Another good turnout for this trophy race, It remembers, the members who have passed away since the club moved to the very popular Scotland farm venue, not including the Clive Hand Memorial trophy that is held in October.

The forecast was for just about what we got, Light winds and sunshine making it a very pleasant day, the Club welcomed three visitors, and we had 14 skippers on the water, the event was run as a normal club event where all sail, and share responsibilities, including start line and finishing, it works very well. Colin H 301 and Mick C 46 did the computer work as required.

Peter Cogill, the OOD got racing underway promptly and with nice long beat and run courses there was a good bit of separation, Pete W 678 took the first bullit in fine style but then had a sleepy period which gave Rob W 97 the opportunity to take the next two wins, Tim H 67 sailing his mums boat was always going to be a threat despite never sailed a DF 95 before, I am sure we shall see more of him with this class of boat. Racing was close up and down the fleet, and it must have been exciting to watch as we had a few interesting visitors. Chris More was doing particularly well, especially towards the 2nd half when he had mastered the sometimes fluky winds at Lincoln, Alan N 438 was not having his best day, but having a close battle with Colin T 431.

Colin H 301 I am sure has got more speed in him, he is fairly new to radio sailing but shows a lot of promise. We ended up with 14 races in a relaxed atmosphere, finishing at three pm, Pete W 678 won 6 out the 14 and the remaining wins were shared by the top 4 places, |Mick Co 39 came close with a 3rd as did Colin H 301, consistency is a word we all talk about often, and as the saying goes “the more I practice the better I get” , well not in every case I am sure.

Very well done to the guys on the podium and especially the winner Pete W 678 Only been radio sailing 2/3 years , But he has youth on his side , Thanks to everybody who helped and a special thanks to Grainne Lambert who came to present the prizes.

Easter Sunday massacre, always going to be short on numbers, as many Easter eggs lay uneaten, but hey 11 skippers turned out on a foggy morning to take part in the first in our Summer series, The fog quickly cleared, and Mick Coop and Sam P ably assisted by Pete W and Darin B sorted a course out on the South bank, wind was not the best direction but we got going, Before all that, we are looking at a new boat that one of our members had brought along , have to say at first glance it was in immaculate condition, and a credit to its owner, It was Pikanto , Ok we already had a Pikanto in the club ( hope the spelling is right) that was also very nice.

As you can see by the score sheet the club has some great designs, and with a decent top suit breeze,, not a lot of notice was taken in the first few races, but young Darin B was not just knocking on the door, Tim H won the first two races and Pete W got the third, The fourth was won by Darin B , with a few minor adjustment to rig and tune between races , we then had a coffee break, we also moved to the East bank, which was decided to be best of the two evils ( we were later to move back to the South and extend racing by half an hour due to the disruption.) all agreed !! Well after coffee, a lesson in racing, and tactics for those who had the time to look was surely on the table as Darin went on to win the following 4 races without reply, now it would be unfair not to mention the other 10 skippers up and down the fleet who all tried their very best to get the best from their boats, one skipper was trying a total new rig , and also the last few races were all sailed in bright sunshine and just about perfect conditions

Many thanks to all who got there early, ready to give help where it may be required and also get the course and bits and pieces ready for racing.

But hands up Darin B is arguably the clubs best radio skipper ,( he practices a lot,) and he is off to the Worlds in a couple of weeks in Italy with the RM class, I am sure we all from the club wish him our very best, and will be watching his progress .

So well done for the win, it was emphatic, can we learn something, ( only if we turn up maybe ) Oh just wanted to say the Pikanto was designed in 2008 , yes that’s right 15 years ago, and so just goes to prove in the right hands you can do very well , and of course club skippers do not have to spend a fortune to have some great racing, and know they have a great boat.

Apologies if I have rambled on, it is Easter Monday

My apologies for the lateness of this report on our website

Short report on Day 1 of the RM ranking at Lincoln which was won in fine style by Darin Ballington,

RM Ranking 2 , another short report

Results for the Marblehead Ranking 2 at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club.

After the hectic Saturday, a few beers and meal at the pub, a shorter night’s sleep than usual due to the BST change, 15 boats arrived for the Sunday event.

The A rig was hoisted by all for the morning races where we all enjoyed the racing in limit A rig conditions. These boats look so majestic in their top suit rigs and the racing remained as tight as the Saturday event was. Alas tight racing leads to some collisions and we lost a few boats during the day but as the day wore on and the breeze ebbed away the shifts became the be all and end all deciding each race, so often the right side was favoured and within a minute or two you were wishing you were on the left side of the course!

Inevitably someone had to come out on top and a three way battle for the podium spots was on all day between Graham Bantock, Rob Vice and Darin Ballington.

Graham started strongly, Rob had a good spell around lunch and Darin had his wins after his soup lunch which was offered to all by the host club.

The day was chilly but the applause was warming for the eventual winner Rob Vice from Graham and Darin.

Well done to all who survived unscathed and to those with bump, scraps or holes to fix I hope you enjoy the time in the workshop!

More Pics here on Flickr By Gillian click the link below

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DF 65 Saturday

April 2023 and the DF fleet comes to Scotland Farm , Thorpe on the Hill. First up the DF 65 , 40 skippers from around the country descend on our lake to give some great racing, the wind direction was not the best and ranged from 6 knots to around 10 knots. It was a chilly day with the breeze strait out of the North. Buzz Coleman, from Coalhouse Fort in Essex won the day with an impressive 4 wins from 8 race’s held in two fleets, John Tushingham from the Keighley up on the Yorkshire moors was second and Nigel Brown from the Gosport club , way down South was third Three local skipper’s took part, in this first day of racing , and the club can be commended for their organising ability, Bacon butties , and soup and bread to warm up the coldest hands ,

full results below for round 3 below , scroll down further for the DF 95 results . and plenty of Pictures .

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DF 95 Sunday

After a very pleasant dinner and presentation at the Railway inn for about 50 skippers, on the Saturday night , of which 26 were presented with their Global’s shirts for the forthcoming Global’s , (26 was the UK’s allocation in the scheme of things ,,) in May this year, which will be held at Fleetwood in Lancashire, where we have 15 country’s represented from of course around the ” Globe ” Great night and great food with chit chats going on until the early hours.

But I must move on , early Sunday morning and the breeze was lighter , but hey ho it had veered a tad and was now out of the North East , Straight down the lakes East bank, and dare I say it almost perfect conditions. Today we had 52 skippers and so it was necessary, to have 3 fleets . Starting with the Seeding race’s that were won by Craig Richards and David Adam from down South and John Sharman from the North west end of the country, we then had a short break and then some right royal action. The Start line was ( as an observer ) perfect , Skippers will not agree, I am sure , and so we had one or two general recalls, and the first 2 thirds of the beat was just about normal but the last 50/70 yards to the weather mark were a test of everyone’s ability, and it was never the same for each race, At the end of the day the skippers who handled it best were at the top of the leader board, Graig Richards, took the win , closely followed by Dave Adam and John Tushingham . But I have to say very well done to all competitors over the two days of racing, The home club Lincoln had 6 skippers racing on the Sunday so very well done to them, I would also like to say many thanks to the Lincoln club, for putting on the event and all the helpers over the last two days who contributed to a great event, on and off the water.

Also many more pics from Sue Brown can be seen here , click the link

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