It is with great sadness that we have learned that Ian MacPherson died peacefully this morning (17 October) after a long illness. Ian has been a long standing member of the club having sailed in the Laser and F15 fleets.

Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this sad time.

Ian’s funeral is to be held at 13.30 on Monday 28 October at Carlisle Crematorium, followed by a reception at Dalston Victory Hall. If you are likely to attend the reception please let us, or Tim Chittenden, know by Wednesday evening so that the family can plan catering arrangements.

A fair number of potential competitors turned up at the Club with the intention of racing but rapidly changed their minds when they saw what foul winds Bass� micro-climate had delivered. These included Ian & Tim, Paul & Vicky and Hon treasurer to name but a few.  AJ / Sue said maybe but opted out when their Geep nearly blew over with only the jib up! Paul G�s Radial went one better by taking off and turning over on the slipway.

So we had three boats in the pre-start area for Race 1.  This was reduced to two when the kicking strap on Hugh�s Vareo came adrift.  It left the two Pauls � Gannon & Clark – to take the start in their Radials. PG had a capsize on the beat but, as PC took what he described as an Asymmetric course on the next leg, the return to the finish was close with PC nosing it by 8 seconds.  Yes, it was only 1 lap!

Both helms fancied (?) a second race.  PC took an early lead which extended when PG had a number of further capsizes.  To his credit he continued to the finish, and on being asked after how he felt, said he urgently needed a bag of chips.  Hey ho!

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A reasonably calm evening with a Westerly wind.  Jenny chose 9-8-A and 12 boats lined up for the start. It had to happen in the final outing and we had an individual recall as Nigel & Glenys were ocs.

Mark�s 400 with Cameron as crew led after the short windward leg but the helm was keeping an eye on Matthew so he wasn�t really racing. It was, therefore, Rory�s Solo who effectively led from Joan & Jack and Alan & Sue in their GPs.  Then came Paul with a Radial rig.

After several laps the light was fading fast so it was decided to finish John�s Pico on three.  Crews then returned to the Clubhouse where Barbara had a meal prepared for all.

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Yet another No Show.  Again wild south westerly gusts were to blame. A few turned up but no one wanted to launch.  The OD didn�t even bother to hoist flags � just told all it was off!

Fantastic day today at the club. As a prelude to the long bank holiday weekend, 16 young sailors took part in Race Training with Curtis Mearns from the RYA. A further 16 youngsters enjoyed “Sail and Splash” with fun and games on the water.

Photos of the onshore “decision making” games with Curtis.

The forecast said Gusting 40.  It wasn�t that extreme but heavy nevertheless.  The OD said there would be a race if members wanted one but the trouble was that people could not make up their minds! Except a couple of newer members who were advised that launching was, perhaps, not a good idea.  So eventually N over A was hoisted.  

A number of crews turned up at the Club hoping that Bass�s winds would be less extreme than around their homes.  But conditions on the Lake were still marginal for racing.  The Sailing Secretary who was the OD consulted all before deciding to cancel racing for the day.

It was probably due to crews wanting to escape from Jon�s boat-moving work party but we got twelve enthusiastic entrants for Night Jar 14. And two were over enthusiastic going OCS and being recalled! Mind you, that didn�t stop them moving back to the front of the fleet by the second leg.

But the wind was all over the place � enough at A where the Bates was anchored but virtually nothing from 0 around 1 and up to B. Andy / Phil had had enough after one lap but John in the Solo and Mike & Eric continued to crawl their way around.

Richard Hughes in his elderly Radial was the first to be shortened after one 30 minute lap. He had put in a stormer (relatively speaking) and was 8 minutes up on Bob�s Full Rig and over 10 on the fellow Radials of Alan Singleton, John Bracegirdle and Barbara Thompson.

Katia�s Tera and James� Oppy looked as though they were in with a chance on PH at least. But, although they looked painfully slow, the wind picked up marginally for the back markers and those on 2 laps took the leading results. That didn�t stop Mike & Eric accepting a tow back – for the first time in a long while they said!

There was no food for the first Thursday this year. So thanks are due to Andy and a hungry Katia for staying on to produce the results.

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With a black sky and thunder & lightning there was doubt as to whether the race would be held.  But the storm missed Bass and twelve boats lined up for the start.

Sue & Alan picked up the port bias and were first away.  Glenys & Nigel were not so lucky and capsized on the line.  Some wag reckoned they needed to cool off on the hottest day of the year!

Mike�s Streaker was first round the windward mark with Peter�s Laser just astern, the helm wishing for a bit more wind.  Then it was Sue / Alan and Ken / Val with Mike�s Solo close astern.  Further back was John in his Pico hanging out as if is life (or stability at least) depended on it!

James and Andrew Reekie in their Oppys were shortened first and then Dave Eva�s Vision, Robert Hedges� Ent and Barbara Thompson�s Laser all in close company.

After which back in for the meal which was, again, prepared by James & Jenny.

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