Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

Wow what a start to the Winter series, A perfect North Westerly around 8 knots with a few stronger gusts, and we have 10 happy skippers, Tim Hand and Colin Helliwell got the course sorted with the help of Stuart Jessup, who was unable to race, for one reason or another, and not forgetting Roger Bowtle who always gets the kit out early. The course being on the South bank, it was a perfect full length beat and run, Briefing bang on time and we were away. I have to say at this point we could have had a much bigger fleet but some clashes were evident that affected numbers, and quite easily we could have had 15 out , But hey ho.

Mick C 46 fast out of the blocks after his disastrous day at the ranking the day before, 18th I am told ,and he took the bullet with ease with Dave R 57 the Summer series champion coming home in second and Tim H 44 in third. Mick C 46 then went on to win the first 5 races on the bounce, and the boat seemed to have the perfect set up for the conditions. Chris E 74 back from a long lay off could not get the Brit Pop going like he usually does. Chris G 11 was sailing well still wearing shorts , and others were having some good races, but today it was the Venti that showed a clean pair of heels winning 7 of the 11 races, Tim H 44 took second position and Dave R 57 followed through in third, there was just a little bit of nonsense at the weather mark in race 10 when things got a little heated between two skippers, Luckily another skipper calmed things down and after hearing the evidence from both, and unable to sort due to time restrictions awarded a yellow card to one skipper. both shook hands and agreed to fight it out in two weeks time, for round two of this , whats looks to be , a great series to be a part of.

Tim thanked everybody for there help in the groups Whats App page in setting up and putting away, but as we stand at the moment Mick C with his Venti is at the top of the pile. and he intends to stay there as long as he can.

My thanks to everyone who came and made it a great mornings racing

Six skippers arrived to virtually no wind and no race team. Everyone worked together to get everything ready to race, Pete W set a course with varying angled beats to allow for the shifting wind. Assistance was given on boat set up prior to getting underway .

The day was to be a battle between Pete W and Dave R who won all the races bar one between them. The weed certainly played its part in the race results but did not materially effect the overall results.

After four races Pete held a slender lead over Dave with Geoff having some great results including two seconds. The battle behind Pete and Dave was to continue all day with all having purple patches at the sharp end on the fleet.

The veering wind forced and early coffee break to move the course onto the clubhouse bank. Fortunately the wind also freshened giving a great second session of racing with the wind at the top end of A Plus at times.

Pete and Dave continued to trade blows until race nine when they both fell foul to the dreaded weed early in the race, Mike did not need a second invitation seizing his chance of a win breaking the stranglehold of Dave and Pete. Race ten onwards saw normal service resumed and Roger suddenly found some speed having found himself a little rusty after his holidays.

Pete sailed extremely well securing more wins and edged Dave to take the win, congratulations to him on the win. Behind the racing remained close and Rogers resurgence in the latter races allowed him to take third from Mike W .

A great morning racing was had by all in a great spirit with great competition and banter amongst all.

Results by Peter H , and write up from Dave Rigby

Final positions will be published for the series in a couple of days

Wow what a great mornings racing , 13 skippers got a real treat, Mike and Adrian set the course on the South bank and with the breeze starting out around 9 to 10 knots and gradually increasing to around 13/14 knots during the last race this was always going to be exciting. Darin B 98, came along with his daughter Penelope sailing Mums Britpop, and a rare appearance from Chis E 74 was always going to make it hot at the sharp end, and so it was, with Darin and Chris taking first and second inthe first two races with Mick C 46 taking third spot, race 3 had Darin taking the bullet, and the two Venti’s taking 2nd and 3rd a great result for Mick Cooper 39. and I have never seen a bigger grin on his face ,Dave R 57 who is leading the series had his worst three races, before clicking into gear in race 4 with a well deserved 2nd , Mick C 46 taking the bullet and Mike W 76 picking up 3rd spot, Racing was close all through the fleet, but it had to be the consistency card that needed playing, there may well have been the odd touch of green stuff that played a part but at the end of the morning did not affect the overalls, Racing flowed well and at coffee break we had a small course change that caught a few out at the gate, another fine win for Darin 98 made him unbeaten in the series. but the dogged ness of Dave R 57 means he could well have won the Summer series, Dave just got better as the series went on with his Vision,and it really is going well, Mick Cooper is also sailing very well and has improved dramatically in the last few races. Brit pops at the top again so well done to Darin and Chris, the rest of us need to make up ground to get near these two , but hey the winter series is just round the corner. Today I would say we were probably down 4/5 skippers, that I am sure will be back contesting it all at the start of October , Chris Graves , Pete Walters, Jen Hand , Rob Wilson , Keith Holmes, Roger Bowtle lets be having you guys,

Many thanks to all who made this a great mornings racing, at the end of the day I think we all had a lot of fun

Series conclusion , the last round of the Summer series was held in a very ultra light South Easterly. The day was very nice with the temperature around 20 C or more and 9 skippers, enjoyed a mornings racing at a leisurely pace, Two skippers fairly new to the club were OOD’s for the morning but plenty of help was on hand. early on 4/5 skippers manned the rakes and cleared what weed there was from the East Bank, Most of the buoys were on the South side where racing had been held the week before with no weed issues, so it was decided to make use of them, a good beat and run course was set with two laps for the first couple of races, Mick Cooper 53 had this one all wrapped up as the first three headed for the finish line, however after writing the course on the course board, not everybody seemed to read it, which allowed Mick C 46 to cross the finish in the correct manner just inches from Mike W 76 , Pete W 00 sailed his socks off and got 3rd spot before Cooperman managed to get back and finish correctly, Ok drama over , All races were ultra light winds and it was all you could do to keep moving , in the second race Both Micks thought they had weed and come to the jetty a pit stop if you like , neither boat had weed and so they carried on with a huge launch from the jetty and continued on their way Cooperman finally got it right and took the bullet, with Pete Webster getting another well deserved result in taking third spot.

Everybody was finding the light conditions a real task, Dave Clark ( Clarkey) did not bring a boat and so one or two skippers let him have a go which he thoroughly enjoyed, he did not realise as OOD you are allowed to sail as well . Ed 31 was really struggling and when he lost his connection, decided to just do the scoring, An interesting morning all sailed in the best spirit , a morning like I do not think I have seen at Scotland Farm , a breeze usually comes from somewhere ( and I know the sea is a long way away)

but hey ho we had a few missing today and this was the last of the summer series. Mick Cooper 53 sailed a brilliant set of races and was very consistent till the last, but at the end of the morning Mick C 46 took the win. Light airs sailing is an art , and you need to keep the boat moving , with as less tacks as you can, only practice practice practice, will help you move forward, and good luck with that.!!!!!

Well done Mick C 46 , and many thanks to all skippers for a nice morning.