Bit of a grey day welcomed 12 skippers at the Farm today for this the final round of the series, the race team got set up on the East bank many thanks for that but it was always, going to be between both banks , and so we got started bang on time, and like a shot out of a gun Tim H 44 set off like lightening with Martyn A 877 and Mick C 46 wallowing in Tim’s Wake, the breeze I suppose was 70 % of top rig and it did increase all through the morning , but hey Back to Tim H, and for the first three races it was the same three in the same order. Peter C 110 was having a pretty good morning and pushed himself into the top three in the 4th race but was unable to sustain it Jen H 69 was also having a decent day, and after coffee when cake was offered due to one of our skippers ( Martyn ) hitting 65,,, he doesn’t look a day over 50 , ok most of the skippers do wear glasses, But I have to say his sail trim is spot on and he chased Tim all the way but never quite managed to beat him. As I said coffee went down well and we changed to the South bank which gave us a much better slant, by this time the breeze was up, but the fleet were in fact very close, which tells me everybody is improving , Young Colin H 301 mentioned he was having a job to get a good start, and I have to say the start was a major part of getting a decent result Sam P 159 got better after the cake break and had a morning he will be pleased with, Richard J 699 however was having a morning he may want to forget, Kevin E 02 was also struggling. The morning wore on with Tim H 44 showing what a great racer he is , and I may add was aiming to be unbeaten, with a perfect 10 races , however a Port and starboard just after the start spoiled his chance, but even so a pretty impressive performance from the youngster, Obviously he took the top step so very well done Tim and also well done to Mr 65 Martyn and they do say a good wine matures with age ,, say not more .

Well done to everybody who helped out especially to Roger Bowtle who gave up his racing to do a Stirling job as race officer, apart from the rain, the sailing conditions were perfect and gave us some great races, we now look forward to the Summer series that will start in April and before that the DF TT that is being held at the club on the 23rd and 24th March ,,, just two weeks time and we shall see the best skippers in the UK descend on Lincoln.