For those of you that were unable to get to see the initial runs of�Emma’s play ‘True’ or her film ‘One last walk’ they could be coming to a village�near you very soon.
Both the play and film will be at these venues on the following�dates
7.30pm 8th November – Florence Mine, Egremont
7.30pm 9th November – Torpenhow Village Hall
7.30pm 10th November – Gosforth Public Hall
7.30pm 15th November – Beggars Theatre, Millom
7.30pm 17th November – Thursby Village Hall
A goodly�contingent of 8 boats from Derwent Reservoir and a lone�adventurer�from�Scotland travelled to Bass SC to take part in the annual team racing event�on the weekend of 20th October. Together�the nine visiting boats�provided�three teams set to challenge the two teams from the home club. With Steve�Goacher due to arrive on the Sunday it was agreed that the team lying in�last position overnight would reap the benefit of having Steve as an�addition to their team on day two.
The overnight forecast was amended on Saturday morning to suggest that the�projected 12 mph breeze was not going to materialise – nor did it. The fleet�launched in pleasant sunshine and a gentle F2.�The conditions, however, were�not as benign as the casual observer might have been led to believe.�The�wind strength�was extremely variable over the race course, with bands of�pressure favouring some and heaping ordure�on others.
The early leaders of the first race, Neil Platt and Phil Davenport from the�home club, headed the fleet for most of the first lap, only to end up in 9th�place. Terry Crumpton and John Mathie from DRSC were consistently in the�leading vanguard and managed, eventually, to find their way to the front and�take the gun. Simon Longstaff and Jon Denwood from Bass found a few more�ladders than snakes and sailed well to finish second, with John Hardisty and�Dave Christie from DRSC�also improving through the race to finish third.
The second race was sailed in a gradually fading breeze. Terry Crumpton and�John Mathie showed great consistency in the testing conditions taking the�gun for a second time. Former FF hot shots Neil Currie and Rory Yardley, who�have recently returned to the class, recovered from their eigth place in�Race 1 to take second, with Dave Douglass and Steve Turley from DRSC�improving to third.
Terry Crumpton�and John Mathie were overnight leaders from Simon Longstaff and and Jon�Denwood with Dave Douglas and Steve Turley in third. This meant that the ‘FFlipin’�Missfits’� were the leading team overnight with ‘The Bass Tards’ in second.�’The Better guys’ were just a point behind in third.
Sunday was as perfect an Autumn day as could be wished for, with glorious�sunshine and a perfect azure sky. The wind also consented to play its part,�providing, if anything, rather more than the the forecast 3 mph southerly.�’The Good Guys’ being the last placed team overnight, were somewhat dismayed�when Steve Goacher failed to appear on Sunday morning,�to take the place of�Mr Average in their team, particularly with Mark Somerville failing to�produce the form that saw him become RS Vareo national champion recently.
The fleet started on time with Simon Longstaff and Jon Denwood showing early�pace and leading the fleet. Sadly the wind gradually evaporated and the Race�Officer had no option but to shorten the course. Simon and Jon were unable�to hold onto the lead and in the closing stages of the race, with the lake�almost mirrored, John Hardisty and Terry Crumpton� both slipped past to take�first and second respectively.
After a break�for lunch had failed to provide any improvement in the conditions racing was�abandoned for the day. The final finishing order was Terry and John first;
John and Dave second and Simon and Jon in third. The ‘FFlipin’ Missfits’ took the team prize with ‘The Better Guys’ in second place.
F15 Team
Racing Champs 2012
Team Name Sail No Boat / Helm Wtg R1 R2 R3 Tot Adj Pts Pos�
Bass'tards 3973 S. Longstaff 2 5 3 57
3770 N. Platt 9 9 13 57 3
3520 N. Currie 8 2 6 57
Fflipin' Misfits3906 J. Hardisty 3 6 1 35
3940 T. Crumpton 1 1 2 35 1
3829 D. Douglas 6 3 12 35
Super Markids 3695 D. Vasey 12 10 10 118
3685 S. Lee 14 12 14 118 6
3675 L. Sainsbury 15 15 16 118
Hot Rods 3801 R. Huddleston 10 7 11 87
3939 Athol King 11 13 9 87 4
3636 Robin Jefferson 4 17 5 87
Good Guys 3265 M. Somerville 13 11 8 115.5
3477 E Guillois 16 14 15 115.5 5
3371 Mr Average 14.5 12.5 11.5 115.5
Better Guys 3996 Mike Moore 7 4 4 52.5
3815 Ian Campbell 5 8 7 52.5 2
3905 Mr. Mean 6 6 5.5 52.5
To reinforce�the light nature of the competition in the F15 team racing, one of the key�aspects of the prize giving is the Grotty Potty, re-awarded each year by the
previous year’s winner.
The major nominations for this year’s award all went to Bass members!�Heading the list was Ian Preston for turning up totally unprepared in terms�of organising the food. However, there were several people on hand,�including visitors, to pick up the reins. On the grounds that Ian was not�actually competing, his nomination was discarded. Next in line was our own�National Champion whose lack lustre results could not even be put down to�being late for the start! The winning nomination went to Neil Platt for�leading most of the first race but only finishing 9th due to the vagaries of�the weather, and having similar unexpected results in the following races.
It is clear that Neil has already decided next year’s winner will be John�Hardisty. All he needs now is to dream up an appropriate mishap justify that�decision. John is certain to oblige!
It was a light�turnout for the final weekend series of the club championship.
With no other GPs racing on Saturday, Val/Ken raced in the handicap fleet,�won both races on Saturday, and with the last race on Sunday being cancelled�due to lack of wind, it meant they won the Comet Trophy! 2nd overall went to�Alex/Olivia in an RS200 with a 1st and 2nd to count, while John/Janis took�3rd with a 2nd and 4th.
On Saturday, in the Toppers Harry was fully aware of the time to the start,�counting down the time to his only competitor Jamie, but he was still more�than 30 secs late for the start! As Jamie was the only boat to finish in�either of the two Saturday races, and no Toppers sailed on Sunday, his�solitary 1st position �won him the series Trophy!
On Sunday there were three GPs. Paul/Vicky led the fleet, with Val/Ken 2nd.�With just one race sailed, the Stables Prize was awarded to Paul/Vicky.
Ethan Dawson has just been selected as one of 13 sailors for the RYA’s West Zone Squad. The squad will receive six weekends of training throughout Winter by head coach Neil Marsden.
Well done!
Congratulations to Emma and Phil Davenport on the birth of their first child Oscar last Wednesday. Congratulations also go to Nick and Natalie Smith on the birth of Scarlet, a sister to Daisy.
Very best wishes go to both families.
Sunday started with a light SW breeze. Not sure whether Hugh had slept in, or was just being casual, but the OD opted to delay starting the race until Hugh could get to the line. It did him no harm as he quickly had the lead in the asymmetric fleet, but it would soon be a case of all change as the lead changed a couple of times, first by the Hardies in their RS200, and then by the Hallidays in their RS400. Roy also had his moment finishing 2nd behind the Hardies on handicap.
Steve/Ruth led the other fleet of non-asymmetrics, and pulled out sufficiently from Mike/Kayla , and the GPs, to win on handicap. Finishing order was the same in the 2nd race enabling Steve to close the gap on Dave/Lynn who lead the series.
The wind freshened slightly in the afternoon, and there were a few capsizes, most of them being by Peter Ballard as he tried to master taking down his gennaker! The stronger wind helped Banter have some close racing with the Hardies who secured another win and strengthened their lead in the series.
Scumper and Toggle have been away this weekend at the RS Vareo Nationals near Southampton. Congratulations to Scumper on his RS Vareo National Champion 2012 title, and Toggle for finishing a creditable 10th. Final report
Well done to Mark Ninnim/Emma Smith who finshed 3rd in the Enterprise Scottish Areas last weekend.
Three boats from the club ventured to Looe in Cornwall to take parts in the GP14 Worlds. All three came away with fantastic results after eight races in challenging conditions. In a fleet of 127 boats, Phil Hodgkins, crewing in his parents’ boat with Adam Parry, finished 11th, Dave and Lynn Lawson 25th and Andy/Rob Smith 27th.
Well done!
The Lakeland triathlon was held from the club on Saturday with over 300 competitors.
Just as well they set off in phases!
On Sunday it was back to the usual sailing programme. The morning started off with fantastic sunshine, and a breeze came in from the south east but, unfortunately, it was not going to stay that way. By the time the course was set, the sunshine was hiding, and the wind was started to fade (perhaps the wind turbines on Bothel blowing gently in a northerly air was significant!).
The two fleets set off in very light airs, and with no signs of it getting any better the OD opted to shorten racing at the first mark. Unfortunately for the asymmetric fleet, the Hardies in their RS200 picked up enough wind to fill their gennaker such that they beat the committee boat to the windward mark, so they had to sail two legs, compared to the MJM fleet just sailing one. Towards the end of the race, drizzle set in.
Steve/Elaine Hunt were the first to finish after approx 25 mins, beating Tim Knowles/Martin Statter by a couple of mins on handicap. Sue Watson opted to helm for a change, but retired in the light airs. Steve was keen to point out that he didn’t want mention of his venture into the reeds (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), but body language can be so difficult at times…
Sailing Sec Roy had a good port end start in the Asymmetric fleet, and persevered to secure a 3rd place on handicap behind the Hardies and Toggle.
The drizzle/rain continued over lunch, and the wind showed little sign of coming back, so with many sailors opting to pack their boats away, the afternoon race was cancelled.
During this weekend’s GP Open there was a three way challenge between Alan/Sue, Alastair/Claire and Katharine/Glenys where the leading boat at the end of the Meeting would be bought a bottle of champagne by the others. Well, as tweeted on the day, Alan/Sue won and proudly collected their prize, and promptly shared it with the challengers to a rousing toast of “Bottoms up”
It is with sadness that we have learnt that long standing member Chris Denwood has tragically been killed in a motorcycle accident.
Chris joined the club with his family over 40 years ago and was an avid GP and Laser sailor in his time. Although he left to tour the world and then work in London, he came back to the area a few years ago and rejoined as a member and bought another Laser, but his passion for sailing had passed him by.
Chris’ father was Mike Denwood, and his brother is Trustee Jon Denwood. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
Chris’ funeral was held in Distington Crematorium on Monday 30 July, and afterwards at Hundith Hill Hotel, Nr Cockermouth.
If you have been worrying about the well being of your much beloved craft, please rest assured that all boats have now been moved to safety. The water has now risen (13.00 Saturday) to cover all of the foreshore to a depth of a foot or so at the shallowest part (by the steps down from the clubhouse). More rain is forecast overnight but no boats are now in any immediate danger. Inevitably not all boats can be tied down in their temporary positions and it would be prudent to check that your boat is secured when you can.
Our warmest thanks go to all those, including the the rescue crew Chris, Scott and James, who worked all morning waist deep in water, to bring all boats to safety.
The massive rapid rise in water levels has caught out several boats, which have been moved, but any help to move further boats to higher ground would be appreciated, especially as it is possible that the lake could continue to rise.
You can see below how rapidly it has risen.
