Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

Another good day at Scotland Farm with a warm breeze from the SW peaking about 15 mph in the gusts. A long course up and down the East bank proved tricky at times particularly close to the banks.

Todays Officers were Graham K and Ed W.

Another fantastic day at the lake for round   of the DF 95 summer series , winds from the south west around 12/ 14 knots made it just B rig although there were three A rigs trying it .

We welcomed Chris and Lisa More, from Askern and the morning started with Specific training to the DF 95 , this was taken by Mick Chamberlain and included setting up the boat and rig with visuals on an actual boat so all could see what they are trying to achieve each time they put the boat on the water, approximately one hour, The script and also some DF 95 measurements have been added to the website but care should be taken , as we do not know how correct they are,

Racing got underway around 1045 with 11 skippers ( good for bank holiday weekend ) and Chris More on a B rig took the first bullet in fact he took the next two races, Mick C was on the A rig he did the training on and was in close contention for a couple of races but it was clear it should be B rig and at coffee break after three races he changed down.

Roger Bowtle and Jen Hand had some good races as did Lisa More still struggling with her A suit.

The wind picked up a little towards the end but at least the rain held off, It seemed that changing down for Mick C did the trick as he took all remaining four races, after the coffee break when a load of cakes appeared from nowhere ( many thanks Diane) it was Rogers big birthday.

Hopefully the advice on tune and rig will have come in handy, and the “ process” can be used from here on in, Many thanks to the race team and especially Ivan and Roger.  7 good races and not a sign of Salad made for a great mornings racing.

Ten skippers and not forgetting our Jen who took the picture.

Piccy from the recent DF 95 Nationals at Eastbourne 51 first overall 199 second overall well done many thanks to Dave Pickett

More from the Nationals many thanks Dave Pickett

More Many thanks Dave Pickett

At the beginning the weather was rtue to the forecast – 3 – 4 MPH from a generally Northern direction. This gradually veered to North East before disappearing altogether. Together with the re-appearance of the floaty weed, this led to 7 rather frustrated skippers only completing 6 races during the course of the morning.

Thanks to Chaz J and Alan E for standing in as race officers at the last minute.

A foggy misty calm scene greeted the skippers as they arrived at the lake, A little raking at the sides of the lake to get rid of the salad prior to racing and some idle chit chat continued,,  because racing did not really look like it was going to happen on the glassy smooth surface of the lake, but hey presto, we had 11 eager skippers and unfortunatley a few who did not make it cos most of the roads around Lincoln were closed for a bike race,

Racing got started on time 2 knots maybe 3 knots of wind and straight out of the blocks was Keith H followed by Alan N with his new yellow peril, Mick C could not get going at all despite using his super light green Icarex sails, Ivan won race 2  with Billy Mac close behind , and Adrian C started bad but improved as the morning wore on (slowly,,,,) in fact after race 2 tea break was called while we waited for some wind, 20 minutes later we had maybe 3/4 knots and it was pleasant light airs sailing for all Adrian had his best spell with two 2nd’s and a 1st. In the end we had six races that allowed one discard and was won by King Keith so well done to him because at time it was extremley frustratingly slow going.

Well done to all the helpers and the OOD’s Keep your eye open for the series results which should be up in the next couple of days and lets have a great turnout for round 3

DF 65’s at Manor park in 2018