Toby Gatty

Many older members will remember Toby Gatty who used to work on rescue. Sadly Toby passed away last Friday. His funeral was held in St John’s Church, Bassenthwaite at 11am on Wednesday 28 July.

Our thoughts are with his wife Jean who worked behind the bar for many years.

Club ties are considered most appropriate for those attending the funeral.

Raising the flagstaff

26 July, 2010

After Winter maintenance identified some major defects in the top part of the flagstaff. The substantial repairs have been completed and the pole re-erected in time for Bass Week much to the relief of our vice commodore, and he expresses his personal thanks to Scumper and Alan Smith for all their efforts in organising its repair and reinstatement.

Daws on course, of course!

26 July, 2010

Well done to Ethan Dawson who competed in the Topper 4.2 Nationals last weekend at Leigh and Lowton. There were 45 entries and Ethan finished 39th.

He won a prize for completing all nine races, especially impressive as Saturday’s wind hit 28 knots!

Full report

Any guesses who dreamt up the heading?

Youth Squad

25 July, 2010

The Youth Squad have again had some dedicated races, but could be better attended.

Although Ethan mastered the conditions on Saturday, he found his match against Robin Crawley in Sunday’s racing. Despite this, Ethan leads the Sunday series, while Luke Howarth is leading the Saturday series

All on the last race

25 July, 2010

A gentle breeze with various gusts at times led to a pleasant morning’s racing. The wind in the afternoon eased as the race went on, but it was still reasonable racing conditions. The close racing at the front of each fleet led to the series results being dependent on the last race, so they had everything to sail for.

Mike and Eric secured two more wins to take the series from Paul Bowmer.

Robbie D and Scumper again shared wins in the handicap fleet, but Robbie’s win in the afternoon won him the series.

Similarly, Telf and Andy had some close racing but, Andy’s afternoon win gave him the series.

RYA Training Day

25 July, 2010

Des Wright, Ken West, Emma Smith, Ellen and Jamie Kerr, Jordan and Arnie Helling enjoyed a race training day with Pete Robinson from the RYA.� The wind was gusty and many enjoyed the warm water of the lake, but everyone agreed they had learned many simple techniques and learned more about the rules to help them gain confidence to start racing.� Pete coached them on the water and finished the day with some short races. Next RYA Training Day is in September.� Keep a look out for the date

Did she jump or was she pushed?!

18 July, 2010

The morning gusts had eased by the time racing started but there was still a good sailing breeze to keep the sailors happy. A shift in the wind took resulted in a somewhat biased beat for a while, but such is Bass!

Neil and Judith Currie were tempted back on to the water by the lighter airs, but at one stage Judith missed her toestraps and was dragged along with the boat as she clung on to her jib sheet. Neil soon had her back in the boat and they continued with the race. Scumper and Robbie D with Big E each had a win on handicap. Jim Christie lost his rig when a U bolt gave way, but no real damage done.

Gary Mansell fought his fears and went out for a brief sail with William in the RS400. One beat was enough as a taster but he will be back for more….

While Andy Smith waits for his new GP, he took to the water to give Telf, Mik and Alan a run for their money in the Mirror fleet. Telf and Andy each had a win a piece

Kayla went out in Mike F15 with Tom – each thought the other was helming! Anyway, they had a pleasant sail and no incidents.

In the GPs Mike and Eric shared the honours with Paul Bowmer and his wife, with Paul taking overnight lead.

Overall some close racing across all of the fleets. The series concludes tomorrow.

Sam’s Success

17 July, 2010

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Sam Hall was sailing at Coniston on Saturday where he secured a hat trick of wins and received a �15 prize.

Sunday Soaking

The wind seemed unexpectedly light when sailors turned up, but as the start time arrived, the wind picked up and the rain moved in – it was relentless until lunchtime. There were light patches, and William with Jo Watkins managed to find them on the single spinnaker reach of the course, but there were strong gusts from time to time too.

Although Neil Garrison in his Dart finished first on the water, it was Scumper in his Vareo that won on handicap from Jim Christie.

During lunch the wind freshened, and led to some more exciting reaches at times, but the shadow of Sale Fell still had its effect on racing and progress. William and Jo led the handicap, but they were beaten by Jim Christie in his Supernova on handicap. Scumper despite a couple of capsizes, held on to his position but was going to retire due to damage to his spinnaker pole, however he opted to wait for the shorten course signal. Little did he realise he would have to wait until the lead boat completed their lap some 10 mins later before the signal was sounded!

Although Mike beat Tim in the F15 fleet in both races, he did have to sneak past Tim in a lull going to mark 5 as Tim had mastered the first beat and gained a solid lead much to Mike’s dismay (or was it surprise?)

Soggy Saturday

16 July, 2010