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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.

Overall Results:

PositionSail NoSkipperClub/CityHullR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Pts
198Darin BallingtonLRSCBritpop4122215121214
265Pete WaltersLRSCVenti23111231434520
360Dorian CreaseTwo IslandsBritpop31144441613125
497Rob WilsonLRSCBritpop17353623112328
574Chris ElliottLRSCBritpop5263101141756445
646Mick ChamberlainLRSCVenti910118175132412667
745Paul MiddletonFleetwoodV118208678851251467
817Rob RadboumeManor Parktba1159106149413101677
930Roger CratesLRSCCombi645753102020202080
1012Dave RigbyLRSCVenti7671215127109151080
1171Ben WallaceHuntingdonRockstar1091215871886131386
1291Martyn AspinallLRSCBritpop1214141114131113108799
1387Kevin EvisonLRSCBritpop1581716131061515712101
1449Tracey BallingtonLRSCBritpop1615131718181777118111
1539Mick CooperLRSCVenti181310141191412141415111
1698BPaul KellyLRSCPikanto1420181316171216899114
1788Hayden WallaceHuntingdonRobot13121599151611171717117
1877Adrian CrippsLRSCSedici172020201216159161611132
1976Mike WilliamsLRSCBritpop1916162020202020202020171

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