Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

A good breeze from just North of west was blowing when we arrived , and questions were asked as to what rig to put on , A rig was the choice, and it was perfect as over the course of the morning the breeze lightened .

A great course set up by OOD Tim H and the full length of the South Bank was used in a good beat and run course. 12 skippers out and we were missing at least four regulars from the line up. 1st race and Micky boy was out of the blocks fast with his Plastic fantastic ( Alioth ) and led from start to finish, Tim 134 keeping him honest, 3rd spot was taken by Chris Graves returning from a long absence from the club. ^ different designs on show today, and the racing was closer than you think. Race two was taken by Tim with his brit pop in what was to be a great battle with Rob W 97 , the start as always very important, and it is great to see club members sussing out early where you need to be to get a great start. As the morning wore on the start line was changed and although still a great beat it did become slightly left handed, but nothing wrong with that, by coffee break Rob W had taken two wins but Tim was definitely keeping his powder dry with a worst score of 2nd , Further down the field Paul K 44 was always a threat , and the concentration on the faces of Cooperman , Kevin and Sam was a picture, Richard J 89 with his Viss improved as the racing went on, Colin H 77 who has missed a few recently was trying out some Expo on his rudder, Mark N 80 was not having the best day but was having a right royal battle with Jeff C 18 and only a point separated them at the end. Rob W 97 ended the day with 4 wins Micky Boy with three wins but the winner by three points was Tim H 134 with his Brit Pop he had three wins, and it rounded off a great mornings racing in the lightening breeze Paul K 44 took the last win of the morning and is starting to knock on the door.

Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable morning and also for help putting the gear away , very well done to Tim for the win, and we look forward to the next round .

Another fine day at Lincoln , great breeze great turnout and smiles all round . A bit of a switch around on the OOD front but with Darin and Tim on site early things were well advanced by the time the main body of skippers arrived, and it looked like racing was going to be on the East bank, not what the forecast said , but with the breeze veering all the time, a move to the South bank was on the cards. Rob W 97 got off to a great start winning the first race, with Darin and Cooperman taking 2nd and 3rd spots, Martyn was trying out his ,, quite old, but in superb condition TS 2. Not happy with a first race win Rob W went on to take the next two races , with Mick C taking a couple of 2nd spots with his Alioth , that seems to be going quite well ( he would say that woud’nt he)

I suppose the breeze was about 40% of top rig at that time but with the swinging more into the East it was gradually increasing. Darin took his first win just before coffee break , But Tim was certainly having a slow start to the day, and must have been glad when we shifted the racing to the South Bank ,, whilst the rest of us enjoyed our break the two young lads Darin and Tim sorted the new course , and we were all very grateful. At coffee break it looked like Robs to loose with 3 firsts and a second , but as they say it is not over until the fat Lady does something. Racing was tight up and down the fleet , Darin was giving a few tips to some skippers ( I was not one of them ) and it looked as if it had helped which is a great sign. When we resumed after coffee, Rob continued his winning way’s with another win closely followed by Mick Cooper who was having a pretty good day, in fact he led this race certainly for the first lap and maybe beyond before before Rob finally nailed him at the gate on the second time round, jen H 69 took the 3rd place. We had six different designs on show today with 6 Brit Pops outnumbering the rest, By race 7 Darin pulled a switch Rob took his foot off the gas ( not that you noticed ) and then over the ten races that we had it all got a bit to close to call , in the end you can see the top two was decided on countback the very same for third and fourth place, Jen took 5th spot just holding off the charging Cooperman but then 6th and 7th was again decided on countback. The breeze for the last 3/4 races was up to 80% of top rig and some very exciting races were had . Well done the Brit Pops The winner’s of course and many thanks to all who help get the gear put away, we shall look forward to Round 7 in a couple of weeks time .

Very nice day forecast and so it was , numbers a bit down, but hey nine skipper’s turned out , OOD’s showed up nice and early and got everything organised , the breeze was playing difficult with it direction and so the East bank was favoured with a nice little dog leg just to make it interesting and keep skippers from staining some old eyes. Micky boy had a terminal winch problem before he even launched despite it working when he left home, hey ho he did the starts and the finishing, Racing started and Colin H 301 blasted away and never looked back in the first race , he took the top step with Kevin E 02 2nd and Jen 3rd . It was a nice top suit breeze and the first three races were held on the East bank , we then saw the wind back and it was tome to have a coffee and move to the South bank,, low and behold when we finished coffee the breeze was back to where it was , except it was shifty probably as much as 20 degrees , well 15 anyway ,, we carried on and it was pretty obvious that Paul P 19 was on fire this morning and was going to be hard to beat. Martyn the leader in the series was doing his best and it seemed to be nip and tuck between the two of them, the rest of the field were having there own private battles and it was good to see Malcolm P 01 finally getting the hang of it and putting in some good results finally pipping Kevin E 02 , but still not getting near Jen H 69 who I am sure will be disappointed with her 4th place, Colin H 301 was plugging away and did well with his third place , whilst Colin T 431 felt he could have done a bit better . Birthday boy Mick C 39 was up and down , but his cakes hit the right spot. Very well done to Paul for the win 10 points from 9 races is very good going , they were quite long races and I am sure we all went home with a smile, great day of racing , enjoyed by all ..

Ok a bit of a reduced turnout today , not sure why it was a cracking day forecast and a cracking day it was. Very early on the scene was Roger Bowtle but rather than sailing he came up to put a new belt on the mower and a few other jobs on the said machine , following on fairly quickly was Darin and Tim who took control of the OOD’s duties sorting out the course etc etc . Not sure how warm it was but a few of us had coats on and some were in shorts , felt a bit chilly to me.

So everything ready 9 skippers on the start line, fired up and ready to go, we lost Micky boy before anybody crossed the line with a broken jib downhaul, but the fleet got away and with the usual suspects taking a 1/2/3 and and Cooperman fresh from an enforced layoff cam storming thru with a great 4th place in his Venti, race two and the suspects again but in a different order with Tim taking the top step, Micky B again did not start as the repair took time, a kinda fiddly magnate !!! Race 3 looming and it was imperative to get a good start Darin led from start to finish and Mick’ Alioth finally got some points on the board with a second, Rob W took 3rd spot with Tim having his worst race so far back in 6th. Race4 and Sam P just pipped Mick to take the first of his two 4th’s, it was pretty close racing overall but it was a Brit Pop day for sure, only a couple of Venti’s on show, and 3 Alioth’s almost like a plastic invasion, and I hear thru the grapevine that 3 Proteus models are coming on stream, from what I am told they are very good value for money, and I for one look forward to their progress. Race 6 and another disaster for the Alioth of Mickthis time it turned out it was a receiver battery, must have been brain fade as I thought I had changed during the coffee brake !!!1.

So just have a look at the scores, Darin discarded two 2nds and won the morning after 10 races with just 8 points, Tim had a couple of bad ones ( by his standard) and rounded out with 16 points and Rob after last weeks success at the Martin Lambert finished third, Mick had no favours given and finished 1 point behind Sam who seemed to take a liking for attaching himself to our buoys , But we got to say the winners would not be winners if the rest of us stayed at home but we all tried our best. And it did not rain by the way . .

Many thanks to all who helped get the stuff put away and look forward to seeing you all on the bank in the not to distant future .

Well done all especially the winner , Big D