John Tushingham very kindly gave up his time to come to Rotherham help with understanding the racing rules of sailing , the event was well attended with 5 Guest members of Lincoln MYC . John set out to outline the rules from the start line through the race to the finish line inviting questions and also adding some tactical decisions for good measure , there was an hours break for lunch which was a feast of Pie and pee’s  followed in short order by a delicious crumble with custard and ice cream great home cooked grub that went down very well in deed and our thanks must go to Anne and Jackie for the delicious food and of course to Sam who organized the event , After lunch boats were rigged and we had some impromptu racing with John sailing his new boat CHINE’S which looked very nice, and certainly very quick,, Afternoon tea came at 3pm and those who had the Bakewell tart in the afternoon were calling for the event to be put on every week, as it was the best value events ever held £ 5.00 you can’t get better , a few pictures below will remind us of this get together , and of course our thanks to John Tushingham.

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Some of you will remember the A.G.M some months ago , and some may also remember that we suggested that we sell of the club I.O.M and also three other boats the club had accumulated , One of our members Graham Keithley agreed that because he had a little time on his hands he would repair the boats and get them to a reasonable standard to sell ( on eBay ), I ( mick ) got all the bits and bobs together with any parts i felt may be useful and delivered to Grahams shed ( shush cos i don’t think his wife knows ), any way some three months later we have a result and Graham has sold all four boats and has put the incredible amount of £ 621 .47 in for the club funds , and as Graham said in his Email it was well worth the effort , I am sure you will all join with with me in a big thanks to Graham for his efforts for the club .

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Lincoln offered a warm welcome to 24 visitors for the final round of the winter series. Trouble was the lake was not warm at all and when the race team arrived at 8am the lake had a covering of ice that almost put the event in jeopardy, a couple of guys jumped into the dingy and started rowing around the course where the buoys were to try to break it up, but is was stubborn and with no wind did not help , By 0930 am most of the competitors lined the banks of the lake and looked on with amusement at two crazy guys using a rowing boat to try to clear the course , a short meeting was convened and a postponement sorted till 11am , with a bit of breeze filling in the team with the help of some of the competitors worked feverishly to try to get some racing on , the weather was fantastic and eventually at 1130 the first race was run, in two heats , and on the third race the ice flow had moved close to the weather mark ( unbeknown to the race committee so when the skippers tried to round the weather mark they all got stuck in the ice ( is this a first ) heat abandoned ice breakers to the lake , a change of course and within half an hour we were running again, and this time we carried on and at the end of the day had manages 16 heats, and we think everybody went home happy, especially the winner on the day ,, and chief getting stuck in to the ice breaking man  Darin Ballington, the results are posted below and some pictures it is hoped to show  a short video of the days proceedings at a later date. Lincoln would like to thank everybody for their patience and understanding on the day.

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1st place Darin Ballington

2nd place tony Edwards

3rd place John Tushingham

4th place Graham Light weight Whalley

Winner of the Gibbs Trophy 2012/13 Darin Ballington

ICE STATION APEX

Never looks so bad on a photo , but hey trust me !!!!!!!!

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