A baking hot week preceeded our Sunday morning with tempretures well into the 30,s ,,,,,,,,, but we all rocked up , 13 of us ,to fine misty rain a decent breeze from the North West and no sign of the sun , We had a chat for the first hour on how to set up and tune ( the DF 95) the basics,  and then tried to do a few practice starts, Unfortunatley the wind direction was not where we really wanted it on this occasion as we had decided to sail on the East bank to stay away from some nasty green stuff on the south bank, any way enough of all that ,  it was great to see Chris and Lisa More again and a new visitor from Market Bosworth Andy Soars, all welcome to race any time,  and we hope they all enjoyed it . For just about the first time this year a bit of floaty salad came into play and made life a tad difficult for most skippers at some time or other , the racing was tight all around the fleet and skipper were for the mst part doing their turns when they should , the start as I said before was not perfect  but sometimes you just have to bite the bullett and get on with things, Mick C won the first three races before the dreaded weed struck, and both Chris and Andy had some good races, Lisa gets better everytime she comes to Lincoln and must be please with her 2nd and 3rd, Jen was a little slower today but as I said the weed did not care who got in the way.

Results below and just a hearty vote of thanks to all the helpers and especially Roger B who had all sorted for the race team . He also sailed much better than normal, just got a little excited on the final mark before the finish in one race I notticed, But maybee a lesson learned ( dont tack to early for the mark ,, make sure you can lay it easy ) far better to tack and the have to bear away , than tack and then have to pinch to get round !!!!!

great turnout, great banter, hope to see you all in about three weeks time for some more exciting DF 95 racing

46 just leads from 97

more piccys below all from Geoff Streeter .

Wow fabulous day at the lake steady breeze around 12 knots straight down the banks , course was laid with a bit of a hang back dog leg to  give two good beats, Top race team led by Rob Wilson 12 skippers came out to play Banter on the bank first class, but lets get back to the racing, Mick C got of to a great start with two bullitts helped in the first one by a back marker who took out Rob Wilson while he was close. Rob then won the 3rd race, Chris Graves “Mainly on Starboard”  was fighting hard with some good results, and won race 5 by a country mile ,  all down the field racing was nip and tuck, and some exciting races were unfolding, in the stready but very fluky breeze.

Hardly a sign of the green stuff we think the dye has done a good job so far this year in a slightly deeper lake, so long may it continue. Many thanks to all the helpers and OOD.s all in all a great mornings sailing results below an maybe some pictures will come in tomorow and if so I will add them Thanks to Geoff for doing the scoring and Roger for getting the dingy all ready.

great start 69

110 holds the cards

aproaching the weather mark

anybody got a view on this ?

What should Jen ( 69) do or be doing ?

The Morning started with a teach in with rig tuning using Roger Bowtles Brit Pop as a guide for starters then a few basic rules at the weather mark and then a couple of practice starts to try and get the hang of keeping your boat stationary on the start line as the clock winds down, great job by Chris Elliott and many thanks to him a few lessons learned I am sure, and some great questions being fired back at Chis by the tentative audience, 12 skippers in all.

Racing proper got under way by 11am and 6 races were completed by 1pm, Adrian Cripps hot off the line in race one went on to take the win, Before Chris E moved up a gear and took race two. Bob Geary sailed a very consistant set of 6 race discarding his worst position a 4th, great sailing Bob well done. The breeze was between 3/4 and I would say 6 knots and every race and every beat was different.

All in all a good morning for all and combining the racing with the teach in worked well. Well done to Chris for the win, and everybody who helped out.  some pics below

With the rules in progress Chris stressed all these ducks were on Starboard, and also had an overlap!!!

A keen ear for the rules and tuning chat with Chris E

Boat tune and set up

All done with a smile

When everybody had gone the mower got fixed Many thanks Roger .

Chris E winner round three

The Martin Lambert & absent friens trophy also incorperating round two of the I.O.M summer series was sailed in near perfect conditions with tempratures well into the twenties and a great breeze from the south around 8 knots 11 skippers turned out and were not disapointed with the sailing. Chris E started well with a couple of Bullitts and then Rob W showed his hand with three on the bounce, we welcomed a couple of visitors Les and David from Market Bosworth, and it was nice to see the late Martin Lamberts wife, who could not stay for the prize giving but left the winners  some nice refreshments. The breeze remained steady all day and there were some great battles going all all through the fleet and with banter to match about everything from hearing aids to port / starb incidents many turned a blind ear !!!, Star of the day was Jen Hand assistant OOD but more than that it was her big birthday and cake was in abundace Thanks Jen .

Nice to see Chaz racing hard and the second place was definatley on merit, Adrian had one or two probs and departed after three races, Good also to see Mick Cooper getting a couple of 2nds a 3rd and a 4th showing that the consistancy is coming along, something we all would like to be better.

All in all a fab days racing and our thanks got to the OOD Peter Cogill and his Assistant and all the helpers that made this event so nice to sail in.

Rob Wilson Winner 2019 Martin Lambert % Absent friends

Chriss Elliott 2nd

Mick C 3rd

What happens next ???????

No not this , this is Rob out front again .

that cheeky black boat got round before the starboard tackers got near him the bouy is behind the black boat ” thats what happened next “

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