Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

Walters Takes the Final Round as New Boy Webb Gives Him a Scare!

The final round of the DF65 Summer Series was held today at Lincoln Model Yacht Club, with nine skippers taking to the water for ten races in the final showdown of the summer.

And what a finale it was!

A + rigs were the order of the day, except for Pete and Paul who both opted for A rigs. Pete quickly changed to A + during the break, with Paul sticking to A.

With the racing proving extremely competitive at the sharp end, Pete Walters eventually came out on top with a score of 20 points, but he certainly wasn’t allowed to have things all his own way.

Taking an excellent second place was new member Neil Webb, who clearly decided that the best way to introduce himself to the club was to immediately start beating most of the established fleet!

And there’s a little more to Neil’s performance than just turning up and sailing well. This was Neil’s first ever sail in his new DF65, having only just bought the boat. In fact, he had spent most of yesterday setting up his rigs and getting the boat ready for today’s event.

So, after a few hours of rig tweaking yesterday, Neil arrived at Lincoln today, launched a boat he’d never sailed before and promptly finished second overall!

Clearly there’s a lesson here somewhere — perhaps the rest of us have been spending far too much time practising.

Neil adapted to the Lincoln conditions extremely well, producing a remarkably consistent set of results and finishing just two points behind Pete. Not a bad way to announce yourself as a new member!

The Battle at the Front

Pete Walters produced an excellent performance, with three race wins helping him secure the overall victory. His score of 20 points was enough to keep Neil at bay, although Neil’s consistency kept the pressure on right to the end.

Rob Wilson wasn’t far behind either, finishing third on 23 points, meaning just three points separated the top three. With margins that tight, there was little room for a bad start, a missed wind shift — or blaming the boat!

Jen Hand put together another strong performance to finish fourth on 27 points, while Sam Parker, Martyn Aspinall and Mick Chamberlain were involved in their own battles throughout the fleet, with only four points separating fifth from seventh.

Meanwhile… at the Back!

Paul Kelly the OOD for the day, sailing No. 232, finished eighth overall on 41 points. It was a day of “nearlys” for Paul, with plenty of decent results mixed in with a few that were perhaps best left on the bank.

By race  Race 8, the choice of sticking with the A rig was beginning to pay with the slightly fresher breeze,  managing a second place, followed up with a third in Race 9.

Peter Cogill, visiting from Rotherham, completed the fleet in ninth, although his 69-point score doesn’t really tell the whole story of the racing, with some very close battles taking place throughout the day.

We also had a visitor named Trevor and he tried Paul’s boat during race 4, hopefully another convert to the joys of our sport.

A Great Finish to the Summer Series

The final event provided a fitting end to the DF65 Summer Series, with some excellent racing and plenty of close competition.

Congratulations to Pete Walters on taking the final event win, and a special mention to Neil Webb on an outstanding first event as a new member.

If Neil can do that with a boat he’s never sailed before, the rest of the fleet might want to start keeping a slightly closer eye on him!

Thanks to everyone who took part, and for helping making packing away nice and simple.

Well sailed, everyone!

A lively morning greeted the 8 skippers, sunshine and a brisk B suit breeze from just North of West, In the absence of an OOD and not for the first time , Tim got stuck in to sort a great beat and run course on the South bank, Martyn was straight into his stride with his BritPop taking the first race in style , I noticed Tim was having Radio problems and that did him no favours, Micky boy was struggling to get the right set up after his outing to the ranking races in Kent, and Jen was having rig problems but stuck at it. Kevin E 87 took the next race , another Brit Pop and after his 2nd place in the DF 95 Nationals a few week’s ago he was keen to show it was not just blip, Martyn as always keeping his scores low claimed a second spot, Colin H 77 was a slow starter today but looking at the scores he got better as the morning wore on. Jeff C 18 thought it was his birthday when he got a second spot in the first race, and is definitely getting the hang of tuning his Venti, In fact Mark N 80 got a third in that race , but the slipped away with his Alioth.

Micky Boy 46 then finally got his tune right and took the next two races and a second in the first race after the break only to be pipped by Martyn, The two battled hard in every race, but gradually Martyn from race 9 could not be touched and with winning the last two races sealed MickyBoy’s fate to become the bridesmaid . Tim never really sorted his problem but after his change to A rig he faired a little better. It was a great morning racing in almost perfect conditions , and our congratulations must go to Martyn for the win , and our many thanks to every one who helped put all the gear away at the end of racing.

Look forward to see more of you on the water for the start of the Winter series in October .

DF95 Summer Series 13th September 2026

This being the last of the DF95 Summer Series the turnout was a little low on numbers, but with people competing at IOM events, and the weather forecast showing rain and light winds it was not really surprising people stayed at home.

Your race Officer for the day was down early to start setting up, it was still raining with very little wind. The wind direction dictated a course on the East Bank; this was to be a simple up and down course of two beats and one run which was fine for the first four races. However, whilst having a break after race four the wind went around meaning it was all hand to the pump to move all of the equipment onto the South Bank, where another simple course was set for the next four races. With the wind still veering around and the beats becoming more of a reach the race officer decided that another course change was needed to restore the beat, so a dogleg was put in to give two shorter beats to the windward mark, this was how we sailed for the remainder of the day. Many thanks to everyone who helped the race officer move marks around to help keep the racing moving along at pace which allowed us to get in eleven races.

With only four competitors down to sail there were very few sailing incidents, any penalties incurred were taken in a timely fashion and without argument which made for a relaxed days sailing. The wins were shared amongst all four competitors with Rob Wilson taking four, Sam and Colin each counted three wins each and Kevin taking the final win in race ten having struggled with pace at times. The weed did not prove to be a major problem during the day; however, most competitors had one race where weed influenced their results, (thank goodness for discards). The final results were close with one point separating first and second, on the water it was also close sailing with places being gained and lost within meters of the finish line.

Finally, thanks to everyone with the help given in packing away at the end of a great day’s racing.

Sam (Race Officer)

Another fine day at Lincoln 14 skippers in attendance, and at 0930 very little wind was on the cards but as Darin was out in the dingy a little rustle here and a little rustle there, and by briefing time we had a steady breeze from the South and with A rigs all round the first race got underway, Paul K with his V10 got a great start and was never put under pressure to take the first win of the morning, and this was followed in the second race with a second place and the boat was going very well, Darin took the win in that race with Tim coming in third place. Race 3 and it was Darin again and Mick C taking 2nd spot with his Venti and Tim a steady 3rd.

Racing was tight all through the fleet, which involved a great beat and run course twice round on the East bank; race 4 it was Mick C’s turn to take the win With Tim and Darin in close attendance despite Mick C standing in front of both skippers to try and obstruct their view , it worked ,,, the course was changed at coffee break slightly to give sharper angles. which worked well, Darin was extremley consistant, as was Tim, the racing was superb and the chat on the bank was as it should be we were missing some skippers on the day, but still managed a great fleet of twelve boats. Brit Pops still in charge here, but interesting to see 6 different designs on show, Darin had 4 wins Tim had one Mick had two Paul had two and Jen took race 6 by the narrowest of margins. All in all a great mornings racing , and many thanks to the guys sorting stuff and everybody who helped put stuff away, especially Paul who’s boat let him down for the last three races .

Well done to Darin for the win but rest assured we are still chasing .