Wow , The forecast looked good all week but the 30 skippers got some of the very best conditions ever for Radio Racing, hey it was 2nd February , it could have been mid summer, The club had visitor’s from far and wide, a 3 hour trip each way for some , and we are pretty sure the drive home had them smiling. The breeze started a little East of South and so the seeding for both fleets was sailed on the South Bank, Darin B was great in the boat and got a course set in no time, Winners of the seedings were Martyn A sailing his Brit Pop and Roger C 30 with his heavily modded Venti. a short delay while our scorer Colin H sorted out the fleets and we were off , still on the South bank, but a change in breeze was imminent, B fleet completed , and we moved to the favored East bank, Race two was won by Robert Mcintosh, followed home by Dorian Crease , third going to Ben Wallace sailing his Rockstar.

The racing was incredibly close and the conditions nigh on perfect and with three long beat’s and runs you had a chance to get back should a minor error happen. Mick C the OOD for the day kept things moving and the superb race team worked well together. and the racing just flowed. The behaviour on the bank was superb after an earlier incident,( just handbags ) and a pattern was beginning to form as it usually does, Class generally show’s , but the battles all thru the fleet were a delight to watch. By 3 pm the breeze fell away slightly and the skill factor really came into play, the wins being well spread and nobody having it all their own way , in fact we manage to do 8 races , that’s actually 16 heats, Robert Mcintosh sailing his V9 came out tops ( the Lincoln lads heard he was good ) he took two wins, Our very own Darin Ballington was second , 1 win, Tim Hand another local in third with 1 win, Dorian C 1 win, Brian S 1 win , and Paul Kelly 1 win and he will be delighted as he was sailing his new V 10 I had heard that some boats had changed hands after the event, this is such an exciting class to race in, so guys very well done to the top three , in what was a very competitive fleet, In fact very well done to all skippers taking part and many who travelled, you are all a credit to this great sport. Also the race team Colin H , Mike W , Richard J, Mick C , Ed W , and Both Jen H and Darin B who did so much behind the scenes as well as on the day . Hope you all have safe journey home and your all welcome at Lincoln any time .

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