Problem is, not sure whether we’re relating to Mark or his caravan!
Tales From Down Under!
Hi there all you in autumnal Europe. Can’t resist telling you all how yesterday went.
Andrew got me an invitation to Balmain SC. It’s the oldest sailing club in the harbour (1856) and was holding its annual regatta weekend . There were classes for historic skiffs, historic working and wooden boats and a class A & B for yachts. There was also a class for ” any boat that can carry a load equivalent to a sack of potatoes, powered by oars” !!
To cut to the chase I WAS ON THE PODIUM !! I sailed as starboard genoa trimmer in class B and after 2hrs 10 mins came home 3rd out of a class of 26. Wind was around F4 and we sailed in polo shirts all afternoon, finishing after 2hrs 20 mins sailing around the buoys (pronounced booeys!) & I have pictures of the bridge to prove it.
We leave tomorrow and return to life in sunny Cumbria without Jessica. I predict tears and claw marks in the tarmac !!
Pete Nuttall
Antiques Roadshow
For anyone that watched an item on this week’s Antiques Roadshow about a diary and skeleton keys kept by a prisoner of war, it may be of interest that they belonged to our very own former commodore and trustee, the late Harry Kirk.
Saturday 14 October
Saturday morning saw the final training session of the Autumn.� Well done to Dave, Sue and Lewis Tyson, Kevin & James Finnegan, Steve & Gill Sharp, Thomas Bainbridge, Max Statter, Martin Parker who all passed Level 1 and to Dave Todhunter who passed Level 2.� Shelby Tyson also took part and thinks she is a much better sailor that her mother because she does not get so many bruises!� Also in the photo below are Eric Smith, Richard Rhodes and Nigel Lewis who delivered the training and assessment and Bass’s rescue man Josh who is always at the front of any photo!
Autumn’s Over?
Well the Autumn Cup at least! Saturday saw the end of the final long series of the season. In the GP 14s the Autumn Cup was already decided so Hugh & Rhonwen didn’t need to sail and chose to stay in the nice warm clubhouse whilst the others ventured out in windy conditions. Other positions and championship points were up for grabs -� Dave Nicholson gaining second and Ginge 3rd overall in the GP14’s.
Steve Hunt won both handicap races to take the Skiddaw trophy, with Ian Macpherson and Tony Flynn the only others to brave both races.
GP14 AUTUMN CUP
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 13905 H GODFREY GP 2 2 DNS DNS 1 3 DNS DNS 8
2 13867 D NICHOLSON GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 1 1 2 11
3 13733 A HODGKINS GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 2 1 12
4 13176 D LAWSON GP 1 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 16
5 13655 N LEWIS GP DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 DNS DNS DNS 23
6 13371 J RILEY GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS OD DNS 24
Points for RTD = 3 3 0 0 3 4 3 3
Points for DSQ = 3 3 0 0 3 4 3 3
Points for DNS = 7
4 races to count
HANDICAP FLEET SKIDDAW TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 1298 S HUNT RS400 3 1 2 3 1 RTD 1 1 6
2 1072 R DAWSON RS400 1 3 3 1 3 1 DNS DNS 9
3 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 6 2 5 DNS 2 2 DNS DNS 17
4 1148 N CURRIE RS400 2 4 6 4 4 3 DNS DNS 17
5 174889 S HALL LASER RADI 8 6 8 DNS DNS RTD RTD DNS 38
6 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS 4 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 2 40
7 91029 R BLACKBURN RS400 DNS DNS RTD 5 5 RTD DNS DNS 54
8 9558 P HODGKINS B14 7 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 70
9 114 T FLYNN M16 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 3 RTD 76
10 13885 M FAIRLAMB GP DNS DNS 1 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS 78
11 130338 RiCRITCHLEY LAS OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 79
12 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 5 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 82
13 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 92
14 913 JoHARDIE RS200 DNS DNS 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 96
15 1140 J CHRISTIE LAS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS 101
16 173813 P BURNELL LAS DNS DNS OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 103
17 40892 J HEMINGWAY TOP 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 103
18 41 K HEMMINGWAY OPPPIE 12 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 104
19 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS 105
20 9382 C HEMMINGWAY RSFEVA 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 105
21 3520 S BROOKES FF DNS DNS 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 107
22 924 S MCCLENNAN FF 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 110
Points for RTD = 14 10 10 6 6 9 7 4
Points for DSQ = 14 10 10 6 6 9 7 4
Points for DNS = 23
5 races to count
Sunday was another blustery day but not as windy as expected. It was still windy enough though for Neil Garrison to capsize his catamaran in the first race. He made up for it though in the second race with a first place on personal handicap.
End of the Indian Summer?
Roy Blackburn took the lead on Saturday, well for the greatest number of capsizes. For the first race of the October series, Shunty and Robbie D were a bit too eager at the start and had to return, giving Roy the chance to break free. At the windward mark Roy hoisted the kite, headed for the wrong mark and went for swim No 1!
Race 2 had both Roy and John Halliday swimming (and Roy took great pains to point out they capsized more than once). Robin again pulled away from Steve and won the race, but they they enjoyed it so much they each went for a jolly after the race to take advantage of the excellent reaching conditions.
Sunday’s forecast for wind and rain was wrong! The wind seemed to fill in before racing started and the fleets had a good beat up to mark 7, but by the 2nd beat the wind had eased and the 3rd beat had next to no wind resulting in several retirements and Neil losing a place back to William on the final leg as the wind filled back in. On a positive note Roy didn’t capsize!
Hugh was doing a little coaching with Marty Wright, but Dave and Sarah Nicholson showed the way with a convincing win.
The pennant race in the afternoon was postponed until the wind came back again about 1515hrs, but it was accompanied by further showers and there weren’t that many takers, and even fewer finishers. That old pot hunter Shunty took the trophy of the Bass Burgee. Keith Thomas showed that perseverance pays, because he won the Flying Enterprise trophy as 1st F15
While we were all drifting the Denwood sisters were on the Great North run – each completed it in 2:49:34. Don’t forget to sponsor them so they can hit their �3k target for West Cumbria Hospice at Home
HANDICAP FLEET SKIDDAW TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 1072 R DAWSON RS400 1 3 3 1 3 1 6
2 1298 S HUNT RS400 3 1 2 3 1 RTD 7
3 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 6 2 5 DNS 2 2 11
4 1148 N CURRIE RS400 2 4 6 4 4 3 13
5 91029 R BLACKBURN RS400 DNS DNS RTD 5 5 RTD 29
6 174889 S HALL LASER RADI 8 6 8 DNS DNS RTD 31
7 13885 M FAIRLAMB GP DNS DNS 1 2 DNS DNS 49
8 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 5 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS 54
9 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS 4 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 57
10 9558 P HODGKINS B14 7 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 61
11 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS 63
12 130338 RiCRITCHLEY LAS OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 69
13 913 JoHARDIE RS200 DNS DNS 4 DNS DNS DNS 70
14 173813 P BURNELL LAS DNS DNS OD DNS DNS DNS 72
15 1140 J CHRISTIE LAS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD 75
15 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD 75
17 3520 S BROOKES FF DNS DNS 7 DNS DNS DNS 76
18 40892 J HEMINGWAY TOP 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 77
19 41 K HEMMINGWAY OPPPIE 12 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 78
20 924 S MCCLENNAN FF 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 79
21 9382 C HEMMINGWAY RSFEVA 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 79
Points for RTD = 14 10 10 6 6 9
Points for DSQ = 14 10 10 6 6 9
Points for DNS = 22
4 races to count
GP14 AUTUMN CUP
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 13905 H GODFREY GP 2 2 DNS DNS 1 3 5
2 13176 D LAWSON GP 1 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS 8
3 13867 D NICHOLSON GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 1 13
4 13733 A HODGKINS GP DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 14
5 13655 N LEWIS GP DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 DNS 14
Points for RTD = 3 3 0 0 3 4
Points for DSQ = 3 3 0 0 3 4
Points for DNS = 6
3 races to count
BASSENTHWAITE BURGEE AND FLYING ENTERPRISE
PN Boat Helm Class 1 Pts
1 1298 S HUNT RS400 1 1
2 2504 K THOMAS FF 2 2
3 1066 J CONNOR RSFEVA RTD 5
3 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 RTD 5
Points for RTD = 5
Points for DSQ = 5
Points for DNS = 5
1 races to count
Congratulations
Many congratulations to Telf and Lucy on the birth of twins Alfie and Holly late on Monday evening
Masquerade
It’s my party and I’ll DANCE if I want to could have been Sally’s motto for her birthday bash – 50? Never. (Well not yet!!). A request for attendees to wear masks resulted in an interesting interpretation by many. Even the Southport cruising visitors, got in the spirit and and brought masks (and Ayatollah Khomeini – or was that a mask?!). The disco kept everyone dancing, including the Bass Stella boys, until late. Jess sang for her mum (and everyone else of course), and whether Toggle was kept away from the the mic, we can but guess…..
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Chris Graham
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All sailors who have had the misfortune to capsize and require rescue assistance over the last couple of seasons will be aware of rescue boat driver Chris Graham.
It is with great sadness that we learnt of his tragic death in a car accident early on Friday morning. Chris was 19. Chris’ funeral was held on Friday 1st September in Christ Church, Stricklandgate, Penrith and afterwards at the Conservative Club. Family flowers only. Any donations, via the club please, will be passed on to Cockermouth Mountain Rescue of which Chris’ grandfather was a founder member |
GP14 Worlds
Congratulations to Andy Smith and Mark Somerville after coming 20th in the GP14 Worlds held at Sligo NI just before Bass Week. Will the Guinness sales be up or down for Bass Week?
Enterprise Champs
Congratulations to Mark Ninnim and Emma Powell following their recent runaway success at the Scottish area championships which were held at Berwick. Four straight wins – what else could anyone wish for? Well done!