Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

Report From Ron and scores from Colin

Race Officer Adrian arrived at the lake just after sunrise and by the time 7 eager skippers lined up he had everything well organised…

A light Southerly allowed a course up and down the clubhouse bank and racing started promptly at 1000 with a 1 lap Race to assess conditions. 

Micky Boy won that so it was decided to extend the course to  2 laps in attempt to spike his guns…

That didn’t work…. he carried on winning with a couple of 2nd places thrown in just to encourage the others…. he was able to leave after race 9 (lunch date) and still retain first place.

Martyn and Jen sailed consistently well to take 2nd and 3rd with Mike, Sam and Kevin chasing hard in the middle of the fleet. 

Ron was consistently slow but with a couple of good results to prove that the problem is not the boat.

All in all a great morning’s fun in good company.

Thanks again to OOD Adrian.

Next week DF95s …..

Wow what a day at Lincoln, Firm breeze , straight down the lake, 18 skippers came to the start line, and I am pretty sure all went home smiling. At briefing it was always going to be a choice of A rig or with the strengthening breeze would you play it just a little safe and stick on the B rig, well have got to say it was a A rig stay and a few opted for this and they were right, 1st blood went to the visitor from Birkenhead, and in fact the top three all had A rigs including Rob Radbourne with his Proteus who took a third spot, The breeze had picked up considerably and not sure if we did one more race or not but very soon the A riggers were rushing for their sail boxes as this was now defiantly B rig conditions , boy oh boy what racing we were in for, brilliant course, 3 long beats with two good runs and a gate at the bottom, Races two and three were taken by Darin B 98 with his Brit Pop , Tim H 134 had a sniff in race two but it was not going to be his day, Rob W 97 was going well but with the strong breeze and waves was not going like he knows he can, Roger C 30 with his Venti improved as the day wore on and will be well happy. Paul M 52 from Fleetwood was going very well with his V12 and improves with every outing . Mick C had Winch problems which held him back in the first two races but them a miracle , and all was ok , not so Pete W 65 with a similar problem was forced to retire after race 9.

I just could not know where to begin with trying to tell you all how exciting this racing was, at time the wind gods came out and gave us all a test especially downwind and at times it was max for the B rig with wipe out a many and down in the gate area there were some decent sized waves to make it even more interesting, Darin B 98 was dominant but all thru the fleet local battles were being had, the visitor’s , not including Roger C ( as he is one of ours ) had a great day, as did everybody.

Just a quickie here there were an awful lot of ex Dingy racers out there today and all will say what a fantastic sport /hobby this radio racing is, and when you get days like this it is a fantastic advert for our sport, young or old Radio Racing is a challenge so come and join us.

Very well done to Darin for the win , and in fact we were all winners today, and to all for making it a great day, see you next time .

Coming up on Sunday the 15th at Lincoln ,is the last of our I.O.M pop up Winter meetings , we have already got a great entry, but we have room for one or two more . You need to get booked in via the MYA Website https://www.mya-uk.org.uk/events/#events/event-details/68ff69331c14d5031ab63cb8/

Hey that’s it .

DF 95 WINTER SERIES round 7 ,, 8/3/26

Write up from Paul Kelly

A TALE OF TWO PARKERS, AS FLEET BATTLES LIGHT CONDITIONS.

Wind, water, and sheer stubbornness all played a role today. In scenes that could only be described as “eleven races of controlled patience and consistency,” We saw 5 different winners in the 11 races sailed.

Sam Parker (Sail #59) claimed the honours for today’s edition round 7 of the DF95 Winter Series at LRSC, finishing with a miserly score of 20 points — a total so low it made the rest of the fleet question their life choices.

Hot on his transom came Paul Kelly (#19) with 21 points, who came agonisingly close to glory and will doubtless be replaying Race 11 in his head for the foreseeable future. One point, Paul. One point.

Third place went to Colin Helliwell (#301) on 26 points, who collected podium honours with the serene expression and calm of a man who has absolutely been here before and isn’t remotely surprised.

The mid-fleet battles were, by all accounts, spectacular. Mike Holmes (#22, 29 pts) and Kevin Evison (#02, 32 pts) traded water like seasoned professionals.

Ron Austen (#884) sailed very well, regularly at the sharp end of the fleet and showing good pace. Ron took line honours in Race 6, the first race after the coffee break. So all eyes next week on the brand of Coffee and Cookies Ron brings.

Meanwhile, in a subplot worthy of its own regatta, Malcolm Parker (#31) and Colin Toll (#431) were showing good  pace. Never far off the leading boats and having great battles in the mid fleet.

Overall a great days sailing with help from many hands to set up and pack away at the end. Making my job as OOD a simple and pleasurable one.