It is with sadness we advise that long standing member Peter Davis passed away at the weekend following a long illness. His funeral is to be held at St Mary’s RC Church, Cleator Moor at 10am on Monday 18 October.

He enjoyed many weekends sailing with his family at Bassenthwaite, and the many friends he made. His family are not certain that they enjoyed the wet Bass Weeks camping in the rain quite as much!

Our thoughts are with his children at this sad time.

Bolton S C hosted the final event of the North West Junior Travellers 10 race series on Saturday. The challenging wind conditions resulted in several capsizes which kept the rescue crews very busy. This was Sam’s first season as a youth and the competition was closely contested throughout. It was down to the final event to decide the winner. Sam finished first overall and was awarded the NWJT trophy and several other prizes from the series sponsor 1st. Mark.

Congratulations to Nick and Nat Smith on the birth of Daisy Elise who weighed in at 8lb8oz at 9.40pm on 22 September, and is a third grand-daughter for Alan and Pat Smith.

Congratulations to Dave and Pete Lawson having won the GP Masters held in Windermere this weekend in a strong fleet of over 30 boats.

John Telford and Andy Smith teamed up again after several years break and secured an excellent second place. Well done Team Bass!

Mik Chappell spotted this the other day. Fortunately the forecast has moderated somewhat!

Congratulations to Mark and Kirstie Somerville who has just given birth to Cameron Luke at 9.45am on 29 September. Cameron weighed in at 7lb 10oz, is a brother for Matthew, and is temporarily in the special care unit.

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.

There has obviously been a massive amount of work throughout the year building up to this point (especially including the work of the grounds team) and it was brilliant to see efforts culminating with so many getting involved in the working party.

Here’s to a great Bass Week!

Thanks again and best wishes,

Stephen

As the grounds are looking so good, it’s a shame to let anyone on site to disturb it all…….

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 . Surely Dave’s not that bad to sail with
Toggle trying to find out how lonng is a piece of string	Scumper the big boss man keeps his eye on his men
Some of the hard workers deserve a well earned snack	Galley slaves
Not doing exercises just preparing banners for Bass week.	Graffiti artists at work
All hands on deck as the boats are prepared	So that’s where the ex treasurer has the pot of gold
Hiding the oppositions boats so that they can’t win	Grafting hard
Just two of the hard working foot soldiers putting in a lot of effort.

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.

Club ties are considered most appropriate for those attending the funeral.