Wow, what an intense and enjoyable morning’s racing, June 1^st, at Scotland farm was, for the 14 skippers who opted to race.

Thank you first, to Pete Walters, our OOD for setting a windward /leeward course on the east bank and to Roger Bowtle, our assistant OOD who very kindly volunteered to take control of the starts, which on a windy, gusty, shifty day was a challenge in itself.

The forecast 12 to14 Knots gusting into the 20’s arrived by 10am and all skippers opted for the B rig.

We are very happy to welcome a new IOM skipper to the fleet, Brian Reeves, welcome Brian. He had a very commendable 6^th place finish in race 10 and 7^th place finish in race 6, very good for a first time out.

Well done Brian.

Race 1 was convincingly won by Rob Wilson, who unfortunately developed winch issues and had to retire after race 4, with Tim Hand in 2^nd and Mick Chamberlin in 3^{rd  place w}ith RogerC finishing in 8^th place.

RogerC was seen rapidly retuning his Venti and it must have paid off, because he went on to win race2 from Pete Walters 2^nd with a consistent MickC in 3^rd.

MickC showed real form in race 3, winning the race ahead of RogerC 2^nd and Darin Ballington in 3^rd.

The wind continued to be a gusty South Westerly with significant left, right shifts catching out a lot of skippers and making getting off the start line a challenge.

Race 4 saw RogerC find some pace and he went on to win the next 4 races.

With the strong wind and the speed of the boats, racing was frenetic with 11 races sailed, including having a coffee break after race 5.

Not bad for a morning’s fun.

MickC went on to win again in race 8 but overall his consistency was not there, going on to finish the day 4th on 39 points.

The final overall results being RogerC on 12 points with 6 wins and 3 seconds followed by TimH on 32 points and PeteW on 34.

Well done to everybody who competed, on a day that challenged your strong wind boat handling skills.

Write up from the Winner on the day Roger Crates

Only five sailors for a stunning ‘C’ rig day at Lincoln! It was a rare treat to experience this
much wind with a DF65. The wind was whistling down the South bank providing a near
perfect beat and run on a short course. Eleven races were completed at two-and-a-half laps
per race. No course changes were required.
Martyn set the pace with two back-to-back wins closely pursued by Mick, with most of the
rest of the fleet close behind. The next two races were Mick followed by Martyn. Then a
short break whilst Mick restrung his boat and Martyn helped Roger to tune his DF65.
After the break Jen came out to play and took firsts and seconds for most of the remaining
races, showing good speed and boat handling in quite demanding conditions. Failed tacks
and failing to take advantage of the wind shifts was disastrous in the close racing. The top
windward mark was also in a wind shadow from the bank and caused some problems.
Roger and Sam both had their time at or near the front but tended to drop back. Sam
suffered a gooseneck failure and had to deploy his B rig which was far too much sail area for
most of the time, making the downwind leg a big problem.
Mick showed the most consistency and won with thirteen points. Jen tied with Martyn on
seventeen points but took second due to her four race wins against Martyn’s three. Sam
narrowly beat Roger by one point on this great well-contested sailing day. We all went away
with a smile on our faces and a bit of wind-burn!
Thanks to everyone (particularly Roger) for the set-up and clear-down assistance and to
Roger again for his valuable rescue boat skills in helping Martyn to set out the course buoys.

Report by Martyn Aspinall

Not a lot of sun, but a breeze from the North Eastish was going to make this a fluky day, and so it was.

Tim the OOD and Roger B were at the lake early, and waited patiently for the breeze to settle, a course was set on the East bank and racing started early for the 12 skippers, a few missing, but we were ready to go, Some big holes in the beat made this a bit tricky but not for Roger C 30 who simple romped away. Tim H 134 got a good second and Martyn A 91 with his new Alioth got third spot and showed good speed for the first time at the club. Pete W , 65 with another brand new Venti took control in the second race and just held off Tim H 134 to secure the win Roger B 58 took third spot with his Britpop. The tea break was called early due to one of the boats having fixable winch line problems, Race three and Tim got the win with Micky boy C 46 getting the first of his two second spots, unfortunately his brain was in the wrong gear resulting in a lack of consistency during the morning, I have to say conditions were tricky, but having said that Roger C 30 made it all look too easy with yet another of his four wins on the day, Tim notched up three wins , Pete two wins, and Micky Boy one win, Battles all thru the fleet great to watch, racing was close and conditions tricky, we lost Adrian C 80 early on with winch problems but I am sure most went home happy, and will be looking thru the results to see maybe where they could have done a touch better. Well done to Roger Crates for the win , and thanks to all for helping put all the gear away.

It looked as though it was going to be a very nice day,, Micky Boy and Tim were down early to get stuff sorted at the lake , and loads of important stuff was well in hand with Jen, the breeze was not coming from the right direction but we got a course sorted on the South bank and so were ready when it played ball , took some time though but we sorted the course and got racing with hardly a delay. we needed to have starboard rounding at the weather mark to start with and in the main it went without problems, First race got away and the two Lincoln hotshots had lost their powder, Pete W suffering from a failed rudder servo and Tim H must have been brain fade but a visitor Neil Webb 286 took the bullet , with Paul K 19 2nd and Sam P 58 in third , race two and Paul M 06 led from start to finish, Richard J 699 took second and Neil W keeping his scores low took third spot. Race three and Tim H 44 started to get his act together but Pete was still in amongst the electrics, but at least things were looking brighter. Races 4, 5, and 6 , saw Tim H 44 back on top form taking all three bullets, in fact it was a one two for Son and Mum in race 4 and we were to see a lot more of Mum as the day progressed, Michael Read was putting in some good numbers, and It transpired that Pete W 678 was now using Tim’s spare boat and was not doing too bad.

A short break for lunch and an opportunity to get the scores put in the computer, Many thanks Colin H, By now the breeze had filled in and we had some pretty exciting racing , it had veered a bit too, and gave us a great beat and run course, The weather including the sunshine made the day absolutely sublime and with the cut of time of 4pm fast approaching it was always going to be a struggle to get 16 races in , we did get 14 and they were quite long, and I am pretty sure most went home happy, The final countdown and we had Tim H 44 take the top step , Michael Read from Hollowell RSC in 2nd and our very own Jen Hand 69 ( I told you we would see more of her ) who took third sport and in her own words, felt she had sailed extremely well. Just like to thank Grainne Lambert for coming to present the prizes, and to all skippers for their attendance and the manner in which the event was sailed, we look forward to seeing you all next year.

Micky Boy Chamberlain.