Wow , another great day of racing at Lincoln 13 skippers showed up on a chilly but very nice Sunday morning , A moderate N Easterly enabled racing to take place on the East Bank, Very shifty I have to say with a funny patch in the middle of the beat that caused more than one skipper some anxiety pulses. Young Jen Hand 69 was out of the blocks to take the first bullet, in style from Pete C 110 and Mick C 46 2nd and 3rd respectively, A new comer to the DF fleet but not to RC sailing Rob W 26 came close in race 2 with a second, and was learning fast. Pete W kinda hit a few boats in the first two races so it was an unusual bad start for him , but he clawed his way back. from Race 5 the retirements started for a variety of reasons, Alan N 232 was not having a great day, same as Ed W 31 , Geoff S 580 had his family down to watch so was keen to do well and I am sure he will be pleased with his result, included in the retirements were Mike W 76 , and Alan E 890, Race officer Adrian C 63 kinda missed the first three with gear failure which he eventually sorted, The Breeze all morning had some strong gusts and the beat was a test , get it right and you were away clean , get it wrong and the word dumped came to mind. Mick C 46 was sporting some 3/4 year old Icarex sails on and either his phenomenal skill or the sails definitely worked for him today, Him and Pete W 65 took four wins apiece and Jen picking up the last or in this case 1st one , We also welcomed ( although boatless at the mo) Richard a new member at the club who should take delivery of two shining DF’s next Tuesday so look out guys the fleet is growing, Still a few skippers missing but hey a good turnout for a chilly morning.

Great to see Gordon B out racing , after all his hard work on the new Jetty on the South Bank , but well done Mickey boy 46 for once always in control and he appeared to certainly have the boat speed, ahead of his visit to Southport for the first of the TT’s next weekend, Jen H 69 will also be at Southport so we wish them both well .

thanks to everybody who helped get the gear away and many thanks Adrian our OOD for the day

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racing needs to start with at least two laps to allow separation for so that the final beat to the finish allows time for the two winners to get settled in time to take down the scores, Race one today proved a tricky one to sort due to only one lap and the first six crossing the line very close together , all good fun , well done everybody .

All you need to go DF 65 racing .

What a fantastic day for racing, apart from Cake at the lake for Gordon and Mick, this was a great day of racing, breeze started in the North West and gradually backed to the South West , A rigs used through out this incredibly sunny morning. Mick C and Tony J sorted what needed to be sorted ably helped by Pete W who set out the course on the South bank, a good long beat and run Tim H 44 got off to a great start taking the first two bullets, and clearly meant business with his V 11, Race three and Mickey boy 46 got the win but he was so inconsistent and getting into all sorts of trouble, poking his nose in where other fear to tread and paying the penalty. Scraps were going on all thru the fleet , and it was great to see Gordon B 130 out racing again after quite a long lay off.

Thirteen skippers enjoyed the morning and there were a number of absentee’s, which was surprising as the forecast was spot on. Everybody will look back on this set of races and know what they did right or wrong.some skippers seemed a little of colour, too much lemon drizzle at coffee break.

Congratulations to Tim H 44 for well deserved win , both Him and Mick C 46 shared the wins, and everybody went home happy I am sure ,

Thanks to everybody for helping get the kit away.

If you thought last week was light, well we had it all again , so not to much to report, Peter and Colin T sorted out the course on the South bank and away we went, Not exciting at all, Mick Cooper won the first, stayed for one more then went of to Cadwell to see his mates. We welcomed a new member Sam Parker to the club His first real race and he did rather well, so well done Sam may it continue, Racing finished a tad early , but 6 of the fleet stayed and had a friendly, and still finished before 1pm , but hey ho.

We also welcomed Kevin back from his India trip , and had a few snippets of his adventures.

Well done to Pete for the Win and thanks to everybody who helped with the gear .

Well there was a breeze and then there was not, Race team there early, and there was a little breeze, but not from a great direction , never mind lets make the best of it and with Chris E 74 helping out , we had something workable ,, a little dog leg ,Sorted. Chris who has been absent due to other commitments was right on it and took the first bullet Pete W 65 in hot pursuit, well perhaps not hot, and Rob W 97 took third. The top three took all the wins that were on offer, it was light and tricky, The OOD Mike Williams decided not to sail so he could concentrate on his duty, a Little hiccup was a protest the was held at coffee break with Chris being the enforcer and sorting out the bones of it invariably there are two sides to each story , skippers see it differently and so on. I am not sure what the upshot was, but at least it could have been a learning curve. Only seven races completed due to the light wind, Dave R57 got a call from home and needed to vacate the site , Mick C had batterie problems and missed the last three races. the good news was we may have found a new member Simon Parker 34 with his Robot, great to meet you mate, hope to see more of you .

Thanks to the OOD and everybody who helped get the gear away , very well done Chris E 74 for his win