Although of naturally modest and unassuming nature – I feel that the widest possible circulation is necessary to draw attention to the above result. With a northerly gale behind us we wizzed down the Irish sea – one other boat Jamaica had a casualty taken off by helicopter following an accidental gybe – the picked our way past Ushant and down the French coast. Then we lost the wind completely. Race committee shortened to 1am Thursday when we radioed in our position. It’s very stressful sailing in very little wind when you can see the yacht behind you So I now have a pennant – presented to all the Liverpool crew by the Mayor which I confidently expect to be displayed in a prominent position in the Bass clubhouse. Anyone who is more interested www.clipperroundtheworld.com

Rest day today with France Ireland in the evening jobs tomorrow off on Sun – next stop Brazil

L&K

Pete Nuttall

Follow the recent training weekend the following people attained RYA 1 or 2 certificates William Coulthard, Jonathan Coulthard, Terry Beckham, Nick Orton, Joni Beckham, Marion Beckham and Malcom Tully. Also in the picture is Malcolm Houldsworth, instructor for the level 2 group.

More congratulations to Sam Hall for attaining 2nd U14 at Redesmere in the NW Junior Travellers series on Saturday. He went on get a 3rd at South Windermere on Sunday. Well done.

Congratulations to Sam Hall who won the Junior Plate at South Windermere regatta last week. Yet another piece of silverware for mum to polish!

Above are a couple of photos of rescue crew staff Josh and Tom taken during Bass Week – for some reason Baywatch, or the Jolly Green Giant, springs to mind!

If you enjoyed the week and are planning ahead for next year then put 2 – 10 August in your diary (you won’t be the first)

Sam Hall has today won the Mount Haes Trophy at this year’s NSSA Regatta being held in Plymouth

Well, with the Mirror (er, Bass) Forum down I will have to moan on the website. It’s not good enough. There I am taking a well earned break from Bass at the Brit GP when, suddenly, all these Mirrors go out. There’s Twin (soccer’s stopped), Des (with B&Q sponsorship), Stato (thought he’d retired), and even Toddy (complete with video of his Ripon exploits). And now I’m getting s—— in two series. Still, at least we had a Finnish (and Ferrari) win in the GP!

Mik.