Not a lot of breeze that’s for sure and what there was it was what they call Fluky with a capitol “F” Micky boy had finally got rid of his unbeaten Icarex sails claiming he had sold them , we are still waiting for the truth !!!!

Dave Clarke was helped out as he was assistant OOD, and a short course was chosen that gave us three beats, Martin took the first bullet squeezing Micky boy out at the finish after he had led the race , a good win for him and one that was to prove crucial. Adrian normally a quick starter came home in 4th after Jen Hands skulduggery at the leeward mark , don’t ask . Race two and three saw Adrian back to his best taking both wins with Martin hanging in tight to take both seconds. Sam was not his usual quick pace but by race 7 managed to get the first of his two second places, it does have to be said once again, the race course was tricky for all, you would head for the dark patches ( normally wind ) but when you got there it was gone. Dave C was getting better as the morning wore on and was showing some promise that will only get better. Martyn had the best of it with 4 wins Micky 3 wins along with Adrian with three , Jen got a bullet making up the 11 races on a very quiet wind wise morning, great banter on the bank and the six that turned up had a great morning, Well done to everybody especially Martyn who took the win , and with one round to got Mick is trying to get hold of some more Icarex sails !!!!!!

Lincoln has a couple of Dates for your Diary’s ,

With the upcoming I.O.M Ranking in mind, we at Lincoln have a couple of event’s that could interest you if you are a keen racer and want to tune up your boat and race against like minded skipper’s , Take note, 21st September will be an all day event starting at 10am , and finishing at 4 pm , all details should be on the MYA events page pretty soon , get yourself entered , its a fiver for the day, make a note of it, bring your own lunch.

To Follow that we have the Legendary Clive Hand Memorial trophy , and that is on the 5th of October, The NOR for this is, expected to be published on the MYA website very soon , and as you may know there is a RG 65 event the day before on the 4th October and you could well kill two birds with one stone , because the following week it all happens at the ranking.

A wonderful summers morning greeted 8 skippers, not a breath at 0930 but a whisper at 10 am , and that was going to increase and give the fleet some exciting but tricky conditions, Pete and Rob got the course all set up, with two long beats and runs, perfect, but hey wait a minute we spied a visitor, he seemed pretty keen and after a brief chat just before the start of the first race, we decided to let him have a go, He borrowed Robs boat for a couple of races , and them Mick handed over his boat for the remainder of the morning, Malcom was his name and he had fun with his first time radio sailing . Moving on to the real business, Pete after a lengthy absence came roaring back and after a first race 5th, he had three bullets on the trot, Sam 59 was sailing well but went thru a brain fade in races 4 and 5 , Sam of course is in contention for the series and after that bucked his idea’s up , Colin 301 the other contender in the series was having a steady morning, in fact he won the last race, brilliant stuff , Kevin 02 could have done better and he knows it, he just cant get out of a ( in my view ) bad habit,,,, Colin T 431 was enjoying himself , and Mick C yes Cooperman, just could not get the boat going , personally he just did not seem at the races today and I think he would agree. Mean while our visitor Malcom was getting the hang of things and enjoying himself immensely, while Mick gave a few tips and generally took the scores, Pete as you would expect did the business , Sam just pipped Rob, ok a couple regulars missing, but it is all to play for in round 7 , so watch this space, a great morning racing, with no sign of the jolly green giant, and the lake looks stunning.

Well done everybody .

Check out the cumulative results HERE Hope the link works , if not ?

The 1st weekend of August 2025. The Lions complete their victory over Australia in the Lions tour.  Mimi Rhodes gets a hole in one at the women’s Open, Lando Norris wins in Hungary, and England are making a great fist of the run chase against India.

None of these are anywhere near the competition at Scotland Farm.

The Lincoln Radio Sailing summer series is white hot competition, even at peak holiday time we had 13 skippers turnout for round 8, boosted with the welcome visitors of Ben and Hayden Wallace from Huntingdon.

ODs Darin and Tracey set a good course for the SW breeze and working at a good lick managed to complete 9 races between 10.00 am and 1.00pm, Tracey even persuaded Darin to give a 15min break in the middle! 

The 9 races had 6 different winners often as a gaggle crossing the line within inches of each other with all skippers finishing on the same leg of the course despite being the full length of the lake, well done to all skippers for their attitude and approach to the racing, especially given the dousing that everyone received in race 1 and 2 when the skies deposited large quantities of water on us. The wind momentarily died but generally stayed around for the morning and gave fantastically tight racing.

On count back Darin took the day from Rob Wilson, but I don’t think anyone left knowing who had won it was that close.

The results show the winners but everyone had a great time and the standard of racing was top notch.

Lookout for the next club race day and posts about the next extended day and pop up open meeting.

Everyone welcome at the farm…

Oh, and worth mentioning that the water is superb with no hint of weed to impact the racing. How lucky are we at Scotland Farm.

Regards 

Darin

To see the cumulative up to round 8 click HERE I hope .