A chilly day by the side of the pond at Scotland Farm but as ever we got a warm welcome from the Lincoln club. 40 ish skippers took part and congratulations to Buzz Coleman who won the day in style. Results below.

It’s nearly the end of hump day, you’re almost on the way to the end of the week, it’s time to think about charging batteries and prepping boats for the next few rounds of the DF Racing UK TT series which happens this weekend at Lincoln RSC.

Nearly 60 skippers have entered and it promises to be a great weekend hosted by Mick and the Lincoln RSC crew.

The weather looks a little on the chilly and damp side for Friday practice and Saturday but drier on Sunday but still chilly so pack yourself some warm clobber as there is little in the way of shelter at the pondside.

Also, if you remember bring yourself a mug for tea and coffee and save a tree or two in paper cups.

Good luck to all those competing, we’ll see you pondside over the next couple of days.

We’ve had a note from the Lincoln club who are the hosts of the next rounds of the DF racing 2023 TT series. The event is in a couple of weeks and if you are there then you need to read the post and if you aren’t yet there then you need to hurry up and get your entry in.!

DF65 and DF95 Skippers

The next rounds of the DF TT are due to take place at Lincoln Radio Sailing Club on 1^st and 2^nd April 2023.

As at today, we have 20 spaces left for the DF65 on the Saturday and only 8 left for the DF95 on the Sunday. 

So if you want to join us head off to the MYA events calendar and get your entry in.

This is a message from Mr Derek Priestley the MYA President:

Saturday Evening Banquet                                                                                                        

Micky Boy Chamberlin has arranged for everyone to meet for dinner in the (heated) Marquee at the Railway Inn, Station Road, Thorpe-on-the Hill, Lincoln LN6 9BS on the Saturday evening of the Lincoln TT weekend.

After dinner, we will be presenting all the GBR skippers who will be racing in the DF Global Championship at Fleetwood in May, with an MYA shirt to wear at the event opening ceremony.
We hope that all 26 GBR skippers for the Globals will attend this TT event and that all people present at the TT event will come to dinner and wish them well.

Many thanks.

Derek Priestley 

Important

As meals have to be pre-ordered with The Railway, if you haven’t got your order in and wish to join us, please contact Jen Hand email jen.hand@outlook.com before 24^th March 2023 for a copy of the menu.

The first two rounds of the 2023 DF Racing UK TT series are in the bag, there was lots of social, lots of catching up and even some racing as you can see from this lovely Sue Brown photo. Take a look at the Results 23 page for a full rundown of what went on.

A better day for the skippers that turned out with breeze all day in varying degrees from various directions. Some course resetting and some general recalls and we’ve managed 5 complete races.

Thanks again to all involved and we’ll get a full weekend report out over the next few days.

Results below, congrats to all of the 54 skippers who braved the chilly conditions at West Lancs.

Day two at West Lancs gets underway with the briefing by PRO Peter Baldwin. He should have an easier day today as the breeze is already here!

So, a slow day today, a test for skippers and even more so for the race team. Too many course changes and a few too many general recalls along with the fickle conditions led to a race day with only four races.

These things happen however and most skippers had a good day on the water. Thanks to all the helpers and especially PRO Peter Baldwin who has dealt with everything that was thrown at him today.

Results below and 95’s tomorrow with a forecast of a little more wind….hopefully. Congratulations to everyone who got involved

So we are all ready to go at West Lancs YC for the first round of the 2023 TT series. It seems that we might be lacking a vital ingredient however…..the wind wasn’t booked so we are all stood around waiting for it to arrive. More news later.

This weekend sees the first round of the 2023 DF Racing TT series at West Lancs YC. We have a bumper entry for both days with 50 plus entries for both days. It seems that the weather gods might keep us dry but it doesn’t look too breezy and I’d advise a comfy chair and a good book.

Practice on Friday afternoon for anyone that’s around followed by a couple of quiet pints somewhere.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The 2023 DF Racing UK AGM concluded the other evening and the results have been published on the AGM 2023 page. Click here to take a look.. Thanks to all those that voted, good to see some of you getting involved.