Sam Hall has today won the Mount Haes Trophy at this year’s NSSA Regatta being held in Plymouth
[Where’s the Summer Gone]Here Comes Summer?
A gentle breeze came and went, came back again and disappeared totally over the course of the afternoon. The rain clouds that came in failed to deliver any wind, and fortunately not too much rain either!
Although there was a light breeze for the first beat, it almost totally disappeared for the two downwind legs, and boats were hunting out whatever zephyrs they could.… Read full article “[Where’s the Summer Gone]Here Comes Summer?”
Mirror Northern Championships
The high winds of the first race led to several casualties, including various team Bass boats (or was it all?!). In fact the strength of it caused Rob Smith to have a change of mind and he opted to crew for twin brother Tim instead of sailing single handed.… Read full article “Mirror Northern Championships”
While the Cat’s Away
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.… Read full article “While the Cat’s Away”
Sunny Sunday
What a difference a day makes. The sun shone all day, the wind blew enough most of the time, and there were shifts that made all the difference (if you were on the right side of them!).
First of all an apology to Toggle – there may have been a one sided tale told about his efforts in the Lord Birkett, and the bit about the training was a joke – there aren’t actually any places available until next year, but Tog doesn’t really need to attend.… Read full article “Sunny Sunday”
Single Handed
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Well Toggle’s found another way of demonstrating how to use a boat single handed – trust him to be different, most of us stay in the boat! At today’s Lord Birkett 2007 Toggle needed a tow in. |
With the Lord Birkett Trophy being sailed at Ullswater, numbers were slightly down at the club today.… Read full article “Single Handed”
Mirror Training
Here’s some links for videos from last week’s training at Ripon. Starting Starting 2 Starting 3 Windward mark
How Much Fun for £1.70?
Heard the story about the bus journey from Whitehaven to Cockermouth that took 3½ hours? No, it wasn’t due to an in efficient bus service, a mechanical breakdown, heavy traffic, or weather conditions. A certain (lone) passenger fell asleep, and missed her stop, and woke up somewhere near Wigton.… Read full article “How Much Fun for £1.70?”
Die Hard
…Old habits that is! Roy was glad to be back at the helm again with Kirsty crewing. It’s a shame he wasn’t au fait with the start times of the pursuit race as he, and several other RS400s, seemed to be oblivious to the fact that they should be starting, which made William and Jonathan very nervous as to whether they had in fact started too early!… Read full article “Die Hard”
Die Hard
…Old habits that is! Roy was glad to be back at the helm again with Kirsty crewing. It’s a shame he wasn’t au fait with the start times of the pursuit race as he, and several other RS400s, seemed to be oblivious to the fact that they should be starting, which made William and Jonathan very nervous as to whether they had in fact started too early!… Read full article “Die Hard”