Only 6 skipper available on this very light and fluky morning, I had heard a couple of reports, one said relatively weed free , the other said a bit of floaty weed, however at this time of year a pond with no weed is like a bird with no bike, (Mike Sarne back in the 60’s )

Moving on Dave Rigby filled in for Dave Darwell and helped Peter Walters get stuff set up but with no wind at all it was decided not to bother with the dingy, always a mistake as Pete was to find out later. He was of course worried that enough skippers would turn up to retrieve the dingy, 6 did , luckily and probably the worst turnout to date this year.

Pete W 65 started well taking the first three wins ( not enough wind to call them bullets ) and on virtually each leg the wind direction went around the clock , making course setting impossible.

And then a Mistake, “and it is always the mistake that will cost you” Pete W 65 launched his boat and very quickly realised he had not switched it on, Dave R 180 gave chase ( with his boat ) but Pete W was far to quick even with no breeze !!!!! Pete W eventually having to launch the Dingy and go and retrieve his boat ,whilst the other carried on their race, which is painful but the correct thing to do , and it happened to a certain Mick C 46 in the DF 95 two weeks ago. ” try not to make mistakes” . Moving on Dave R 180 recorded his first win with Alun N 232 2nd and Mike W 76 3rd , It was great to see Pete Webster back and also Geoff Streeter, both having been absent for a while, Pete W got back to winning ways taking the 5th race, and it all looked pretty exciting on paper but in reality it probably was not, Dave R 180 finally clinching the win, by shear persistence, and with a worst race being 3rd his consistency was unquestionable, the top two skippers on the day were on the podium , so very well done to them and of course everybody who sailed and made the morning pleasurable for all.

No official report despite asking!!!!!!!!!, only 9 skippers, Well done Rob W 97 .

A very hot day, and we have had a few of them lately, Kevin was OOD and got some help from some of the skippers to get things set up. On arrival it was a northerly and the forecast was for it to veer into the North East, Not sure what happened because not only was it a light airs day it was all over the place,

Mick C 46 took the first bullet, closely followed by Jen H 69, and in third was Mick Cooper 39, the course was one long beat and run followed by a short beat to the finish, again numbers were down for all sorts of reasons but still we had 9 skippers, Jen H 69 took the win in the next race from Mick C 46 and keeping up his consistency was Mick Cooper 39 getting another 3rd position, Alan Newman 438 then took complete control even though his jib luff looked extremely loose and won by a country mile seemingly keeping what breeze there was all the way round the course, In race 4 Jen H 69 took the win from Mick Cooper 39 with the other Mick in third. Peter C 110 was having a good day in the light and after some adjustment on Colin T 431 by Jen ,he seemed to be going much better, Mike W 76 with his hand still heavily plastered was struggling a little, and Kevin with the OOD on his mind was not at his best, Peter Helen, who ultimately works out the results for us, had one or two decent results, but could do with some one to one work with one of the experienced skippers, and I am sure that will help overall.

Well done everyone 8 races reflected the lack of wind , Many congratulations to Jen H 69 for the win on countback. and thanks to Pete for the swift results turnround.

Another cracking day at Lincoln Roger Mick Cooper and Greg sorted out everything and racing was on the south Bank ( sounds Posh ) Darin popped out in the dingy and fiddled with the course so we had a good beat and run , round twice and then a half beat to the finish. Darin started well in the first race with the freshly polished Brit Pop of Chris G 11 in close pursuit, Next race had Pete W 65 fresh from his Cowes week success, taking the bullet, I have got to say a very warm welcome back to Roger Bacon who has been absent for some time with his widget, we hope to see more of you Roger. The racing as always was very close up and down the fleet and the banter on the bank is the best I have heard for many a day, never a mention of any skippers without fathers !!!!all great stuff , Darin continued his winning ways in races 4/5 with both Dave R 57 and Pete W , and on occasion Mick C 46 trying to get in the mix.

The breeze was west n west and good serious racing as I have said 70 / 80 % of top suit with the odd gust , really warm, Once again several boats missing for whatever reason, This is August so a few on Hols and a few CBA .

The end result was Darin on the top step Followed but Pete W , and a very fast Vision of Dave R taking third. A few of us will be asking question as to why they did not sail to what they feel is their potential today and whilst there were one or two strands , I am pretty sure it never upset the racing results.

Many thanks to all who made this a very nice morning’s racing oh and before I go, I just wanted to mention the very last race out of twelve where Mick C 39 sailed an almost perfect race to take the win with his Venti , 4 years ago he had never even seen a boat, so this is inspiration to you all, well done Mick .

results below and cumulative will go up in the week.

Take it easy and enjoy the rest of you weekend.