IOM Winter Series at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

IOM Winter Series at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club - Round 8

by Mick Chamberlain 20 Jan 11:47 GMT 19 January 2025

Hayden Wallice - IOM Winter Series at Lincoln round 8 © Andy Wallace

A quiet morning as far as the breeze went, but hey ho. Darin and Tracy arrived early as your OOD's and Darin was quickly in the dinghy setting out a course on the East bank, with the breeze just West of South it was going to be a long beat and run basically, straight down the lake.

We welcomed visitors from far and wide Fleetwood way up in the North West Manor Park down Staffs way, Two Islands (Milton Keynes) and our old friends from Huntingdon, so a lot of travel for some, lets hope everybody had as much fun as I did. This was always going to be competitive, it always is, and in truth we could all have done with a bit more puff, but it is what it is, and after a short briefing from Darin, who also took time to explain the perils of starboard rounding (in detail) off we went to the start line for the first race.

I've got to say from my perspective it was not going to be an easy line to start, it was plenty long enough but with the light breeze you had to be on your toes to keep the boat moving, Rob W 97 and Pete W 65 did very well and took first and second respectively with one of our superstar visitors Dorian C 60 taking third spot, a brief retune and we were back for more and with two good long beats so you did have plenty of chance to recover if you start was a little less than perfect. This time Darin B 98 took the win and Chris E 74 with his newly refurbed Brit Pop took second spot and Pete W 65 normally a slow starter, got the third place with his very quick Light grey Venti.

Scraps were going on all thru the fleet in what was a good natured control area and every body showing respect for fellow skippers. Pete W 65 then went on a thundering run taking three bullets in succession followed home by Darin before the tables were turned in race 6, I believe a few were finding the light fluky winds a little tricky, but as they always say, the cream seems to rise, and so it was, with three ex dingy racers on the podium after a great day of racing.

Our youngest visitor from Huntingdon was Hayden W 88 sailing a robot and he had some good races and we hope went home happy, A good fleet of 19 skipper, had a great day of racing and with the National Championships coming up over the Easter weekend it gives skippers an opportunity to savour the venue and meet the locals.

IOM Winter Series at Lincoln round 8 - photo © Andy Wallace

Overall Results:

Position	Sail No	Skipper	Club/City	Hull	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts
1	98	Darin Ballington	LRSC	Britpop	4	1	2	2	2	1	5	1	2	1	2	14
2	65	Pete Walters	LRSC	Venti	2	3	1	1	1	2	3	14	3	4	5	20
3	60	Dorian Crease	Two Islands	Britpop	3	11	4	4	4	4	1	6	1	3	1	25
4	97	Rob Wilson	LRSC	Britpop	1	7	3	5	3	6	2	3	11	2	3	28
5	74	Chris Elliott	LRSC	Britpop	5	2	6	3	10	11	4	17	5	6	4	45
6	46	Mick Chamberlain	LRSC	Venti	9	10	11	8	17	5	13	2	4	12	6	67
7	45	Paul Middleton	Fleetwood	V11	8	20	8	6	7	8	8	5	12	5	14	67
8	17	Rob Radboume	Manor Park	tba	11	5	9	10	6	14	9	4	13	10	16	77
9	30	Roger Crates	LRSC	Combi	6	4	5	7	5	3	10	20	20	20	20	80
10	12	Dave Rigby	LRSC	Venti	7	6	7	12	15	12	7	10	9	15	10	80
11	71	Ben Wallace	Huntingdon	Rockstar	10	9	12	15	8	7	18	8	6	13	13	86
12	91	Martyn Aspinall	LRSC	Britpop	12	14	14	11	14	13	11	13	10	8	7	99
13	87	Kevin Evison	LRSC	Britpop	15	8	17	16	13	10	6	15	15	7	12	101
14	49	Tracey Ballington	LRSC	Britpop	16	15	13	17	18	18	17	7	7	11	8	111
15	39	Mick Cooper	LRSC	Venti	18	13	10	14	11	9	14	12	14	14	15	111
16	98B	Paul Kelly	LRSC	Pikanto	14	20	18	13	16	17	12	16	8	9	9	114
17	88	Hayden Wallace	Huntingdon	Robot	13	12	15	9	9	15	16	11	17	17	17	117
18	77	Adrian Cripps	LRSC	Sedici	17	20	20	20	12	16	15	9	16	16	11	132
19	76	Mike Williams	LRSC	Britpop	19	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	171