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IOM Winter Series Round 4 – 17 November
Sunday dawned bright and still, but by the time boats were on the water a nice breeze had filled in from the northwest. Accordingly Roger set out a course with 3 beats along the west bank of the lake for the healthy turnout of 15 skippers. With the sun still shining, it was a perfect day for sailing and some good close racing ensued. While close, the racing was good humoured with plenty of penalty turns being done without being asked and help being given by the experienced skippers. A personal thank you from me to Darin and Roger who tweaked my Lintel and got it going very nicely. That just leaves the skipper to sort out!
Roger and Dave were both tweaking out the set-ups on new boats – a frustrating process at times. However both achieved top 4 finishes in the last couple of races, so it looks like progress was made. Darin had an excellent row of six straight wins in the middle of the session which helped him to first place, with Pete, Tim and Rob taking the other wins.
Unfortunately Tracey’s boat had an attack of the gremlins, but that did mean that we had the benefit of Tracey as an observer in our final race. (Yes, Mr Cooper, you did hit that buoy!)
As the morning drew to a close the skies darkened and the wind picked up, although still A rig. Then with perfect timing rain set in just after everything was packed away and skippers were heading home.
Stuart Jessup
DF95 Winter Round 2, 10 November
Sunday, light wind coming from club house direction. Rob, who was OOD and Mick Cooper Assistant set a course on the East Bank. With some away at the DF Nationals, 6 skippers turned up bright and early.
Starting at 10:00, Paul Kelly got off to a great start. To win the first race. Followed close by Rob Wilson.
Tim Hand then got his boat going and was unstoppable in the next two races.
A two-minute silence to remember those who have fallen and suffered in conflict was upheld at 11:00.
8 more races completed after with an overall convincing win by Tim Hand.
Rob Wilson
IOM Winter Series 2 – 20 October
With both the OD and Assistant unavailable this week Pete Walters sorted the course out on the South bank, a double windward leeward course. The forecast of 20kn gusting 40kn never really appeared the conditions were top end A rig however everyone being conservative rigged the B rig for the morning of 10 races. 9 entries, all sailed in a gentlemanly way with penalties being taken as required.a couple of boats coming together managed to get apart without rescue boat intervention.
As normal the boat to beat was 98 Darin who won 6 of the 10 races, Chris Elliot taking two with Roger Crates and Pete Walters one. The fleet was really compressed with all boats finishing within a minute of the leader, a mistake took you to the back of the fleet almost instantly. Very close finishing throughout. At 1pm all helped in getting the kit away before the rain really set in as we travelled home.
A great mornings racing, no damage to any boats as far as I know.
Pete Walters
DF95 Winter Race 1
As part of my evolution in Lincoln Radio Sailing club it was time for my first go at Race Officer ably assisted by Kevin Evison and guided by Tim Hand. Having arrived early we set a course straight down the club house bank with a very light wind and waited for the fleet to arrive. We didn’t expect a large fleet with Jen and Martyn already deported to Australia and several others away at the likes of Fleetwood. In the end 6 boats were on the water including a new member Paul Kelly who had his first outing with a DF95…more later. The wind although steady was very light so the course length was reduced by Race Control by .05 of a nautical mile. We started racing early and had completed three races by 1000hrs. I felt the shorter races gave me more chances of making good adjustments and practising starts. By the close of play we had completed 12 races. We decided to send Tim off on a high by letting him win all 12 even when crossing the line early he made up water to win. A brilliant effort. The highlights of the day were the new member Paul getting 3 second places and his sailing experience showed from the start. In Race 10 all 6 boats rounded the gate separated by less than 4 boats length. I was expecting carnage but even with my eyes closed everyone rounded the mark, no contact, no protests and we all sailed off into the distance behind Tim. Cooperman was suffering from a twitchy servo although his boat was generally fast, possibly due to the amount of water taken on board.
Thanks for everyone helping out not a single protest although someone thought they heard Mick shout in Fleetwood. Less than 10 penalty turns required mostly by myself and Paul learnt that if you get to close to the buoy they hook you. A great morning and thanks to Colin for the results and slowing his boat to let Tim win. Go Team Lincoln at the worlds.
Richard Jutsam
Lincoln Radio Sailing Club 