Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

It seems an age since we had these fantastic boats out for some serious racing, but here we were 12 skippers greeted by fabulous weather conditions, top suit all the way , great breeze from the South , enabling three long beats. fast from the start was Tim H 44 closely followed home by Pete W 65 , with Jen H 69 taking third, It is amazing that with 12 skippers we had 9 different designs, Numbers were down a bit but the quality was evident and the battle for the top three places was should I say “fierce” with no quarter given or expected, Pete W 65 showed his class by winning 7 from the 11 races , Tim H 44 knows he can do better, and Dave R 57 the same , Mick C 46 did not have a great day retiring with a damaged rudder in race 10 Jen H 69 had a good consistant set of number’s and Stuart J 66 caught my eye especially with a perfectly timed port tack start and another great race in race 10 .

Colin H 54 first time out with the squiggle improved towards the end , you will see more from Colin I promise you, Mike W 74 and Kevin E 20 are improving week on week , and Mick Cooper 39 was just not at the races today , far too much Xmas pudding.

A great day of racing and the rain held off , Well done to all the helpers and especially well done to Pete W 65 for the win, The next round could be very exciting , don’t miss it . 22nd January .

The current scoring system for the Lincoln Radio Sailing Club series events is now uploaded to the website.

Click on the dropdown “LRSC Series Scoring Explained” from the Racing & Open Meetings menu on the top of the website to view or download this.

Point 9 is of interest to those who regularly volunteer to help at Open Meetings held at the club.

Thanks to Pete Hellen for his work in creating this system.

7 skippers showed up for a bit of fun racing with the DF 95’s at Lincoln plus a couple to help and watch, It was an A rig day to be fair but by noon it was more like a B rig and so we called it a day with 7 races and then had a raffle with most going home with something , including sausage rolls and mince pies !!!!

1st Jen Hand 2nd Kevin Everson 3rd Mike Williams 4th Colin Helliwell, 5th Greg Codling 6th Pete Webster 7th Jeff Fisher our newest member and the first time out with his own boat , so very well done , and well done everybody .

From all the club members and hangers on at Lincoln Radio sailing club, we would like to wish you all a very happy Xmas wherever you are and whatever you are doing. 2023 could well be your year, so think positive and don’t look back.

If you love sailboat racing, and hot competition in dingy’s, big boats, windsurfer’s, etc , but find your self with a bit of a bad back , knee joint not as good as it used to be, tummy muscles ” screaming” when your hiked out, don’t worry , the answer is here right before your eyes.

Come take a look at radio racing, I will guarantee you will not be disappointed, The adrenaline rush on the start line will return, no need to learn new rules, just concentrate on getting to that weather mark , certainly in the top three , and with two thirds of the fleet chasing you , the pressure is now on .

Lincolns Racing calendar starts again on the 8th January, 10 am sharp till 1pm with the I.O.M series round 5 , These boats are not toys. and getting the correct set up to be in the top three is all important.

If your free for an hour pop along and take a look, most of us are the friendly type , may even let you have a go, !!!

Eagle Lane Thorpe on the Hill LN6 9 DB