13 Skippers showed on Sunday 6th September, the weather forecast was not looking great with rain on the agenda, but as so often happens it turned out to be a fantastic morning for racing. A steady but quite shifty Westerly breeze around 8 knots had the fleet doing a dog leg beat along the East bank, Tim H 44 got of to a great start with the V10 winning the first race with Mum Jen H 69 coming home in second spot, team effort ,,, Pete Cogill 101 V 9 took third spot , and was sailing very well , and getting the shifts spot on.

Race two saw Rob W 97 with his Brit Pop win and Tim coming home second, Mick C 46 took third spot after leading and then getting a shift totally wrong. Race three and it was David R 57 (green hull) in his Vision followed home closely by Chris G 11 Brit Pop and Pete C another 3rd spot.

Chris G took race four and then it was coffee break the wind had veered probably 15 degrees and The OOD Jen decided we would try the South bank, The wind was still a little too far to the left, and it gave one long port tack and a short starboard tack to reach the weather mark, one or two boats also got in the way of some floaty weed notably Tim and Mick C, the winner of this race was Keith H 88 with his brand new Sedici, Jen H got second and Pete G another third and was showing some very consistant results, The OOD rightly reverted back to the East bank for the remaining races, in race six we saw Bob G 23 with his sedici take the win, Bob had been missing from the club for some months due to work commitments and it was gret to see him back, his racing/ tuning improved as the morning wore on and he must have been very pleased with his overall result getting two 1st’s and a second.

The racing kept everyone on their toes with the shifts and it was great to see Tim Hand taking top spot with his V10 and showing us all he is a force to be reckoned with in the future, Rob took second spot and Peter G sailed better than I have ever seen him sail to take third spot. This is Social sailing , and it was fantastic racing . We have a very competetive fleet of I.O.M’s at Lincoln and there can be no hiding place, so if you want some great racing in the East Midlands a couple times a month, this is the place to be, not saying everything is perfect, but its certainly 9 out of ten.

Many thanks to all who helped setting up and breaking down and also Mike W who did the scores for us, Jen for doing OOD’s stuff and of course all skippers who made it such an enjoyable morning, once again well done Tim,

11 Skippers showed up on a fabulous Bank holiday Sunday morning, The sun was out and a good strong breeze was evident from the North. Mick Chamberlain set out in the dingy to check the bouys and move a few around, other members were busy doing bits and pieces with rakes , to enable Jen Hand the OOD to set a dog leg course up the East bank. Roger B had a breakage and missed the first two races, The breeze was about 90 % of A suit to start with and it gradually through the morning went went down to about 70%, which gave us all some fantastic racing.

Jen 69 got off to a great start and won the first race with Mick C 46and Keith Holmes 39 in close attendance, Mike W 839 getting to grips with the radio came home a creditable 4th. The next two races were won by Mick C 46 with the other Mick, 53 ( he thinks that is his age ) with the beeping tranny came home 2nd proving that the boat is certainly quick in the right direction. Many shifts up and down the course caught skippers out many times and made for some interesting racing, 11 races were completed by the 1pm deadline and we can only commend the OOD Jen , who kept things fluid and moving at a good pace. At this point I would like to point out that both Mick 53 and Mike 839 sailed probably as well as I have ever seen, Roger 448 had a couple of great 3rd’s in races 8 and 9 , and Jen 69 must have been well pleased with her performance. All in all a great mornings racing, and the only salad in attendance was in our sandwiches at coffee break, which we can only thank the Wednesday gang for all the hard work that has been put in over the last few weeks, Also many thanks to all the helpers before and after racing to get stuff organized and the skippers for making it such an enjoyable morning, Racing as you can see was close with Mick 46 just edging it.

A grey overcast but warm morning greeted 9 skippers for the DF 65 racing, a decent breeze from the South west which gradually veered to the west. The first 4 races were straight up and down the East bank with anti clockwise control area working quite well, Great to see Keith back at it, and getting the win in race two and race five, Dave Rigby was in fine form with two seconds and a win in the first three races. All boats apart from Pate Webster were on A + rigs but Pete was going very well inspite of the lack of canvas. After coffee the wind had veered and the course was changed to give two seperate beats out into the lake before the weather mark and the long run downwind, this change either by coincidence or some other factor seemed to send a bit of floaty weed probably from the West bank ( which has never been cleared) onto our course and we saw quite a few pit stops and it did seem to effect everyone at some stage during the second 4 races, which was unfortunate. Mick C came out on top from Dave R and Keith H ,it was good to see Pete W sailing very well, The wind as usual was quite shifty but steady around 10/12 knots.

Many thanks to Roger B for getting everything ready, and all the boys and girls who helped, and also to Greg C who came down and did the scoring and took a few nice pictures , A good mornings racing.

Another fantastic day of racing at Lincoln, wind around 40% of top rig North East breeze, a bit overcast but warm , had a great beat and run along the East bank. Eleven skippers turned out, just perfect for one fleet racing, and the first race was always going to be hard fought, and so it was with Rob W taking the first of 4 wins and gaining an unbeatable lead, Mick C and Tim H, chased and chased, others too were having great races, Roger B with his B/P got a second in race three, Jen Hand a second and two thirds in race’s 4/5/and 6 and a win in the last race of the day. Pete W was not at the races today and was unlucky some of the time, We all need to try and analize ( if we can remember ) where we went wrong, for me “Greed ” messed up two of my races when patience would have paid a dividend or two. A great mornings racing with a great bunch of lads , Many congrats to Rob W for the win and also to Tim who has not yet fully mastered the V10, but beware guys cos when he does he will be awesome. Many thanks to Roger B and everybody who helped out, and for those of you who missed it, I just hope ypu enjoyed the full English !!!!!!!