OOD Roger Bowtle had everything sorted by the time I Micky Boy arrived and we just needed to get the course laid and and we were ready to go. great breeze from the South West, probably 70% of top suit and filling, clear skies a bit wet under foot as 12 skippers started to arrive, First up we had a bit of a teach in by Pete on the how’s and how not to get to the weather mark in good shape, spotting shifts and when and when not to act on them, Pete had a captivated audience from just before 9 am with many questions being asked and duly answered, One skipper actually made the effort even tho he was not sailing today, so very well done to all and I am sure many of you will have gained a valuable insight in this very difficult subject .

As you can see from the score sheet Chris E 74 with two T’s was not in a sharing mood today , winning 6 of the the 8 races , in fine style I may add, the racing was a lot closer than it looked, and once again consistency was key, if you look at the top four places, it was a good three beats and 2 runs course, and a variety of designs were on the water, including 2 Lintels that go way back , Martyn A 95 had a desperate day and cant wait to get his hands on his next boat which I am sure will propel him much closer to the sharp end of the fleet, Dave R 57 was having a good day as was Cooper man with his Venti and a torn jib that was hastily repaired, Nice to see Adrian C 77 back after a bit of an absence, Kevin E 20 was also doing well , and I hear his new boat has been moulded deep down Valencia way. Towards the end the breeze built and invariably we had one or two casualty’s, and in the final race we were down to 6 skippers.

A couple of even results that were broken by the computer, and to be honest a good race day that we all enjoyed , Very well done to Chris E for the win, which gives the BP’s the bragging rights for a couple of weeks , and many thanks to all for making light work of putting everything away at the end. Also many thanks to Alan E for taking a few pictures of us all , great stuff .

Sunday the 12th with one or two skippers away at Fleetwood with the dragon TT running , and waking up to fog, and no wind, we arrive at Lincoln to find Colin the assistant race officer for the day  had arrived early, to get the ball rolling for the mornings racing.  Seven skippers turned up and were set up ready to go, so we decided between us all to have one practice race before 10 o’clock.  We then started racing. The first race, started in light winds and up the first beat it was all very close. then the wind died. We decided to postpone for a little while hoping for the wind to fill back in. Unfortunately this did not happen so we decided to have a coffee break and at 11 o’clock held a one minute silence for remembrance day.   After the coffee break, we lost one skipper who decided to go home. The racing got under way shortly after 11.   I decided to have short quick racing. Unfortunately it wasn’t quick due to not a lot of wind up, but overall managed to get ten races in with a one or two skippers standing out in the mornings racing. 

Many thanks Tim

Not a lot of skippers today . But a late flash of news has just come in , Racing was on the South bank and just prior to the two minute countdown a fish was seen up in the corner near the container , unfortunately, the Species was not established and, also much to the disappointment of you all he did not let on his name, I am sworn to secrecy as to whom spotted it , but apparently it was the highlight of the morning , Well done to Young Colin H for his win. and obviously the tips from another member re light wind sailing on Saturday paid off .

Thanks to Tim H for standing is as OOD , and amazingly getting ten races done and dusted.

Cracking day for Radio racers , sunshine, great breeze from West , just North of West to be fair , but it gave us a great beat and run course the full length of the South bank, OOD Darin and Tracy arrived early and got everything sorted, 12 skippers showed up and were rewarded with ten great races, plus a eleven minute coffee break. Straight out of the blocks with the first three Bullets was Darin B 98 which could well be his last race with this Britpop before it moves to its new home, Rob W 97 sailing his old B P was not far behind, so it certainly was Brit Pop city so far, a couple of skippers looked at the set up’s on other skippers boats at the start and after the first couple of races ,, and we hope it did make a little difference. Race three saw the tables turned with Rob and Darin , and with Micky boy trying his hardest to keep them both honest, ( not an easy task ) at least he was keeping his averages low in the Venti, Pete W 65 was not having the best of days especially after doing quite well in the ranking the week before, and we did see rulers and tapes, and info sheets being looked at during Coffee break to try and address whatever the problem was. Roger C 30 with his K2 was having a decent day and won race 5 by getting clear away at the start and keeping his cool, Mick C 46 did the same in Race 6 and was well pleased with his win, Mick Cooper 39 was not on it today, and was blaming the battery Velcro for his dire performance, but to be fair he did suffer a broken shroud, and one or two other problems, so a bit of a wash out day for him, Colin H 54 cant wait to get his boat swapped , a few more weeks yet Colin , and I am sure we will see some better performances from you.

Martin A 60 is imminently looking at a newish boat for himself and we hope to have some news this week on that score , Kevin E 20 also awaiting a hot machine any week soon, he just lost to Mike W 76 on countback with Mike gaining 3 x 7th places , Tracy knows she can do better but was explaining to me ,that she has had immense amounts of work and traveling this past week and also helping her daughter, who is doing a dissertation, ( hope I have spelt that right ) has just taken a bit to much out of her, chin up Tracey , all in all a great day of racing at the club, but we were once again treated to a masterclass from DB , so well done to him . Just when we thought we were getting closer, hey ho . Many thanks also to everybody who helped get the kit away, I am sure most of you noticed how high the level of water is at the moment, The wins were all taken up by the first four skippers Darin getting 7 of them .

Sorry guys no report on this round but we do have some pics. Well done Martyn for the win and all who turned up and made it a pleasant morning under A Plus rigs .