Hi everybody , we have been donated 2 I.O.M and 1 Radio Mablehead by somebody who is moving to Cambridge and for last 8 years has not ben able to find a local club to sail at , They live at the mo in Birchwood which is walking distance from the lake , They found us this time by goooogling and we came top of the list , and she called Jackie and then I went down and picked the stuff up , All boats are glass fibre and in good nick if not a bit old all have fins and old-fashioned short leads , the rigs are bitty but the Rm has two swing rigs but no sail winch , And I am sure if we got a new member with very little money we could get a boat set up for them at low-cost which we could pass on and make a bit of profit for club funds . Also re the hulls I.O.M if anybody has a grandson and wants a hull to play around with ,,, say £ 20.00 all for club funds let me know ,

HYKHAM MEETING AUGUST7 TH  2012.      As you all know the main dingy fleet has been very disrespectful to us in recent weeks by sailing straight through our course despite the fact that we only use a third of the gap between the Island and our spit , I brought this fact up at the meeting and received some apologies and a promise that in future when we have our full day events the race officer for dingy’s would ensure all skippers exercise restraint from sailing into our area , I was also pleasantly surprised to find two or three members of the committee who came down on our side of things and are fully supportive of our activities .

As some of you  also know we have been asked by the M.Y.A. if we would like to be considered to hold the R.M Nationals early in May 2013 , The general consensus was amongst members was ok, And the Mya would draft in whatever help we required Ie race officers and management etc , I felt we could quite easily put on this prestigious two-day event , and may even make a bit of money for club funds , But more importantly promote the racing to the local people and hopefully gain a new member or two , At the committee meeting we were given their full support and blessing and anything we need we only have to ask .

The tubes and the waterfront were also mentioned at the meeting , and although it is taking shape quite nicely , I did ask about the health and safety angle, which seemed to fall on deafish ears , But John Peter’s finally said that the club              ( Hykham) would ultimately be responsible. I am still waiting for an answer from a friend  re the scaffold but hope to make some progress this sunday . We do need to get together probably middle of September time to tidy up the groundwork and lay some grass seed that will be supplied by the main club . It was also suggested that we could use the rubber mats laid in the corner for any use we may have .

Finally I hope we have solved the starter box problem but I fear if it goes wrong again it may be false economy to keep spending on repairs , this last time has cost us £ 32.00 with postage and labour . The kitty has only around £ 30.00 left in it and I am hoping we can hold out to the A.G.M to rearrange how the club moves forward with a reasonable membership fee .

SUNDAY 12th   The calendar say’s Match Racing but as you know we have a significant weed problem and we agreed amongst the members last week we would curtail the Match Racing days untill the weed had finally cleared , If any of you remember please bring a rake or something and we can at least get rid of the weed floating on our edges before the wind turns and it blows back into the middle of the lake. the racing on sunday will be fleet racing but no trophy is on offer  ( free sailing ) I.O.M

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Six boats came to the line 4 Marblehead and two I.O.M’s , the day was bright and sunny with a steady breeze about 8/10 knots from the south south west enabling a good windward leeward course to be set , The start was just on the edge of the bay and after a little fussing about the fleet got away to a good start , weed became a problem in that virtually every boat in every race was affected by it and some boats electing to sail close to the shore so the skippers could affect a quick weed clear from fins and rudders , Gordon posted the first win in what was to be very even racing with no one boat having a clear advantage , Race two was won by Ivan and race three by David with his I.O.M “knot a clew “, Then it was Gordon again , and so it went on through all six races, when the final results were worked out it was BOB and Ivan tying for first place but on countback Bob scraped it with two seconds, The results are posted below , for you all,,, but in the conversation that followed  there was talk of Mick being last ,,, for anybody who might have missed it !!!!  Pleasure for  some I am sure.

You may notice Mick and Colin tied for 4th place , But on count back you will see that Mick posted a win, and Colin did not .whether Colin’s DNF would have made a difference Is your little quiz for the week ,, answer’s please on a postcard .

Next week it Is I.O.M match racing , Most of us had a conversation at the lake on Sunday and it was decided that all the time we had weed on the lake we would not do the match racing ,, So That old saying “FREE SAILING” will take place , which means you bring you I.O.M and race just as hard as you would normally , record the results for your own satisfaction if you wish to , but they will not be added to the series results .
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Three starters came to the line for the I.O.M Dellfield trophy in glorious conditions with sunshine ans a perfect south westerly around ten knots. we had a visitor who stayed the whole day and because he had not brought his own boat he took turns with our boats and competed in all races , Our old friend Martin Lambert ( less of the old ) came to see us on the eve of going into Nottingham hospital for surgery , It was a delight to see him as he has not been able to get up to the lake all season so far , He thoroughly enjoyed his day and so did we , honours were mixed and the racing close and when he took over his old boat from Bob and blasted away into the lead we could see the old magic was still there , He helped us all set our sails and gave some good advice and you could tell he had really missed it and cant wait to get back to it again . I spoke to Martin on Friday after he had had the operation and although a bit sore was in good spirits , He did say he wanted me to thank everybody for a great days sailing , he enjoyed it just as much as we did ,,,, so get well quick Martin we wish you speedy recovery and all the very best for the future , the results are posted below with some pictures of both events

Ok Mick and Bob with the same points but Bob wins with more first places while Mick sailed a very conservative series , well done Bob

The afternoon saw much of the same after a sarnie and a cuppa , the wind and sun still with us and we followed the same format with Martin sailing our boats a different one in each race , After race Three we noticed heavy rain clouds forming in the South West and decided to have Just one more race to complete the series , to be honest we had also got a little fed up with the dingy fleet showing not the slightest respect and sailing through our marks and even hitting them so only four races were sailed and the results are below , with a win for Colin after a little tweaking with Martin on his set up , lets hope he has forgotten by next week Well done Colin .

WELL DONE COLIN

Six yachts came to the line to contest the Roden Trophy in flat calm conditions at the start , the wind did eventually fill in from the North East to give some good competitive racing, Problems with the start box continue and so everybody took turns in doing the countdown and it was quite obvious that multi tasking is quite dificult as the concentration required to do both is impossible for the over sixty’s .This should have been an all day event that was mared by both weed and the disrespect of the dingy’s sailing straight through our course and in the event the afternoon match racing was cancelled , Graham K was also sailing out of class with a R.M so his results will not count in the series and should also be discounted in the results below ,,, meaning that David G won with a very respectable 10 points , well done to him,

Roden Trophy