A bit of a quiet evening by all accounts – the breezy forecast presumably put a few competitors off sailing in the crews/ladies/junior/seniors race which mark the last sailing Thursday before Bass Week. Looking at the timings, Val Bell had a magnificent race in her Solo as the others took 50% longer on corrected time
Clearly the results didn’t tell the full story which has been padded out by Mik.… Read full article “Thursday”
What another wonderful day for sailing. The vicious gusts from Saturday had faded leaving a good, relatively steady breeze, but with some shifts to take advantage of, and the sun was shining!
In the Asymmetric Cup Phil and Naomi again sailed well to win the morning race from Rory Yardley, by just 7 secs/lap.… Read full article “Sun Day!”
The breeze for the evening sail was light, but the fleet of 17 boats kept moving. As the series draws towards a close, Alan Waugh secured a 2nd and opened us his lead from Neil and Joe and won the series
Sun and a steady SSW breeze greeted sailors on Saturday – though rain was scheduled to move in late afternoon!
The breeze held, was relatively steady, and the rain held off. The beat was relatively steady and there were some good gusts for planing at times.… Read full article “Weekend Update”
After some heavy morning rain, the day dried up and a SW breeze was the order of the day (well for the morning at least!). The winds tended to gust through all day and there were some good reaches if you were in the right place at the right time.… Read full article “Which Wind Would Win?”
51 boats turned out across four fleets for a day’s racing in varied conditions to test across the sailors’ range of skills. Leigh and Lowton sent the largest fleets of boats, and won three of the four fleets, allowing(?) our own Sam Hall to win the Junior fleet, from Kirk Knights of where other than Leigh & Lowton
Andrew Green Leigh & Lowton SC
Sam Hall Bass SC
Tom Keegan Leigh & Lowton SC
What better way to end such a hot day with a sail? There were 22 takers for the Night Jar which was held in the northern corner of the lake which generally held a slight breeze even though it had made a quick about turn from the SE breeze that had been blowing an hour before.… Read full article “Hottest Day of Year!”
The GP14 Northern Area Championship was held at the club on 20/21 June. The forecast suggested there should be a good breeze to benefit good racing, and with a bit of luck racing would be over before the showers move in later in the afternoon.… Read full article “GP14 Northerns”
It was a little disconcerting to see two wind turbines on Moota turning in opposite directions!!! What would we be in for today? At least they were turning even if from the wrong direction! Did we speak too soon, as the wind quickly faded 🙁 Surprisingly by 12 the wind had filled in from the south west and racing was underway by 12.30.… Read full article “Soggy Sunday”
Sunday was another glorious day for sailing. The wind blew from the south west, and was strengthened with the sea breeze for the afternoon racing.
William and Elaine were a little too eager for the first start and were recalled for being over the line, but that was not the only reason for Scumper sailing off into the distance.… Read full article “Sunny Weekend”