A very nice mornings racing at scotland farm, A good steady breeze from the North West sunshine mulled wine and mince pies and all 13 skippers enjoyed the morning, even Albert Allen who is also known as Alan Edgar ( sorry Allen the name on the sheet was dificult to read and the compiler had one of those err moments )

Mick chamberlain started well on A + rig with a couple of bullitts and a second but went downhill shortly after Phil started slow and finished with three bullitts inj a row all on A rig , the wind was to be frank between the two rigs and got stronger as the morning wore on Roger B showed some great form as did Gordon B and Peter W probably sailed the best he has ever sailed, so well done to all.

Many thanks to Sue for warming up the mulled wine and dishing out the mince pies, Thanks also to Mick for having a little teach in on the DF 65 before we started ( hope it helped ) and also thanks to the race team for getting 8 quite long races in on a fabulous December Morning.

Scores below and congratulations to Phil for his win after a tricky start , we shall now look to the next round on the 30th December  the last of 2018.

see note below re scores not being sorted

My apologies to all but I have had a glitch in the programme and cannot sort the finishing order. I am sure I can fix it but have published the unsorted sheet so that the due process can continue.

Wow , yet another great day at the farm, sunshine great breeze, and of course great company. Chris Graves took an early win , a bit lucky but you take it when you can, Chris E then had a very good spell up to coffee break, but my eye was on Mick Cooper who was sailing very well indeed in fact the best I have ever seen him sail since he started three years ago , the trip to Harley Street mid week has done wonders and long may it continue, how proud he must have felt winning race three on merit. Another eye catcher was Gordon B who was sailing extremley well and won race six, his boat was tuned to perfection for the conditions. Phil H had a Winch feed problem and was unable to get started, but I am sure we shall see more of this new boat at the sharp end once he has it sorted. I seem to think as I have said before the whole fleet is improving, but to get to the consistancy required to give Chris E a problem will need a lot of hard work , but we are working on it.

Well done to Chris E, four in a row I believe, Only thirteen out this week but still a good fleet.  Next round on the 16th December  

thanks for all the helpers and OOD’s  a great mornings racing

a few not very good quality pics in you scroll down

5 seconds after the Start ,

” Just Chillin”

“NICE”

“I thought I was on Starboard “

39 chasing hard .

A couple of BP’s

New Polo’s are in

Two colours grey or blue all sizes up to 4 xxl ,,, To order see mick and grease his palm with £ 16.00 get one in time for the AGM on the 12th January, unisex and also trans gender available , pre brexit price .. be quick before stock runs out .

16 Skippers came to the line, very light , kinda no wind, but it was to soon fill in to a comfortable 5 to 8 knots from the North East , sailing from the East bank in glorious sunshine, Keith Holmes was quick of the mark in race one, With Rob W taking race two, Big news of the day was Phils Harphams new I.O.M made from a plastic printer at home ( sorry dont know the techo term) It looked fantastic and sailed really well,, a couple of rig mods  and the boat will go really well, so well done Phil.. The top 4 boats had a right ding dong battle with Chris E coming out on top but only just, Chris G is right up there, Nice to see Rob W and hopefully we shall see more of him. You will all be pleased that there was no sign of salad at all, but what we did get was copius amounts of sticky chocolate cake as it was Chaz J 75 birthday, many thanks for that Chaz . Looking further down the order and certainly no disrepects we are seeing quite a few skippers steadily improving in this class ,amidst a pretty hot fleet, what was also nice to see was, we started with 16 skippers and we finished with 16 , Mick Cooper after only three years sailing is now a regular mid fleet sailor as is Roger Bowtle both have improved this year, and will only get better,  Chaz Jordan sailed out of his skin today getting a seventh place ( could be the cake) Adrian C with his new boat seems to be enjoying his racing much more and i am sure it wont be long before we see him challenging the leaders. All in all a great mornings racing with skippers coming from far and wide. Great thanks to the OOD’s and all the little helpers.

Two more rounds before Xmas Dont miss it come and join in the great racing .

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just after the start in race 4 with Chris Graves in prime position

Phil’s new boat

Another very nice morning at Scotland farm a bit damp to start but by the time racing started it had dried out. Racing started on the South bank as the breeze was 5 to 8 knots south East but after the Tea break we moved to the East bank favored by many. At 1100 hrs a two minute silence was held to pay our respects to the fallen, Doug Hearn gave a short chat on his family ancestry to relate what happened during that time, and I am sure many of us could relate many similar stories I am sure. Mainly a A + rig day but some heavy gusts had many rushing to change down to smaller rigs, Mick C with his green A + rig mastered the conditions well, after Roger B won the first race. A very good fleet of 11 skippers had some great racing. This class is steadily improving and will only get better, practice and commitment is key to learning how your DF 65 will handle under a variety of conditions.

Well done to the race team and the helpers, the courses were quite long ( not that anyone was complaining ) and hence only seven quality races.

Keep your eye on the series click here  https://lincolnradiosailingclub.wordpress.com/race-series-open-results/df-65-winter-series-2018-9/ 

Round three is on 9th December, when there will be a twenty minute tuning guide chat by Mick C for those who arrive at 0900. There will also be Mince pies and a tot of mulled wine to steady your hands at the half time break.

DF 65 racing at Manor park 2018