Sam Hall has finished in 4th place in the Scottish Laser Grand Prix in a standard rig this weekend at Largs Sailing Club.
Three Smith brothers sailed at the Yorkshire Dales RS200 open last weekend. Bean and Naomi Smith took 5th overall, but we are not certain where Andy and Rob Smith finished. Y&Y report
Congratulations to Sam Hall who won 2nd place in the North West Junior Travellers at Budworth S C on Bank Holiday Monday. Pictured here with a cup and a trophy that he won
Toddy and Alan Waugh were down preparing their boats on Saturday, but Toddy just couldn’t wait for sailing to start on Sunday and had to go out for a sail, if only for 10 mins!
Well, our 2009 sailing season has finally started and we�ve already hosted a major event (before our own boats have even touched the water)
Last week�s Topper Association Winter Regatta was a resounding success and we�ve had lots of thank you notes from competitors and their families, a typical one reads:
�I would be very grateful if you could pass on my thanks to Bassenthwaite Sailing Club for the excellent time we had at the Topper Northern Winter Regatta. Your Club managed to combine relaxed friendliness from every one we met with efficient organisation on and off the water, and my son and I thoroughly enjoyed our week end. I hope you have a successful season on your beautiful lake.�
I�d like to thank those of you who helped to make the event a success either during the preparations running up to the weekend or during the event itself (which was pretty hectic for many of you)
The competitors and their families were most impressed with the welcome we gave to them and the efficiency of our organisation, all of which is down to your hard work and dedication.
From our point of view I�m sure you will agree that the visitors were particularly polite and well behaved, it was a pleasure having them on site.
The Topper Association has already spoken to me about the possibility of us holding another major event in the future, hopefully this will come to fruition.
Thanks again
Dave Nicholson
Some of the longer standing members will remember Dot Ingledow. Unfortunately she passed away last week. Her funeral was held at Carlisle Crematorium on Friday 27 March
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Can you remember what winters used to be like? Well, here’s one of Graham and Judith’s photos to remind us what effect it had on the lake. The framework of the old jetty is in the background, but no sign of the boathouse (not even a twinkle in Jak Jones eye at that stage!) – how times move on! |
Rich Critchley sent a photo of some keen swimmers at Pilkington Sailing Club in January. The second photo is of the 1993 winning Americas Cup boat Stars and Stripes with a well known club member at the helm (also in January). I know which sort of practice I prefer!
No, it’s not Mike Moore in the centre of the boat (does look like him though!)
Below are some pictures of The Youth Squad that turned up at the meeting on 25th Jan.
Emma Smith introduced the new social organisers Becky and Robin Dawson, discussed the sailing programme,�and all were happy to start bolting on their races onto club races half way through the season when they had gained more confidence. Also, she explained the roles of the council, clarified the situation on boat hire, discussed who needed key fobs, volunteered Joe Watkins to be in charge of the Youth Squad notice board. Afterwards all played some pool and ate pizza!
 As seen here the webcam caught the New Year revellers’ firework display!A new year and the lake is as glorious as ever, although there might be some small icebergs to contend with if you are in the mood for a sail.
If not too high on your priority list at the moment, remember that the season starts in March and that’s only two months away! Daunting thought |
Following the 57th AGM, Dave Nicholson has been elected Commodore. – full list of council members can be found here
Following much discussion it was agreed to alter the championship points awarded for weekend series to be double that of long series to help promote ongoing competition through to the end of the season
The treasurer’s accounts for the year were adopted, and Graham Kirkpatrick gave a vote of thanks to outgoing treasurer William Carruthers retiring after a total of 25 years on Council
Also, following challenges from two partners in crime (Messrs Fairlamb and Macpherson) it was agreed that subscriptions be increased as follows
| Ordinary | ��150 |
| Family | ��70 |
| Junior | ��35 |
| Country | ��74 |
| Life | ��60 |
| Affiliated | ��63 |
| Senior | ��105 |
NB Although not a rule change, the launch fee will rise in line with the review of the royalty rent to �27 per boat
Proposed rule amendments were agreed that
An update was given on the position with our application to the LDNPA for a lawful development certificate in connection with the siting of caravans which is taking an undue period to be resolved by the planners.
A request has been made to keep the accessible parking bays free for those members that need to make use of them
Outgoing Commodore Steve Hunt thanked everyone that had helped him during his term of office