The Day dawned bright and breezy for the 14 Competitors who came to the line for the final shoot out after a summer long series, The breeze did not disappoint and top suits were used throughout, with only one or two gusts threatening to destabilise one or two yachts, With only three points separating the top three, there were not going to be any prisoners taken. Mick C gbr 46 got cracking with two bullets closely followed by Graham gbr 88 , Martin who was leading the series by three points only managing a third and a fourth in the first two races, and needed to up his game to stop this slipping away from him, In the third he got a second getting pipped at the post by Stephen gbr 57 , in the fourth it was back to winning ways for Mick gbr 46 but with the Lintel of Mick H gbr 131 getting a great result in second after leading the fleet until half way up the final beat Martin again only managing a fourth , Race 5 saw Graham gbr 88 taking the win with Martin still struggling into fourth spot, race 6 saw Chaz J gbr 99 take a well deserved second. The beat was proving quite tricky and local knowledge was helping, In the last race Mick gbr 46 and Martin gbr 21 fought tooth and nail every inch around the course, and with Mick leading by no more than a foot the final beat took the pair far out to the right hand side of the course Mick was waiting for Martin to Tack back onto starboard before making his move, Both yachts heading at full pelt on Starboard tack   not a metre apart , as the line drew closer it was Martin who had the last laugh winning the race by a few inches,. Results are posted below and with Martin only needing third or better he takes the series The series results will be posted as soon as I can ,

Mick Did win the final race of the season , and would like to thank everybody at the club and all the visitors that have made sailing at Scotland Farm Such a pleasure In 2014 .

All I can say is well done Martin you nicked it,  with your perseverance and never say die attitude you are a pleasure to sail against and a perfect gentleman,, Its your turn at the bar !!!!!

Martin with his series winning AB4 I.O.M Summer series now complete well done Martin

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IMAGE BY Sue Brown

The day dawned quiet and foggy as the race team awaited the arrival of 30 competitors to Scotland Farm, Kettle was on and bacon butties made ready, but the lake was a different story, apart from the very close buoys only a few coots could be seen scurrying away about there business in the early morning mist, The sun was trying but as the competitors started to arrive it was painfully obvious that B suits would not be used today. The Lincoln club helpers turned up in force from far and wide to try and make this event work well Norman setting up his caravan as the race office complete with flag pole Seymore  did a grand job sorting out the car parking , Caz and Tim had a steady stream of customers for Bacon Baps and tea and coffee. By 0930 there was little change one minute the flags were fluttering the next hanging like rags, a half hour postponement was announced with a loud hail of the whistle, and by 10 20 it became apparent that we would be sailing from the south bank and a course was laid , the briefing was held and the first of the two seeding fleets (B) were on the water making the way to the start in 1/2 knots of wind , amazingly the first boat finished the race 16 minutes after starting , but that was about as good as it got  as the second seeding race did not finish until 1145 am. The race team decided that an early lunch was in order, in the hope that a breeze would fill in once the fog lifted , this was in fact the case but hey don’t get too excited we are still talking about drifting conditions with some drifting faster than others. By 1330 there was a significant change in the wind direction and racing was moved to the East bank and increased some times to a massive 3 knots , but as you all know in these conditions the clever guys always consistently do  the right thing and come out on top although not always in every race Well done to John Tushingham with his new design Vision, who won the event, his boat obviously drifted far quicker than the rest , Alex Corey finished in a very good second place with a home design, and in third place was Nigel Brown sailing his V8 Vickers design,  Thanks to all who made it a good day in spite of the frustrating conditions, I was extremely pleased with the general conduct on the bank, and rule observance saved us all a lot of time , Only seven races completed , so we must pray for wind a lot harder next time . race results are below and Sue Brown has very kindly allowed us to use her pictures of the event , so many thanks to her see link below the results

all pictures from Sue Brown at Cat sails

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Prize Giving Pictures HERE

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