Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

The racing started promptly at 10.00 with Chris Elliott (OOD) and Darin Ballington spending over 30 minutes to set a challenging course in a very difficult wind direction that was swinging by 10-15 degrees. The weather was great and the lake looked in great condition. The course involved a dog leg and the usual downwind gate. The wind was anywhere between a light A rig and a heavy gusty A rig, challenging all skippers set up and boat control in reading the wind. A small movement of the course marks was undertaken after 4 races. The start line was close to the clubhouse and clearly visible to all, which led to all races being started first time and very few start line incidents.

There were 14 boats that had entered with 6 different designs, although the top 7 places were taken by Britpop! and Venti designs. Chris  E was back with his refurbished Britpop! and Mick C sailed his trusted Venti, Chris Graves also sailed his refurbished Britpop! Overall there were 11 races sailed and four different race winners, the most notable being Darin who won 7 races. The sailing was done at a fairly quick pace with the majority of incidents being recognised and penalty turns being done.

It was a day where consistent sailing showed, and the top 5 overall were usually in the top 5 in each race. With Darin being the most consistent and coming first, next was Mick C with an excellent set of results. As the morning went by it was noticeable that the fleet were getting closer as time went on, showing considerable improvement in many skippers.

Congratulations to Darin in first and Mick in second place.

Report by Chris Elliott

Pete W’s Venti 65 at the I.O.M Ranking at Chelmsford 2024 ??

Pictures by various artists , Thank you .

Come and have a go at this fabulous Sport/hobby

Another fantastic day of racing for the Marblehead skippers , more breeze, a little cooler , and very exciting , great to watch, probably a bit tricky if you were a skipper.

Results below and a couple pictures courtesy of Paul Middleton and Jen hand , More Picture’s on MYA Downwind .

Mick and Darin Ballington winner of Ranking 4 .

Wow what a great day of racing at Lincoln , results for now and I am sure a full report will be made in due course . Below are the results and congratulations to Chris Harris for the win .

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 .