I.O.M Winter Series Round 8 at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

by Mick Chamberlain 18 Jan 21:13 GMT 18 January 2026

I.O.M Winter Series Round 8 at Lincoln © Mick Chamberlain

A bit of a damp morning, but it certainly did not dampen the spirit of the 17 I.O.M skippers 17. Rob was RO, and give him lots of credit he did a great job, as always plenty of help was on hand from the usual faithfuls.

It really was tipping it down when we all turned up and hung around for an hour and then dried up, not cold and a gentle breeze from, I guess the North East that gave us a nice beat and run on the South bank. Nine designs on show today, and Darin B had his Brit Pop back, not the Pikanto as suggested in the results.

First race kicked off right on time after the briefing, and it was Tim H 134 followed home by Darin B, and then Sam P 59 in his Venti. The breeze was light and just a little shifty, and you needed your wits about you, for the whole length of the course which was two laps.

I.O.M Winter Series Round 8 at Lincoln - photo © Mick Chamberlain

Race 2 had Rob W 97 and race 3 Darin B 98 who was quickly getting into his stride and he then followed through with a couple of second places, before claiming another bullet in race 6.

The race wins, well Rob W 97 had three, Darin took a couple, Tim took one with Pete W 65 and Roger C 30 collecting the other two. We sailed 8 long races, and the racing to be honest was superb. Everybody will have gone home firstly with a plan of what to do next time but also with a smile, because despite the lousy weather the racing was had in a fine spirit.

You can all look at your discards and make some excuses, but at the end of the day, the fat lady sang and Darin stood on the top step, a fairly regular occurrence.

I.O.M Winter Series Round 8 at Lincoln - photo © Mick Chamberlain

Round 8 Results:

Pos	Hull	Skipper	Sail No	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	Pikanto	Darin Ballington	98	2	18	1	2	2	1	6	5	13
2	Britpop	Rob Wilson	97	6	1	3	11	1	5	3	1	14
3	Britpop	Tim Hand	134	1	4	2	3	4	2	11	7	16
4	Venti	Pete Walters	65	4	8	18	1	5	3	2	8	23
5	Venti	Mick Chamberlain	46	8	6	12	9	3	4	4	2	27
6	Venti	Sam Parker	59	3	2	5	7	9	15	5	6	28
7	Friday	Roger Crates	30	5	5	10	5	10	18	1	4	30
8	V10	Paul Kelly	144	7	3	4	4	7	13	7	9	32
9	Alioth	Martyn Aspinall	91	11	7	13	13	8	7	10	3	46
10	Britpop	Tracey Ballington	49	10	9	8	8	11	14	8	13	54
11	Britpop	Jen Hand	69	17	18	6	6	13	6	9	15	55
12	Venti	Kevin Evison	87	9	11	11	16	6	12	16	10	59
13	Viss	Richard Jutsum	89	16	10	9	10	14	8	15	11	62
14	Venti	Adrian Cripps	80	12	14	7	15	16	9	13	16	70
15	Sedici	Colin Helliwell	77	15	12	15	12	12	10	12	12	70
16	Robot	Ron Austen	175	13	13	14	14	15	16	14	14	82
17	Proteus	Mike Holmes	27	14	18	18	17	17	11	17	18	94