Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

Fantastic morning of racing, probably one of the best of the season . Chris G has certainly got his B/P wound up, chased hard by Peter C,  and the TNT of Mick C . many thanks to the OOD’s and all the helpers for making the event run smoothly , also many thanks to Roger B for staying on and fixing one of the mowers, which will be needed very soon. The lake is in first class condition as we approach  the last races of the summer series.

“I wanna tell you a story” Chris round 6 winner and well deserved.

6 Skippers in the DF 95 fleet had some great hard fought racing in fantastic conditions , sun, breeze, and good humour.  Mick C took the podium with five wins from twelve races.

well done all for some great racing.

Mick C just after he went to “specsavers”

Sorry everybody just trying to catch up this is the results of the DF 65 round 7 race on the 26th August great result from Bill Mc who takes it on countback, it was a bad weather weekend so lets hope the next round has a better following

, Nice to see new boy Adrian getting the hang of it with a hastily borrowed boat.

No pic of Bill but a nice one of Alan

Great DF 65 Racing

The day dawned cloudy and grey with the threat of rain, the good news was there was a strong breeze which had skippers putting a the B suit in the pre race practice, but it seemed that 15 minutes before the start the wind shut down and A suits went on most boats. The fine misty rain that followed stopped after half an hour. Racing took place on the East bank with a great beat and run course, Floaty salad was slight but did affect you if you got it, but the lake has a lot less and is in much better shape than it was this time last year. A good fleet 13 skippers had some good exciting racing, Chris E got off to a good start in race one but Mick C bounced back in race two, Jen H was sailing really well with her new set of sails and was showing some good results, Chris G started slow maybe he stuck with B rig ? but showed fine form after the coffee break, Newcommer to the club Adrian was having difficulties in the gusty conditions but will only get better and we all welcome him to the club. At the end it was Mick C with 12 points from 8 races, who took the top step with his Sedici . Racing finished a tad early as the strong winds came back in race 8 with a lot of diving on the run and a unanamous decicision to call it a day was made.

Many thanks to the race team Chris and Rob and of course Roger for getting everything sorted nice and early.

A good shakedown for those going to the Nationals next weekend, and good luck to all Lincoln skippers who are going.

Mick Chamberlain’s Sedici “back to black”

At the start of racing the weather was not promising. Still damp and drizzly from the overnight rain and very little wind from the SW. A course was set up and down the East bank. A small amount of weed affected most skippers at some point but as the sailing progressed the rain stopped, the wind filled in to a fairly steady breeze which became close to the top of the A+ rigs comfort zone and the weed appeared to be less of a problem.

Racing was close as can be seen from the results. 5 skippers achieving a win. Congratulations to Bill and comiserations to Gordon who lost out to Roger on countback ( 3 second places to 2}

Thanks to Alan and Peter for their efforts during the morning.