Wow what a day at Lincoln, Firm breeze , straight down the lake, 18 skippers came to the start line, and I am pretty sure all went home smiling. At briefing it was always going to be a choice of A rig or with the strengthening breeze would you play it just a little safe and stick on the B rig, well have got to say it was a A rig stay and a few opted for this and they were right, 1st blood went to the visitor from Birkenhead, and in fact the top three all had A rigs including Rob Radbourne with his Proteus who took a third spot, The breeze had picked up considerably and not sure if we did one more race or not but very soon the A riggers were rushing for their sail boxes as this was now defiantly B rig conditions , boy oh boy what racing we were in for, brilliant course, 3 long beats with two good runs and a gate at the bottom, Races two and three were taken by Darin B 98 with his Brit Pop , Tim H 134 had a sniff in race two but it was not going to be his day, Rob W 97 was going well but with the strong breeze and waves was not going like he knows he can, Roger C 30 with his Venti improved as the day wore on and will be well happy. Paul M 52 from Fleetwood was going very well with his V12 and improves with every outing . Mick C had Winch problems which held him back in the first two races but them a miracle , and all was ok , not so Pete W 65 with a similar problem was forced to retire after race 9.

I just could not know where to begin with trying to tell you all how exciting this racing was, at time the wind gods came out and gave us all a test especially downwind and at times it was max for the B rig with wipe out a many and down in the gate area there were some decent sized waves to make it even more interesting, Darin B 98 was dominant but all thru the fleet local battles were being had, the visitor’s , not including Roger C ( as he is one of ours ) had a great day, as did everybody.

Just a quickie here there were an awful lot of ex Dingy racers out there today and all will say what a fantastic sport /hobby this radio racing is, and when you get days like this it is a fantastic advert for our sport, young or old Radio Racing is a challenge so come and join us.

Very well done to Darin for the win , and in fact we were all winners today, and to all for making it a great day, see you next time .