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I.O.M Winter Series Round 12 at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club

by Mick Chamberlain 16 Mar 06:19 GMT 15 March 2026

Wow, what a day at Lincoln with a firm breeze straight down the lake. 18 skippers came to the start line, and I am pretty sure all went home smiling.

At the briefing it was always going to be a choice of A rig or with the strengthening breeze would you play it just a little safe and stick on the B rig, well have got to say it was an A rig start and a few opted for this and they were right.

First blood went to the visitor from Birkenhead, Robby Mac with his Venti, and in fact the top three in the first race all had A rigs including Rob Radbourne with his Proteus who took a third spot.

The breeze had picked up considerably and I'm not sure if we did one more race or not, but very soon the A riggers were rushing for their sail boxes, as this was now defiantly B rig conditions. Boy oh boy what racing we were in for. Brilliant course, three long beats with two good runs and a gate at the bottom.

Races two and three were taken by Darin B 98 with his Brit Pop. Tim H 134 had a sniff in race two, but it was not going to be his day, Rob W 97 was going well but with the strong breeze and waves, he was not going like he knows he can. Roger C 30 with his Venti improved as the day wore on and will be well happy. Paul M 52 from Fleetwood was going very well with his V12 and improves with every outing. Mick C had Winch problems which held him back in the first two races but then a miracle, and all was OK, not so Pete W 65 with a similar problem was forced to retire after race 9.

I just could not know where to begin with trying to tell you all how exciting this racing was. A few times the wind gods came out and gave us all a test, especially downwind, and at times it was max breeze for the B rig, with wipe outs a many and down in the gate area there were some decent sized waves to make it even more interesting. Darin B 98 was dominant but all through the fleet local battles were being had. The visitors, not including Roger C (as he is one of ours) had a great day, as did everybody.

Just a quickie here, there were an awful lot of ex-dinghy racers out there today, and all will say what a fantastic sport / hobby this Radio Racing is, and when you get days like this it is a fantastic advert for our sport. Young or old, Radio Racing is a challenge, so come and join us.

Very well done to Darin for the win, and in fact to all skippers for such a memorable day.

Overall Results:

PosSkipperSail NoClub/CityHullR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16Pts
1Darin Ballington98Lincoln RSCBritpop21152111236191312123
2Roger Crates30Bridlington MBSVenti773219194211191531340
3Robert McIntosh64Birkenhead RS&PCVenti14713271919246.3127242.3
4Rob Radbourne17Manor Park RSCProteus3597553656163912560
5Paul Middleton52Fleetwood MY&PBCV1289441612445526851262
6Mick Chamberlain46Lincoln RSCBritpop19151066351974342134471
7Rob Wilson97Lincoln RSCBritpop411297810811725843976
8Kevin Evison87Lincoln RSCBritpop10681411119108119311767105
9Simon Fairman71Manor Park RSCAlioth1116610101369612108711819114
10Peter Walters65Lincoln RSCVenti531134425319191919191919116
11Tim Hand134Lincoln RSCBritpop625191919193981319451019122
12Michael Cooper39Lincoln RSCVenti1617138919812101681012698129
13Martyn Aspinall69Rotherham MYCBritpop981613151014191497715121919149
14Peter Guest117Fleetwood MY&PBCFantasia V131012118915111217121216141911150
15Sam Parker59Lincoln RSCVenti121215121471315161314191015116154
16Tracey Ballington49Lincoln RSCBritpop141317171314191413141699101310162
17Ron Austen175Lincoln RSCBritpop1714141612121171715151319191413173
18John Tideswell88Keighley & District MES LtdBritpop15181915191919131510111114191919198

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