Another windy day sailing on the South Bank, pretty dam cold, and a choice maybe of A suit or B suit, everybody except Tim H 44 went for B, and two of the first three races for Tim were his discards.

Rob W 97 with his Fraktal 2 and B rig took the first three bullets and then a second in the fourth, Stuart J 66 sailing his Lintel in Lintel weather did well and got a second in race three, the wind abated a tad from race four which allowed Tim H 44 to get a win and then it was coffee break, when all the hotshots changed to A suit, Coffee over and half the fleet stuck with B suit, it was still marginal but Tim H managed to win race 5 and the breeze came up a few knots allowing Mick C 165 in a borrowed boat to take the next win in race 6, the breeze stayed up and Chris E 74 won race 7 with Mick C in close company getting the 2nd place, and Dave R 57 who was sailing very consistently getting 3rd spot.

Rob W 97 continued his steady consistent racing as the wind got lighter and all those who stayed with B suit were just history as racing moved to the East bank for one last race, which was won by the ever improving Dave Rigby, Chris was second and Tim took third with countback from Dave, The racing as ever was sharp and competitive and I am sure a joy to watch. and ended in bright sunshine.

Many thanks to all helpers especially Greg and Peter for doing the finishing and scoring, Very well done to Rob for his win over 12 races and all skippers for the great atmosphere the racing was sailed in.

Cold , yes it was a bit cold, windy, no not really, sunny yes it was, In fact it was perfect conditions and with A+ rigs set all round , the 9 skippers had some great racing, unfortunately nobody could give Pete W 65 the competition on the day and he ended up with 7 bullets from 9 races Jen H 69 and Adrian C 63 were the only other winners in races 5 and 7. Mick C 46 had a breakage in race 2 that was quickly fixed, but on the day he was no match for Pete. Mike W 76 was also headed home early with a rudder servo failure as was Alan Edgar. The temperature never got above 1 degree but in the sun and with the walking it did not seem to bad.

Congratulations to Pete on his win , and many thanks to all who helped out especially to Peter Helen who did our scoring for us. I for one was pleased to get home and sit in front of a roaring fire.

Wow another blast at Lincoln, with a nor nor West blowing around 13 to 16 knots, sailing was on the South bank, It was forecast a bit nippy and the 17 skippers who sailed ( 18 turned up) I could see the thermals bulging thru, we had two ladies racing but both looked as warm as toast, On to the main stuff and it was Pete W 65, who was out of the tricky start line first and took the first three bullet’s in his Venti, he was in A suit as were some other’s but similar to round three, it was right in between A suit and B, Darin B 98 our visitor was 2nd in the first race and Jen H 69 2nd in race 2 Our very own Cooperman 39 was 2nd in race three, again with A suit in his bright yellow Venti.

By race 4 Darin was getting into his stride with his white Brit Pop , and eager to do well and had a string of good results including three bullet’s. Rob W 97 was staying in touch as was Dave R 57 , Keith H 88 was also having a good morning with some steady results, Tracy B 49 was having a great morning especially from race 5 had some great results and was really sailing well.

This is quite a hot fleet and you needed to be decisive with your tacks ,gybes and mark rounding which at time may have been a bit of an eye site test with one or two tangles at the spreader.

10 different designs on show here and as you can see, 4 skippers called it a day after the 4th race leaving 13 battling it out to the bitter end,. Very much improved was Mick C 39 or cooperman for short his level of concentration much improved, Just need to try and get a bit of consistency now and looking at the results only 6 points adrift of your mentor Chris E 74, you are getting there.

Very well done to race team and helpers , thanks guys for the photos and a very well done to Darin B for the win which could have been a lot closer if Pete W had not caught the buoy with his rigging , but hey ho that’s how it is sometimes, 10 races completed a great morning, so thanks to all for the manner in which you all sailed / raced

Looks like light winds at Lincoln for round two , bit fluky unfortunately no real write up for the mornings racing .

Results as you can see Dave Geldard won on countback from Keith Holmes, Mike Williams just pipped Mick Cooper who in turn pipped Peter Cogill, Looks like Greg had some issues.

Well done to all and especially Dave G 50 for a fine win, and all the helpers .