Only five sailors for a stunning ‘C’ rig day at Lincoln! It was a rare treat to experience this
much wind with a DF65. The wind was whistling down the South bank providing a near
perfect beat and run on a short course. Eleven races were completed at two-and-a-half laps
per race. No course changes were required.
Martyn set the pace with two back-to-back wins closely pursued by Mick, with most of the
rest of the fleet close behind. The next two races were Mick followed by Martyn. Then a
short break whilst Mick restrung his boat and Martyn helped Roger to tune his DF65.
After the break Jen came out to play and took firsts and seconds for most of the remaining
races, showing good speed and boat handling in quite demanding conditions. Failed tacks
and failing to take advantage of the wind shifts was disastrous in the close racing. The top
windward mark was also in a wind shadow from the bank and caused some problems.
Roger and Sam both had their time at or near the front but tended to drop back. Sam
suffered a gooseneck failure and had to deploy his B rig which was far too much sail area for
most of the time, making the downwind leg a big problem.
Mick showed the most consistency and won with thirteen points. Jen tied with Martyn on
seventeen points but took second due to her four race wins against Martyn’s three. Sam
narrowly beat Roger by one point on this great well-contested sailing day. We all went away
with a smile on our faces and a bit of wind-burn!
Thanks to everyone (particularly Roger) for the set-up and clear-down assistance and to
Roger again for his valuable rescue boat skills in helping Martyn to set out the course buoys.

Report by Martyn Aspinall