IOMMDWCS 17/18 R3 Lincoln Race Report.

The day dawned as still as you get it, the water was glassy smooth, the competitors started to arrive and you could smell the waft of bacon coming from the clubhouse. 26 competitors all stood around chatting and discussing the weather. OOD Alan Newman held the briefing at 09:50 and welcomed everybody, then postponed racing until a whisper of wind showed on the Lincoln flag, we did not have to wait too long 30 minutes max before the first of the seeding races won by Chris Elliott and Craig Raistrick, I suppose for the most part the wind was in the south around 5/6 knots, and with some innovative course laying by Darin Ballington we had great racing during the day.

A battle royal at the head of the fleet between Craig, Darin, and Chris was great to watch, but in fairness the competitive spirit right thru the fleet was amazing, and all sailed in the very best spirit you can imagine. At the end of the day it was Darin who took the honours from Craig, followed by Chris with his new rig set up. A great variety of designs (15) was nice to see, some old some new, but all raced in the same good spirit. Our thanks must go to the team at Lincoln for a great day Jan in the galley with the bacon Butties, Allan our OOD, Gordon, Jackie, Alan Edgar, Ed Whittaker for his tireless work, the two Micks, Darin, and others who just lent a hand where required. Also the skippers for making this such an enjoyable no stress event.

We now look forward to the next bash at Stanton Lakes which is round two rearranged.

Mick Chamberlain.

Please pass on my thanks to all the race team and organizers for today’s event. (please include the catering team) All generally the un-sung heroes of a day’s racing, without these volunteers the rest of us could not compete. Despite the slow start as you had not ordered the wind early enough it turned into an enjoyable but cold days racing.

Eric Finley.

If anyone has any pictures from the event, please forward to me and I will add a selection into the event gallery. Gordon.