A reasonable wind, though variable, together with some sunshine led to some good sailing for clubs boats and visiting Tinkers.
Overall the results for the day were consistent – Val/Ken’s thread bare main halyard held out and they secured two 1sts from Jim Christie in his Supernova.… Read full article “Tinkering About”
Yet again the forecast for the weekend is abysmal, and it seems to put off many regulars. Also, the visiting Tinker fleet was slightly reduced with just nine boats taking part. An early start for the Tinkers allowed them to ‘enjoy’ lighter, but shifty, winds due to the shady influence of Sale Fell.… Read full article “Little Tinkers!”
Sun and a great sailing wind greeted the fleet of seven boats for another race in the Celebrity Glass Pursuit.
Paul Clark started on the wrong signal and that seemed to put others, well Jim Christie, off their scheduled time too.… Read full article “Sultry Saturday”
Sunday started with a light SW breeze. Not sure whether Hugh had slept in, or was just being casual, but the OD opted to delay starting the race until Hugh could get to the line. It did him no harm as he quickly had the lead in the asymmetric fleet, but it would soon be a case of all change as the lead changed a couple of times, first by the Hardies in their RS200, and then by the Hallidays in their RS400.… Read full article “Sunny Sunday”
Saturday racing started with another race in the Celebrity Glass Pursuit. The winds were lighter than forecast, but freshened as the afternoon went on. Ethan was first to start in his Topper, and had several capsizes before, and during, the race diminishing his 8 min lead that he had on the GPs.… Read full article “He Who is Last…”
Monday’s forecast threatened to be wet and windy – would it be sailable? Despite heavy gusts passing through, the handicap and F15 fleet opted to give it a go and managed to get some good racing in. Steve/Ruth had a couple of capsizes before the start, one of which had them being towed to get their mast out of the mud, but they didn’t chance hoisting their kite during the race and they held sufficient lead to win their 3rd race and the August Trophy.… Read full article “Bank Holiday Weekend”
Three boats from the club ventured to Looe in Cornwall to take parts in the GP14 Worlds. All three came away with fantastic results after eight races in challenging conditions. In a fleet of 127 boats, Phil Hodgkins, crewing in his parents’ boat with Adam Parry, finished 11th, Dave and Lynn Lawson 25th and Andy/Rob Smith 27th.… Read full article “GP14 Worlds”
The Lakeland triathlon was held from the club on Saturday with over 300 competitors.
Just as well they set off in phases!
On Sunday it was back to the usual sailing programme. The morning started off with fantastic sunshine, and a breeze came in from the south east but, unfortunately, it was not going to stay that way.… Read full article “Slow Sunday”
During this weekend’s GP Open there was a three way challenge between Alan/Sue, Alastair/Claire and Katharine/Glenys where the leading boat at the end of the Meeting would be bought a bottle of champagne by the others. Well, as tweeted on the day, Alan/Sue won and proudly collected their prize, and promptly shared it with the challengers to a rousing toast of “Bottoms up”
This weekend we hosted the above event.
The forecast was for some great winds, and hopefully only light showers, and that is what the fleet got. The various gusts passing over the lake, not only gave rise to some great planing conditions, but created shifty conditions on the beats.… Read full article “GP 14 Northern Bell/Border Bell Travellers”