Sunday the 17th June turned out to be first class as far as the weather was concerned especially after all the rain we have experienced in recent weeks. Six competitors came to the line for the I.O.M Shield that was raced in the morning in a fresh westerly that had the fleet starting with top suit and quickly changing to  B suits for most of the six races, a fair swell was also evident sometimes making tacking tricky. The sun was out and the racing was very pleasant, results are below should you wish to analize your own personal performance as I do for every event , was it gear failure, did I go the wrong way up the beat , did I go to close to the mark, ( trying to be greedy) and touch it ,and end up doing turns ,  there are lots of little things that mess up our potential first position, and if we analize and try not to make the same mistakes we can improve and do a bit better in the next race.

The second race of the day was for the I.O.M Trophy , and by lunch time the wind had abated and it was jackets and jumpers off and top suits back on as the wind died to about 4 knots from the west. Again we had some close racing and Gordon had changed to another boat to try and work out which was quicker , well I think he proved a point , after missing the first race he came in first in the second , and had a series of very creditable results ending with up second to Mick for the Trophy with Ivan a close third, It was one of the best days at the lake we have had this year and in due course I will put up the series results so far , but in the mean time here are the results for the trophy

The tie for third place I believe goes to Ivan for having the most 2nd places .

Mick admin

OK guys this is the big one, all day at Lincoln , don’t forget the sarnies and flask ,let there be no excuses we want everybody to turn up , I have polished the trophy’s , Ivan has been sorting out the course , Colin has renewed all his rigging and Dave boy has been reading up how to get to the weather mark first ,Graham and Bob have been keeping a low profile,  seriously though, let’s have a good turnout , two prizes to be won and all that glory to bask in as well as the sun if it shines. Above all make sure your batteries are going to last all day. Visitors are welcome to come and race with us as long as they realise that the home club members are always on starboard and visitors cannot win the trophy’s ,

THE WEATHER LOOKS FAB

Mick Admin

Sunday 27th May started with a nice easterly 20% of top suit and gradually filled in to 80% top suit , bright sunshine and 20C plus,, had jumpers off and shorts on. We had one very welcome visitor Clive and Jenny from Rotherham and five club members , the two teams were drawn from a hat , and red and white did battle , in what was really fleet racing , none of your usual balking of the opposing team members made me think that maybe they are all gentlemen really , the racing was very close and at times exciting, with Colin sailing his Gadget very well , in fact the best I have seen him sail for some time , he even beat Mick with his new Mobster on one occasion and came a very close second on another. maybe he is beginning to get the bug, whatever it was he needs to keep doing it , The very last race saw Ivan pull out with a rudder problem , but all in all no gear failures which is good to see, Red team prevailed beating the white team by only 12 points , there was some mention of discards made at the end , but it went over my head I am afraid , I am reading a couple of good books at the moment and Ill let you know when they are finished One is about                                                   “being calm and ones inner self ” the other is all about Politics and being Diplomatic , I must say they are both hard going ,

Any way all for now , bank holiday weekend coming up I hope you all have a nice one , Me, well I am going to have a go at the Nationals at Milton Keynes Furzton lake over the 3 days saturday till monday , any body who is free to visit look me up Ill be pleased to see you.

Just a quick one regarding the Jetty project , we had a quick discussion on Sunday and I believe we have sorted a better way to do the jetty ( extend it ) Colin is going to be the Architect Bob will source some more polystyrene , Mick will source the scaffold planks and poles and hopefully in about 6 weeks we can get a generator and some power tools and make an identical jetty to the one we have on site and put it side by side the old one Gordon may supply the carpet , and we can all lend a hand on a specific working party on a non sailing day ,

I will diplomatically tell the main club that our plans have changed

we will not require their piece of rubber after all ,

All for now if anybody wants to email me you know the address

Mick  admin

As you may all remember we cancelled the all day event on the 29th April due to a very bad forecast and many of you were grateful when the Sunday dawned , I have been looking at the calendar and to give you all plenty of time to get it in your diary , I have come up with a new date 15TH OF JULY , I have changed the calendar ,, previously the 15th was a free sailing I.O.M day . Many thanks for your support

Mick admin