Bass must have had the lion’s share of the winds over the weekend. Sam Hall travelled to Redesmere for a North West Junior Traveller event and finished 3rd overall in very LIGHT winds.

Update form Vice Commodore:

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who was able to come down and help at the Bass Week working party. Your efforts were greatly appreciated and has helped us to get the site ready for this year’s regatta.… Read full article “Bass Week Preparations Nearing Completion”

Apologies to those not captured on film! (Think yourselves lucky 🙂

Nigel pressure washes the grime from the floods away in the boat house	Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Spin doctor
Do they know what they are doing?	Lynn looks about to saw her arm off .

Many older members will remember Toby Gatty who used to work on rescue. Sadly Toby passed away last Friday. His funeral was held in St John’s Church, Bassenthwaite at 11am on Wednesday 28 July.

Our thoughts are with his wife Jean who worked behind the bar for many years.… Read full article “Toby Gatty”

After Winter maintenance identified some major defects in the top part of the flagstaff. The substantial repairs have been completed and the pole re-erected in time for Bass Week much to the relief of our vice commodore, and he expresses his personal thanks to Scumper and Alan Smith for all their efforts in organising its repair and reinstatement.

Well done to Ethan Dawson who competed in the Topper 4.2 Nationals last weekend at Leigh and Lowton. There were 45 entries and Ethan finished 39th.

He won a prize for completing all nine races, especially impressive as Saturday’s wind hit 28 knots!… Read full article “Daws on course, of course!”

Des Wright, Ken West, Emma Smith, Ellen and Jamie Kerr, Jordan and Arnie Helling enjoyed a race training day with Pete Robinson from the RYA.  The wind was gusty and many enjoyed the warm water of the lake, but everyone agreed they had learned many simple techniques and learned more about the rules to help them gain confidence to start racing. … Read full article “RYA Training Day”

Many congratulations to vice commodore Stephen Kirkpatrick and his wife Claire following the birth of their daughter Georgina Elizabeth,  a sister for Henry and Thomas, who weighed in at 7lb11oz on Tuesday evening. Mother and baby doing well.

Well done to Emily for guessing it would be a girl called Elizabeth!

After almost two years of preparation we have been awarded Volvo RYA Champion Club status. The award will provide a basis upon which our Junior and Youth sections can develop and the young sailors involved will benefit from the programmes available from the Volvo Champion scheme.… Read full article “Volvo Champion Club Status”