Our thanks go to the fantastic hospitality received from Sutton in Ashfield sailing club for allowing full facilities including full galley and bar, and weed free sailing area for the weekend 26/27th October for this prestigious National event.  Lincoln had three contestants in the fleet of 21 Chaz Jordan Clive Hand and  Mick Chamberlain who all gave a good account of themselves in the sometimes trying conditions. The Galley always had things on the go from 8am till late with bacon and sausage butties tea and coffee and fantastic Pie and peas at lunch time with I might add two different deserts with custard for those who had room. But on to the sailing , The first race stated with a protest , that was eventually thrown out , but it seemed to set a precedent with many more protests before the event was over, PRO Darin Ballington and ARO Graham Allen did a fantastic job keeping the event moving and running it in an orderly fashion , During the weekend all three suits of sails were used and although it was not cold everybody got slightly damp , But it was a pleasure to dry out by the log burner in the clubhouse. After Day one the top three were quite close with John Arundel leading the pack , Day two on Sunday brought a new rule in , DO NOT recross the finish line after finishing !!!!!!!  Your host ( Me ) wholeheartedly agreed with this at the briefing , and promptly went out and won the first A fleet race, and then for some inexplicable reason went back over the finish line , and was promptly DSQ , Micks next race was also a disaster after getting entangled with another boat , and although he recovered it was not going to be enough to beat the consistent John Arundel . A fantastic weekend was had by all and Praise once again to the Sutton club and their  committee for allowing us to use their facilities , Thanks also to Ivan and Beth for coming down to help cart the props and buoy’s back to Lincoln , and finally all the people from Both Rotherham and Lincoln clubs who popped in to support us , well done

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