On Bank Holiday Monday, 5th. May, Sam Hall competed in the latest North West Junior Travellers Series at Budworth S C . Sam won his event and is seen here collecting a silver cup, plaque and a �15 voucher.

Meanwhile David and Lynn Lawson sailed consistently at Lochmaben to the Scottish Area Championship out of a fleet of beat Twenty-two GP14s. Mike Fairlamb & Eric Smith won the silver fleet. More info

Paul Wright and Ian Preston came 10th in the F15 Northern Championships at Windermere, with Scott Beattie and John Somerville finishing 24th in a fleet of 54 boats

It is with sadness we announce that Ron Beck has passed away. His funeral was held at Brigham Church. He leaves his wife Daphne

A friend of Rich Critchley asked him to take part in “Bloke Talk” which is a radio show on City Talk 105.9 in Liverpool.� Basically, as the presenter described it, it is Loose Women for men!� Anyway, he went to the studios at the top of the Radio City Tower (450ft!) and recorded the show which covered loads of stuff on Sailing and how he and his girlfriend aquired a caravan!� Of course Bassenthwaite SC got more than the one mention – including how the bar ran out of Magners!

Congratulations to Becky and Robin Dawson on the birth of their second daughter Amber Eve, who weighed in at 7lb �oz, a sister for a very proud Ethan and Erin. All doing fine.

On Saturday 12th. April Sam Hall took part in the latest Junior Travellers Event at Delph, Bolton and finished second in the U17 age group. A bit more silverware for Jane to polish!There were lasers, fevas, toppers, optimists, an O K , and a terra. All boats and age groups are welcome. Next event is at Budworth, 5th. May.

Bass Week has been listed in Yachts and Yachting’s ultimate list of sailing events as 2nd out of 50 top regattas to Do Before You Die! Well almost, apparently it was 2nd in the list that narrowly missed selection. Still worth a visit.

After a glorious morning the forecast came true! Rain greeted sailors as they arrived for the afternoon race, and the wind freshened from the South. T wasn’t going to be put off by all the malingerers(?) and went out in the Vago with Ginger Phil, and had considerable capsize practice in between some exhilarating legs.

Big E wasn’t to be outdone, and he followed suit (both sailingwise and capsizing). Rich Critch was a little nervous at going out with Kayla, but as sister Ruth was all dressed up and nowhere to go (William wasn’t rushing to go out), Bro and Sis took to the water, albeit that they only got to the end of the jetty before taking the main down and coming back ashore!

Of course, it wasn’t long before the winds eased and those that were left wondered what the fuss was about… Some may have thought it was the eye of the storm, whereas in fact it was the wind swinging to the SW and allowing Sale Fell to cast a shadow on the bay for a short while.

Tomorrow’s another day.

Or should you? You may have noticed lots of activity on the webcam as boats took to the water this weekend. No,� the season has not started yet, but several sailors decided that it would be useful to get some practice in. Word has it that the commodore has been practising some racing over recent weeks – looking at his results he needed it!