newspaper

Local sailor Justin McAullay held off Nick Jerwood and Craig Taylor in a closely fought finish to clinch the DF95 WA State title

Easterly winds with a top gate 'outside in' course provided a different set of challenges for the 20 competitors in a 2 fleet HMS scoring day. Only later in the afternoon did the winds swap to a more regular south westerly, providing sailors with a fine example of fickle Jackadder winds. 

The inaugural Jackadder DF95 Cup event was held on October 11th with 17 entrants, plenty of sun and and one of the better winds (even though our visitors di not agree!) we have experienced in a while. Being a ranking event, the first at Jackadder for many years, it was used as a rehearsal for the DF State Championships which are scheduled for 8/9th November and we are confident the State Championships will go off without a hitch.

A challenging day for PRO David Odlum with a changeable and light north easterly breeze but he did a great job, getting through 6 races for each of the classes. A field of 14 DF95s and 6 IOMs in the familiar 2 on / 2 off sequence, with a mid-afternoon break to tuck into some delicious grazing platters prepared by June Odlum.

Eleven intrepid sailors braved what can only be called atrocious conditions on Sunday the 27th for the running of the 15th Perth Classic at Jackadder Lake. Three just as intrepid members, led by the PRO Lloyd Coles and assisted by Dave King and Dave Odlum called the shots while trying not to freeze up. A special mention has to be made of of PRSC members Warren Rock and Rod Moss who showed the ultimate club loyalty by spectating from the members enclosure (see photo). I was trying to think of a equally horrible pastime as this, and the best I could come up with would be watching a training session of the Eagles in a snow storm. Hats off to you Warren and Rodney.

Record number of IOMs turnout at Jackadder for social sailing, along with the beautiful Whitehaven ketch.

Good friend Edgar demonstrated recently the effect of not tightening your keel bolt! Fortunately he was able to find the keel on the bottom of the lake.

Nick was at the lake taking photos the other day and kindly passed these on

The unique turnabout regatta using DF95s has seen a popular resurgence of this format, after the IOMs were deemed too precious or rather too expensive to loan to unknown skippers.