After a cool day on the water yesterday when Kayla got unusually cold, she opted to wear a hat today. However, Hat Overboard was the call as her hat blew off and she couldn’t catch it, but Mike cooly went about to pick it up.… Read full article “Hat Overboard!”
F15 Team Racing
As forecast, the blustery winds have passed through leaving good racing conditions for the fleet and their early start (Shame Jim Christie thought he was starting at 10.30 too!)
A fleet of 13 boats are taking part in this year’s event, and according to our F15 fleet captain, they had the worst start ever!… Read full article “F15 Team Racing”
Final Championship Weekend Series
Although the forecast was not very promising, the wind did fill in to get racing underway, but it then started to swing more to the East. William and Lezli-Ann Pearson were squeezed off the line by Sam Hall 🙁 which took them most of the beat to pull back, only to be caught port and starboard by Toggle.… Read full article “Final Championship Weekend Series”
GP14 National Inland Championship
This weekend we are hosting the GP14 Inlands. The rain has passed over and there is a forecast for a good southerly breeze all weekend.
There is a fleet list of 42 boats all ready and waiting for some excellent racing, and that is what they got!… Read full article “GP14 National Inland Championship”
Sam’s Saturday Success
Bolton S C hosted the final event of the North West Junior Travellers 10 race series on Saturday. The challenging wind conditions resulted in several capsizes which kept the rescue crews very busy. This was Sam’s first season as a youth and the competition was closely contested throughout.… Read full article “Sam’s Saturday Success”
Congratulations
Congratulations to Nick and Nat Smith on the birth of Daisy Elise who weighed in at 8lb8oz at 9.40pm on 22 September, and is a third grand-daughter for Alan and Pat Smith.
Success!
Congratulations to Dave and Pete Lawson having won the GP Masters held in Windermere this weekend in a strong fleet of over 30 boats.
John Telford and Andy Smith teamed up again after several years break and secured an excellent second place.… Read full article “Success!”
Oops!
Mik Chappell spotted this the other day. Fortunately the forecast has moderated somewhat!
RS Open
This weekend the lake was taken over by RS 200s, 400s and Vareos, all sailing as separate fleets. As they are all asymmetric boats, the courses were windward/leeward.
With eight races scheduled, all the races were to be short and sharp.… Read full article “RS Open”
Membership Roll Increased by Membership Sec!
Congratulations to Mark and Kirstie Somerville who has just given birth to Cameron Luke at 9.45am on 29 September. Cameron weighed in at 7lb 10oz, is a brother for Matthew, and is temporarily in the special care unit.