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.
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…
It is with sadness we have learnt of the death of Joan Hardie after a short illness.
She passed peacefully in her sleep with husband Jack, and her sister Barbara, by her side.
Joan and Jack have been regular sailors in the GP and Handicap fleets for several years, and Joan gleefully mastered light airs.
Our thoughts are with Jack and Barbara at this sad time.
Joan�s funeral service will be held at Carlisle Crematorium, Dalston Road CA2 6AT, at 11.00am on Thursday 18th November and afterwards for refreshments at the Sailing Club. No need to wear black but if you do then a small touch of bright colour would be nice.
No flowers please, donations to Hospice at Home West Cumbria.
The forecast gusty conditions proved to be true enough to put off the half a dozen sailors that turned up with a view to race. Perhaps sailing will resume next week?!
What an end to British Summer Time!
Heavy rain during the week led to the highest lake levels for a good while, and, with more rain forecast to maintain the high water level, racing has been cancelled for the weekend, so the Autumn series are concluded with honours going to Val/Ken for the Saturday series, and AJ/Sue for the Sunday series.
Final results for the Autumn Saturday and Autumn Sunday series.
Don’t forget to enjoy a Sunday morning lie in as the clocks go back an hour this weeknd.
The lake has been at about 50mm/hour over the last day or so, and likely to continue for several more hours.
Is your boat safe?
After a couple of clear nights, the air temperature dropped significantly despite a southerly breeze. Fortunately the rain held off throughout the day.
The morning cadet training session had a couple of capsizes as the wind funnelled through the narrows at Scarness, and there was an unusually large wind shadow from Sale Fell in Dubwath bay area which the OD tried to avoid for afternoon racing. A large group of the Cadet fleet travelled to Leigh & Lowton for some training/racing – a great day had by all despite a lack of wind.
In the first race John Reekie led the fleet, with AJ/Sue putting up a good fight for the first lap, but a late drop of their kite was an opportunity Val/Ken ceased to pass them. There were lulls in the wind strength as it wind swung more to the SW.
The start line was moved for race 2 and the wind strengthened slightly for the rest of the day. Perhaps AJ was analysing his performance between races to the extent that he was 30 secs late for the start, a distance that he was unable to make back up. This time Val/Ken led the fleet around the course, and Neil in his Solo had a better race finishing 2nd on the water ahead of Mike in his Streaker.
Latest Autumn Saturday series results
A wet night, and drizzly morning, seemed to generate some reluctance to venture out, but nine boats did follow the start boat out for another couple of races in a shifty SW F1-2 gusting 3 occasionally.
Neil was a bit too keen for the first start, recalled, capsized, got his mast in the mud, recovered, and restarted some 5 minutes behind the rest of the fleet! Steve/Ruth led both races, and pulled out a strong lead. AJ/Sue sailed well, and surely would have beaten the other main rivals in the GP fleet, if only they had turned up to race! John/Steve in their F15 learned that running into the back of another boat is not the done thing, and had to do two turns as a penalty.
Saturday started with patchy winds, that filled in just in time for racing, though shortly after the start the� wind did ease briefly before filling in to F1-2 for the rest of the afternoon.
By the windward mark AJ/Sue had taken the lead of the fleet of 10 boats, but it was going a it pear-shaped for them on the final leg into the leeward mark as the wind benefitted those further back. Not ot worry though, at the end of the lap they had pulled back to third behind Neil and Ian, both in Solos. There were more place changes throughout the next two laps as some gained advantage from the shifts, or better wind strengths on different parts of the course. AJ held on to Neil’s transom to finish second on the water then declaring ‘We’re going in, it doesn’t get any better than that‘.
AJ did not go ashore but was unable to repeat his performance with Val/Ken, and James/Dave, pushing him back to third on the water, so he was right, it didn’t get any better! The slightly stronger wind opened up the field a bit this time with Neil just finishing fourth, and Mike in a Streaker fifth on the water.
On handicap, the leaders converted their on the water positions to actual results, so Val/Ken lead overall, with Neil 2nd.
Autumn Saturday latest results
On Sunday, an hour before the start the lake there was a general lack of wind but it slowly filled in from the forecast westerly to provide some great racing conditions, with numerous swings, though the hour long races were probably a lap longer than the sailors were expecting.
Dave/Lyn mastered the conditions and led both races thoughout, though Val/Ken did reel in some of their lead in the second race. With two wins on handcap Dave/Lyn lead the series, with Val/Ken 2nd. AJ/Sue securing a 3rd in the first race, while Chris/Chloe in their Graduate put up a good performance taking 3rd in the second race.
Chris/Tony in a RS200 were the only boat to capsize, initially a quick one just before the second start, then a bigger one, which led to their retirement during the race.
Congratulations to John Reekie on winning the SB20 Inlands at Ullswater, crewed by son James, Zefer and Andy
The recent rainfall has caused the lake level to rise significantly over the last week.
Please ensure that your boat, if it is on the foreshore, will be safe should the lake flood as a result of the continuing run off from the hills combined with further rainfall over the next couple of days.
Perhaps due to a wet and windy forecast, there weren�t a lot of eager participants for the weekend championship series so the OD cancelled the racing on Saturday.
Though forecast to be stronger on Sunday, several sailors turned up, looked at the conditions, and four opted to race, two GPs, a Vareo and a F15. The conditions were sailable, despite occasional squalls to contend with, and some short, sharp showers. After two laps Val/Ken called it a day and retired, but Dave/Lynn had to sail on another couple of laps before the course was shortened. In the handicap fleet, Hugh in the Vareo finished ahead of John/Steve in the F15, so won on handicap too.
After a lunch break, the heavy rain showers put off the sailors from heading out again, so racing was cancelled for the day