Fantastic mornings racing , 13 skippers turned up in this more than popular one design class. Racing took place on the South Bank, with a steady  A rig breeze around 8 to 10 knots from the North West, We welcomed a visitor from down sarf Neil and are sure he enjoyed the racing. Firstly I must apolagize for the lack of specific training , my fault entirely in failing to be clear what was  Required .

Keith H got off to a great start winning the first race with Mick and Jen hard on his transom, role reversed in race two with Mick taking the win from keith and Pete getting third spot. the racing was good up and down the fleet, and there were some great tussles, Mick and Keith had a good look as some skippers set ups, to try and maximise rig tune. The course was just a little one sided but it was the same for all. The sun shone and at the end of the morning we were all quite warm. Mick just took the honours but was pushed all the way, Bill just squeezed out Mick Co on countback. Have a look at the results everybody , and try to work out where you may have been able to do just a bit better, there will be races you remember vividly and think ?,$£!)(  .

Great racing , and thanks to Mick Co and Ed for officiating and Keith for handing out some info on adjustments to DF 95 rig

We could soon be 15/16 skippers in this class, and the one design aspects means boat set up , and how you handle the start and first beat are paramount .

Several skippers and families enjoyed a great Saturday evening meal at The Railway on the day that the rugby world cup was decided.  A great time and much wine was had by all in the great local pub . Wow,  we arrived at the lake at 08.00, thick fog and not a breath of wind, but give it a couple of hours and the sun came out and a gentle breeze filled in from the South West to get racing started on the East bank. Quite a long beat and run course was set that gave the fleets three good beats, the shifty wind catching quite a few skippers out throughout the day, with the shifts changing in virtually every race. Seeding races were won by Chris Elliot from Lincoln and Derek Priestley from Fleetwood. The breeze had filled in after a short delay (the scoring computer not playing the right tune) and some exciting races followed, and with two fleets skippers got a break from the long walk up and down the bank. Race two was won by Nigel Brown from Gosport, last year’s winner of the Clive Hand, with second going to Rob Wilson and third  Tim Hand a Lincoln member. Race three and four were won by Darin Ballington sailing a Widget from probably 10 years ago but still in fine condition, Nigel Brown keeping his score low with a second in race four, Tim Long also got a great result in race four with a third but was to better this in race 5 with a bullet. As I said earlier, the shifts in quite a decent breeze were catching skippers out big time, so there were one or two glum faces.  That needed turning round.  Out came the famous sausage burgers with a few onions and smiles returned. Race six saw a 20 degree shift in wind to the west followed by a drop in strength and it looked likely it would fade completely but there was still a bit of pressure to enable  A and B to complete the course before the breeze returned to its original direction and increased a couple of knots to allow race seven to be completed.  There were some great battles up and down the fleets and skippers were extremely well behaved with the observers doing a great job. The final A fleet race in light winds had the Sedici of Nigel Brown take the gun and Tim Hand with another Sedici second and the widget of Darin Ballington coming home in third. All in all a great day’s racing , and our thanks to the many helpers from Lincoln and other visiting clubs to make sure we were all kept well fed and watered .  The race team from scorers, to  finish line team , observer getters , cake makers, bacon cookers , burger cookers , Just a Big Thank You . Also, the skippers – thank you very much for coming and we hope you had an enjoyable day and will come back and visit Lincoln again soon Club helpers who gave their time with help and support. With out them No event . Mick Chamberlain, Alan Edgar, Ed Whitaker, Ivan Stephenson, Greg Codling, Roger Bacon, Geoff Streeter, Gordon Bennett, Jen Hand, Jackie Chamberlain , and of course Jan Cooper, with the bacon butties. Non Club Members, Darin Ballington for help with HMS and in the dingy, Maureen Priestley  and Sue Benson for their culinary skills with the sausage burgers.   Results below

Foggy at 8am but we ave ad a great nite out down the Railway .

Getting busy by 9am

Make sure you are in the front seats !!!!

Could be trouble ahead !!!! 46

Fantastic day for Radio Sailing

The long run to the Gate .

A few more pics here from Roger B Caz and Geoff , enjoy

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Wow AND WOW in Capitol letters , After the rain we have had over the last few days and especially last night, It was such a nice surprise for 12 skippers to be greeted with wall to wall sunshine and a great north westerly around 10 / 14 knots .  Mick Ch and Gordon sorted out the course whilst Jen got an early start on the Portaloo ready for next weekend , Sailing was going to be on the South bank with three great beats and two runs to a gate., It was perfect, only glitch was the starter misfired 2/3 times , an Electrical  short maybe, it was intermitent and Jen continued the countown when it misfired, Mick Ch was on fire today, the racing started in A suit for the preambles and the first race, but it was clear before the race ended that B suit was required, and so the race team gave 15 minutes for almost everybody to change down to B suit  Racing restarted with all but one skipper on B suit. the top five skippers were all on B suit ,  Jen and Keith and Gordon were trying there hardest in the waves and Pete our new member was going well but the conditions and the waves made life difficult. it was looking like a white wash but Keith managed to get the win in race 6. The racing was superb all morning. The level of the lake is rising alarmingly and probably another foot of water and we could be raising all the jetty’s again !!!!!

Well done to everybody for helping out, and getting the dingy put away , and a great turnout for round one of the series

Suport the club and come sailing for a couple of hours on a Sunday morning.   results below

Looks like a port starboard coming up .

A south easterly wind with a little drizzle of rain at various times greeted the 12 sailors this morning at Scotland Farm.
Top suit was chosen even though there were very strong gusts that were to cause problems to one or two skippers.
Good to see a few sailors arriving early to help OD Peter Cogill set the course and arrange some of the bouys, equipment etc. Most notable was Chris Graves.
The lead ebbed and flowed between Rob Wilson,Chris Elliott and Keith Holmes with Rob winning on countback, a very close call.
On reflection a brilliant mornings racing for those present and a big miss for those absent.
Lastley a big thank you to Rob Wilson and Chris Elliott for giving help and guidance to those in need!

Mick Cooper

Results below Note  all entrants are members of Lincoln ,

Many thanks to Mick Cooper for the write up and Geoff Streeter for the results,

Perfect leeward start for Rob Wilsons Brit Pop