Great weather for round two with 14 skippers starting out, battery problems took Peter H 60 out after 3 races, disappointing, Peter we can help just ask. A suits all round in the light South Easterly and Jen as OOD got plenty of help with the buoys and stuff were sorted as she set the stage for some great racing. Keith H 39 was once again off the mark with the first bullet, with Mick C 46, 2nd and Greg C 64 sailing out of his skin getting a well deserved 3 Place. The light South Easterly was very fluky and the beat was not easy, catching out the unwary, only too often.

Mick C 46 won the second race with Keith H 39 taking second spot , Kevin E 02 taking 3rd . In race three Jen H 69 took the winners spot before coffee, with Mike W 76 taking 3rd spot. Racing was close up and down the the fleet, we welcomed Colin T 431 in probably his first race at the club, well done Colin.

A disappointing return from the I.O.M Nationals in Scotland for Pete W 678 where he gained a 13th spot, he just did not seem to get going, but don’t panic there he will bounce back pretty quick,, Mick Coopers 53 steady improvement, moves on and he will be happy with his win in race 6, and a 2nd in race 7. The racing at the club has been very competitive, this year and that is fantastic for the club, but with that comes a keen ness to win and a little excitement , I have to say I saw at first hand a port and starboard and a boats sail touch the mark ( no turns were done ) I was also in the vicinity of another incident that started between 3 boats and escalated to 4 boats , This is what I saw ,, two boats were on starboard tack with 5 seconds to go 2 metres from the mark , one other boat was coming in to the mark at speed on port tack , clearly with no rights (port / Starboard ) the first starboard boat got through but in the same instant the Port tacker clipped the second boat and somehow spun him around onto Port tack That’s is all I saw , in that instant the first starboard tacker immediately tacked onto Port and was clear away, an incident then occurred, that may have caused some grumpiness and needs sorting Please.

Very well done to Micky Boy 46 for the win , and to all skippers for a great day of racing , also all the helpers,

, Sorry no report

Much depleted fleet due to I.O.M Nationals where 6 Lincoln Members attended

Steady start to the Summer series with 11 skippers out to play. The breeze dictated it was A rig although a few tried to chance their arm with A + but the gusts were to frequent and strong for that kit to survive. Great to see a fairly long term absentee Phil Harpham back , and very quickly back to his best, Keith H 669 was straight into his winning ways with three bullets on the bounce followed by a second and that left the rest of the fleet scrambling to catch up, Jen H 69 was the best of the rest and would not let go, some say like a dog with a bone ,, with some fine sailing. Roger Bowtle finally was getting the best out of his boat and held the rest at bay.

It was definitely not Mick C’s 46 day as he was going backwards after the first race where he held on too second spot, eventually his winch packed up and he lost races 4 and 5 luckily coffee break helped him out to give him more time. Mike W 76 was getting some good average scores but just needed to Master the extremely difficult conditions with shifts and gusts that had the whole fleet skipping in frustration. Phil H 44 was enjoying himself , as was Alan Bradley , Pete W 26 back again after all sorts of dramas had a problem that was insurmountable in race 6 and had to retire , and Gordon B 23 assistant OOD despite the full length course gave a good showing, Ed W is improving week on week and Alan E 890 was always going to be up against it with a B rig on. The days win went to Keith and he deserved the applause for a great showing and the win with 8 points from 9 races , pretty good achievement. Well Done .

Many thanks to the helpers, and all the skippers for making a frustrating day a happy one

14 skippers turned out for probably the best Day of the summer so far and shorts were on show. A steady South Easterly 5 to 10 knots had the fleet racing on the South bank, Peter C and Kevin E set the course and moved marks accordingly. First out of the blocks was Darin B 98 , and there were skippers with their eye on Scotland in a couple of weeks time and Darin was one of them, Pete W 65 took the next bullet, and it was plain to see these two would do battle till the end, Sailing out of his skin Mick Cooperman 39 got a second in the first race after leading the whole race, with 25 yards to go Darin pounced, but the boy did well and his Venti was performing, Darin took the next two races with Pete being called over at the start not making life easy for himself. Mick C 46 was trying out a new rig and new sails, on his Venti and was taking a bit of time to try and get the settings right, A personal battle With Dave R 57 was exciting to watch and tense on the water. Rob W 97 was having trouble with his rig and missed a couple of races, but came good towards the end with two fine wins. Jen H 44/69 was trying different things, and came good again towards the end. But Mr Consistency Darin B, jumped on the top step after a sterling fight with Pete , both had three wins a piece , but Pete W 65 had two premature starts which did him no good at all, Mick C 46 was not unhappy with the days proceedings, but I am sure could do better. Kevin E 85 showed well in some races, so expect more from him, Mike W 76 is still climbing up the fleet.

The Racing was great and the last hour or so the wind increased a little , Only 3 points the difference between Darin and Pete and Mick C 10 points adrift ( must do better )

Well done to Darin for his win , and many thanks to the OOD’s who did a great job. Only one criticism, we really do need to do better with our scoring at the finish, I have done the very best I can

Lakeside sheet below Must do better