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Race report – DF95 Summer Series – 29 June
Well, what a day for a bit of a float around, it’s been windy for what seems like weeks but upon my arrival down at Scotland Farm was met by a millpond and no wind. By 9.00 and only myself and Mike W, your Assistant Race Officer was there (who by the way had everything ready to go sailing, many thanks from Sam) it looked unlikely we would have any racing this weekend. However, a few die-hard sailors slowly started to arrive and eventually we numbered eight hardy souls, also a big thanks must also go to Paul who moved enough marks around for me on both the East and South banks to give us enough courses to pick from as the wind was going around in circles.
So, the first race on the South Bank got off to a good start on a beat, but this then went round and turned into a run, a reach and a beat again which seemed to set the tone for all races during the day. As positions changed often with the wind coming from multiple directions the mood down the lake was very good-natured with much laughter at each other’s gains and losses through-out the day. Five races were completed on this bank, before a bit of a respite from the sun and refreshments were required by all competitors.
Upon restarting the racing for the day, the option to race on the East Bank was taken for the remaining six races of the day with exactly the same shifts and holes in the breeze meaning all competitors were blessed with results of varying degrees of success or despair. This Snakes and Ladders sort of racing meant that the results/scores were some of the closest seen, with our resident score master Colin Helliwell quoting that (Don’t remember a day being packed together so tightly on points, doesn’t stop me being peed off with 7th though).
So, to re-cap the day as a whole look at the results to see how close the points were and to see how varied everybody’s results were without a race-by-race commentary, and a final thanks to all the help I received and for all competitors good humor and sportsmanship during the day.
Report by Sam Parker
Here are is the DF95 league table after this event:
DF 65 Summer series round 3, 22nd June 2025
Bit breezy , but sunny and warm for the 5 skippers who contested round three of this series, close racing was to be the order of the day. Micky boy got some marks sorted for a nice dog leg course on the East bank which kept us close to the action , and as the wind backed we took out the dog’s leg , Adrian got of to a great start , having a good set up with a nice amount of twist, Martyn took the second win, and Micky boy took the third race, after a bad start Martyn was making up ground with a series of good results, and him and Adrian were neck and neck going round the race course, Clarkey was in the main getting his set ups right and doing his best, he was of course very happy with his days racing and as usual had a wide smile on his face. After a couple of not so good races Micky boy got a couple of bullets, and it was anybody’s call who was ahead at this time, Jen was threatening Martyn with a no apple crumble option by race 9 but Martyn ploughed on with another couple of wins, Adrian was slipping, and it was all so tight by the end that nobody could have forecasted Micky boy taking the top step but only on countback and being pushed very hard, As we were finishing rain was in the air and we all mucked in to get the gear put away, A great mornings racing was had by all, not heard the outcome re the crumble debate but I am sure we will hear when we all get together next.
Many thanks too all for an enjoyable morning .
Pop up I.O.M pre Datchet race session at Lincoln.
Saturday 28th June 1030 am start till your ready to stop, informal I.O.M racing, all muck in to sort courses etc, just turn up, no entry fee, no prizes, but a great chance to do a final tune against other race boats before the Ranking, proper starts by the way.
I.O.M Summer series round 5 15th June 2025
It was tricky, shifty, gusty conditions for the 14 skippers who took part in Lincoln Radio Sailing Club’s I.O.M Summer series round 5.
Simon Fairman from Manor Park joined us for the day, to work up his Alioth Mk3 and showed good speed at times, recording three 3rd place finishes on the gloriously sunny day.
A big thank you goes to Greg Codling, assistant RO and Roger Crates, RO. They set a predominantly windward/leeward course, angled to the West bank, with the start line having an inner distance mark and a choice of 3 outer distance marks, making it possible to rapidly realign the start line for a port bias as the wind oscillated. There were barely two consecutive races with the same start line, it was that unpredictable.
A fast Mick Chamberlain won the first race ahead of Darin Ballington, recently returned from his brilliant 3rd place at the Marblehead Worlds, and Martyn Aspinall took 3rd. Mick and Martyn have some head scratching to do, where did the boat speed go after that?
Darin B has found his IOM form again and went on to win the next 3 races, winning a total of 6 out for the twelve races sailed and taking the days series overall with 19 points. In a distant second place was Roger Crates with 3 wins and a 29 point total, closely followed by Rob Wilson on 32.
As always there was close and enjoyable racing throughout the fleet, including for our octogenarian of the day, Mick Cooper. Happy Birthday Mick and best wishes from all of us at the club.
Report by Roger Crates.
Results , very well done Darin for the win .
