Despite being just a week away from the longest day, there was no hint of summer in the weather conditions. The campers on site had a wet, stormy night, with the occasional lightning flash!
Wind strength varied through the morning, and through the afternoon too, mainly due the wind swinging around Sale Fell, and the shadow that it cast over the northern end of the lake.… Read full article “Championship Weekend”
This weekend 17 boats competed in the first fleet challenge series of the year. Weather conditions were similar on both days, with a westerly F1-2 that freshened as the afternoon went on. Some of the gusts enabled great planing conditions, and resulted in a few capsizes.… Read full article “Fleet Challange A 2025”
Bassenthwaite have decided to cancel the planned Laser and Solo open due to low entry numbers.
Club racing will continue as planned in the schedule.
Any visitors that were planning on entering on the day would be more than welcome to sail our standard club racing of two races back to back starting at 1430.… Read full article “Laser/Solo Open 7 June Cancelled”
Perhaps due to the tale end of half term, or the weather forecast F3 gusting 5, numbers sailing were low on Saturday.
Ginger Phil led the way in his VX One, but a powerful gust on the 2nd lap proved too much and there was a spectacular capsize after which they retired.… Read full article “Bottoms Up!”
As the schools broke up for half term, so did the weather! Rain came in overnight, and the wind built too, though the temperature remained relatively mild. The SW wind made use of Sale Fell to disturb some of the racing area.… Read full article “Whit Bank Holiday 2025”
The sunny weather continues, with a brisk NE breeze, and cloudless skies.
The wind eased slightly before racing got underway, and veered to ENE. The change of course caught Artur out, though daughter Olivia in ILCA 6 had a great debut pulling out almost one minute lead on Neil, also in ILCA 6, in both races.… Read full article “Saturday Sunshine”
With a better wind in the Scarness narrows, various sailors were keen to make use of it on Saturday in the Asymmetric Cup/MJM series. With clear blue skies, and 20C temperature, the champagne conditions brought out 23 boats.
Though the wind freshened as the course was being determined, it would not last, and faded to a drift by the end of the first race.… Read full article “And Then There Were Four”
Silver Meadows AGM in clubhouse at 7pm on 4th June is open to all members.
Tony Marsh is one of the leaders at the Dawn Chorus every year, he’s very knowledgeable about the natural world in general, and will be a very interesting speaker.… Read full article “Dubwath Silver Meadows AGM 2025”
The sailors of the inaugural night jar of the season were greeted with a light SE which started to die as the sailors were rigging up. This was followed by a SW over the club which held a steady 5-8 knots over the evening. … Read full article “Night Jar 1”
The sunshine continues but the temperature eased with the NE wind. Including the Catapult fleet, which joined us again as part of their travel we s trophy series, there was over 40 boats on the water.
The wind was consistent, if only in the way there were major swings of up to 45 degrees throughout the afternoon!… Read full article “May Bank Holiday 2025”