Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

Held on the 4th October 2026

Many thanks to Nigel Barrow and of course all who contributed the picture’s

Report and Pictures can be found here https://bit.ly/4yJVQAk

RG65 TT13 Race Report – Lincoln RSC – 3 Oct 26

The competitors arrived to some very promising conditions for the final race day of the 2026 RG65 TT Series. The sun was shining and a steady 10mph wind was blowing down the West bank of the lake at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club. The outlook appeared superb for one of the best RG65 turn-outs of the year for the fourteen skippers present from the fifteen entries.

A simple upwind/downwind course was set over two laps followed by a beat to the finish. After a short briefing by the PRO, Martyn Aspinall, racing began promptly at 10.00 am.

The first start indicated the keenness of the competitors and was a recall to the start line. Words were spoken, which appeared to have a calming effect, and this was the only general recall of the day.

Rohan stamped his mark on the first three races, taking an impressive three wins in succession. An issue developed around the windward mark on the fourth race and the opportunity was taken over a coffee break to sort the problem, shorten the course slightly and change its orientation to match the wind that had become lighter and was oscillating but tending to veer in a more Northerly direction.

Racing resumed with the more changeable conditions and a further four race winners emerged during the day. The conditions appeared to suit Toby, who repeated Rohan’s three wins in succession and became ‘the man to beat’.

An early lunch was called when the wind appeared to die. It became apparent during lunch that an intermittent wind with significant directional changes was going to become the order of the day, so racing resumed with some minor course adjustments and with a choice of start lines, the most appropriate starting line buoys being called before the one minute sound signal. This worked, and the sailing day continued with some interesting sailing and jostling for positions. The day concluded with the completion of 15 races.

Toby took the honours for the day with a fairly emphatic win on 28 points followed by Alan Bennett (38 points) and John Tushingham (45 points). The prizes were presented followed by the presentation of the series trophy to Alan Bennett, who had performed a similarly emphatic series victory.

Thanks go to the race team of Jen Hand, Kevin Evison and Ron Austen from Lincoln RSC. Our thanks also go to Gary Parkin for his diligent work in the rescue boat, plus to Darin Ballington for his help with the course layout.

Race report by Martyn Aspinall (PRO).

5th October 2026

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 .