With the new sailing season starting tomorrow, there will be a rigging day this afternoon to dust off the cobwebs and prep your boat rather than leave it the run out to the startline to find out what you have forgotten!
Also, if you don’t want to be late for the first race, remember to adjust your clocks forward by one hour for the start of British Summer Time.

Ok, so our sailing season is still around the corner, but the Bass Week team have worked out it�s about 150 days till The Craftinsure Bass Week gets into full swing, and have opened entries on Webcollect.

Don�t miss your chance to book your entry, especially caravan space which are being snapped up as quickly as ever!

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and healthy New Year topped up with fair winds for another fantastic sailing season!

The 70th AGM was held in the clubhouse on Sunday 5 December.

Commodore Jon Denwood thanked all who had contributed to what has been a busy, and successful season.

Key points

• The minutes of the 69th AGM were adopted
• The annual accounts were adopted
• The proposed rule changes were agreed, with some minor changes to wording
• Following discussion, an amendment to the circulated subscriptions was proposed and agreed

• Officers and members of the outgoing council were re-elected, though a vacancy for the safety officer position exists as Robin Dawson has stepped down from the role. Full list
• The honorary auditor was re-elected
• There were a couple of changes to the fleet captains

We are sad to have learnt of the recent death of former member John Wills who lived in nearby Bassenthwaite.

John was GP club champion a mere 55 years ago, took on the roles of sailing secretary and auditor, and went on to be Commodore from 1973-74

Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

An early morning dump of snow made the club grounds very picturesque, even the Bates looked different with a snow cap!

The wind that was apparent at Ouse bridge retreated, and with only two reluctant participants the OD cancelled racing for the day bringing the racing season to a close.

Winter series final results

Just in case you missed the odd email recently, the 69th prize giving dinner dance was held last night at the Crown Hotel in Wetheral. Covid concerns did result in a lower than normal attendance, but was thoroughly enjoyed by the 56 people that made it.

Following the dinner, Commodore Jon Denwood reinvigorated a speech given by his father in 1988; despite the passage of time, so much of it was still pertinent to present day operations of the club. It was then time for the juniors to lead the dancing…