The forecast for Sunday is dreadful. Will the Bass micro-climate win over?

Let us know if you intend to come down so we can manage racing/rescue cover as necessary.

We have learned that Toni Nuttall sadly passed away on Wednesday,� March 13^th�after a short battle with cancer.

The Nuttalls were fixtures at the club during the 80s and 90s with Toni being the very patient wife (and sometimes crew) to Peter as Commodore!

Sons Chris and Andrew were both with Toni at the time of her passing.� The funeral will be held�later this month in the Cotswolds.

21st � 27th July 2024 (racing 22nd � 26th July)

Bassenthwaite Sailing Club are delighted to welcome the NSSA National Youth Regatta back to the lake district.

Planning is well underway for the event and entries have now opened. Please enter via the club website and Webcollect. https://webcollect.org.uk/bass-sc/event/nssa-regatta-2024

Entries will be collated by team managers. Please contact the NSSA for your local team manager.

Team managers will find a spreadsheet document within Webcollect to download, distribute and populate.

Camping, food and sailing will all be available from the sailing club site which will hopefully make it easy for teams to access the event and enjoy the clubs well renowned hospitality throughout the regatta.

Entry fees:
Sailing � Double Handed entry (per boat) �250. Single handed entry �160.
Camping – �65 per person.
Food – �120 for meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) Sunday evening � Friday evening.
�4.50 breakfast Saturday 27th July.
�33 lunch only.

The Notice of Race has now been published and is available via our dedicated website page Bassenthwaite-sc.org.uk/nssa24

Any questions or queries, please do get in touch and we�ll endeavour to assist.
[email protected]

Look forward to seeing you all in July.

Bass NSSA Team

With Saturday�s spring like weather seemingly a flash in the plan, the foggy start on Sunday didn�t put off a couple of dozen members and their dogs from walking around Sale Fell and back to the club for pie and peas!

Happy sailing in 2024

It is with sadness that we have learnt of the passing of Joe Hardon earlier today.

Joe was a member for many years sailing in GPs and F15s. He was on council and spent many Wednesday afternoons mowing the grounds.

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

Joe�s funeral will take place at St Mary’s Church, Wigton on January 16th at 12.30pm followed by the Crematorium at 13.40pm, and afterwards at Wigton Rugby Club

Despite there being no white frost, several competitors still had to clear ice that had accumulated in their boat covers. Although Banter had submitted to the conditions and was wearing long trousers, both his crew Oscar, and Neil�s crew Archie, turned up in shorts!

There was a good Southerly breeze throughout the day for the two RS200s and two Radials to enjoy competitive racing, with some good planing reaches. The rescue crew had no capsizes to deal with, so were lucky not to be frozen solid by the end of the day�s racing!

Banter/Oscar led the first race, with Neil/Archie 2nd, Neil G 3rd, and Paul 4th. Neil/Archie had gear problems before the final race and headed ashore, but the finishing order was the same for other boats.

Banter won both races, and took overall lead from Neil/Archie to win the series, with Neil G 3rd and Paul 4th overall (as the day�s first race!)

Final results

A damp and drizzly morning greeted our usual suspects. But there was wind and plenty of enthusiasm amongst the sailors�. This was despite the OD, Alan’s attempts to dissuade the takers ????.

The rain eased, and the wind was a steady 2 occasional 3. In the first race, there were lots of position changes in the RS200s with Banter/Oscar, and Neil/Archie enjoying some close racing. The first race was won by Neil/Archie, then Banter/Oscar, next home was Tim/Barbara in the F15 followed by Paul in his Laser radial.

The second race the wind eased, and whilst the RS200 were having a ‘Banter’ pre start the race got under way. All be it with some late starting in the RS200 fleet. The positions were reversed from the first race with Banter/Oscar coming home first followed by Tim/Barbara then Neil/Archie. However Paul sailed a great race, and it looks like it could be quite tight once the handicap is worked out.

Latest results (when available)

Snow on Skiddaw is always a wonderful sight, but not necessarily an excuse to be sailing! Despite it being cold and quite windy, the Campbells, the MacGregors, and Neil rigged up. Neil G thought better of it before launch after bringing in the Bates� Wisely!

Neil/Archie went out and had some fun playing with the kite. James/Jenny went out too, but then Jenny realised it was too cold for her hands. They kindly offered to start then go in, but Neil wasn’t going to sail round and keep everyone out in the cold, so it was agreed to call it a day.

Thanks to Mike and Jack for their efforts setting the course only to find there was no takers!