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ow that summer is approaching we are seeing more DF95 sailors back on the pontoon and racing on the pond. Winter has seen a decline in numbers except for the same few brave souls who rug up and come along each week for some spirited racing. The section continues to welcome new DF95 owners as interest continues to grow in radio controlled sailing at South of Perth Yacht Club. Recently joined are Bernie Anson (572) and Mark Sherburn (82). It’s great to see Rupert Leslie (865) and Brian DeVries (842) return from their ‘holiday’ in Egypt. Also good to see Tim Bussemaker (831) back racing a DF95 recently purchased from Lynne Newton. We are still missing some of our original owners and would like to see them back on the water again e.g. Graham Monkhouse (818), Peter Lewis (829), Barry Walsh (854) and Todd Walsh (860), John Heydon (808) and Christina Heydon (809). We also welcome Ron Viney (814) who often joins us as a visitor. Thank you to Mark Landwehr (882) for fixing the battery in our automated starting announcement system. And thank you to Lew Cody (435) for recording results on his mobile phone and then sending them to the On Water Group and to DF95 members using WhatsApp. Thanks also to those DF95 sailors who have assisted with mark laying and retrieval, rescuing boats and scoring races. Rick Steuart is a regular DF95
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observer and has taken the pictures on this page. Rick has taken some great photos and videos of our racing using his cameras and drone. These images are recommended viewing on his website at: perthsailingphotography. weebly.com/the-dragonflite-95s-ofsopyc.html In November the DF95 fleet conducted its first club championship heat. It is proposed to have a heat on the first Friday of each month. Instead of racing on the pond we trialled having the races from the club fuelling jetty. Unfortunately the weather conditions were not ideal for setting a course on the day. Should a championship heat not be sailed for whatever reason it will revert to the following week. A big thank
SOUNDINGS | December 2020 ~ February 2021
you to Christina Heydon and Lyn DeVries who officiated for this club championship heat. DF95 racing is inexpensive (no crew, no insurance, no pen fees), lots of fun and occurs every Friday on the pond at the club with the first race starting at 3pm and the last start at approximately 5pm. These times may change with the warmer weather and longer days during summer. Watch Coffee Pointers for changes in times. If you have any questions or would like to try DF95 radio controlled sailing please come down to the club on a Friday afternoon or contact either: Mark Popham, markpop@iinet.net. au, ph 0410 474 847, or Kevin Fulwood, kefulwood@westnet. com.au, ph 0414 568 292
