I would just like to take this opportunity to thank a couple of people from your sailing club. I arrived on Saturday afternoon (24/06) to gather some information regarding membership, joining fees etc. I got talking to a lady called Jane Hall & a young fella called Philip Hodgkins.… Read full article “A Sailor’s Tale”
Abersoch Innit?
Congratulations to Keith Jamieson and Maf Smith on attaining second overall in the Flying Fifteen Classic Nationals held at Abersoch last week. Word has it he was beaten by age!
Saturday’s racing was held in light to medium airs with a turnout of 10 boats for the 2nd fleet challenge trophy of the season.… Read full article “Abersoch Innit?”
Personal Trainer Available?!
With the series results already determined, Rhonwen and Hugh split up and offered their services as personal trainers for the final race of the weekend. While Rhonwen crewed for Graham Ashby, his daughter crewed for Hugh – and guess who came out on top!… Read full article “Personal Trainer Available?!”
Didn’t She Do Well!
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Congratulations to Lesley Braddock on winning the Doctors’ Handicap Trophy at Coniston this weekend. Racing was intermingled with club racing but two firsts and a second were more than enough to secure the trophy in a fleet of nearly twenty boats including RS200s, Osprey, Kestrel 2000, Lasers, Merlin, Albacore, et alMeanwhile back at the club racing resumed, with Robbie D taking another 1st in the Dodd trophy and strengthening his overall lead. |
Flying 15 Open
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Summer arrived at last? Winds on Saturday led to ideal sailing conditions, but Sunday proved to be more challenging for the OD Neil Currie at least, due to light winds with inbuilt big shifts.Overall the competitors all enjoyed some close, challenging, racing, even though the outcome was not unexpected with Steve Goacher and Andy Tunnicliffe securing three firsts and the open meeting trophy
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FLYING FIFTEEN OPEN
PN Boat Helm Crew Club 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 3721 S GOACHER A TUNNICLIFFE RWYC 1 1 1 DNS 3
2 3673 S BEATTIE J SOMERVILLE BASS 4 2 6 1 7
3 3612 D GILES S GILES ULLSWATER 3 4 2 2 7
4 3801 J HARDISTY R ERRINGTON DERWENT 2 3 3 4 8
5 3734 H GREEN K GREEN LEIGH & LOWTON 7 6 4 3 13
6 3675 A TATTERSALL T SMART RYA 8 5 5 7 17
7 3473 M MOORE P WEBB BASS 6 7 10 5 18
8 1117 K JAMIESON M SMITH BASS 5 8 8 6 19
9 3418 J WALTER R WALTER LEIGH & LOWTON 9 10 7 8 24
10 2504 K THOMAS A SMITH BASS 10 9 9 9 27
Points for RTD = 11 11 11 10
Points for DSQ = 11 11 11 10
Points for DNS = 11
3 races to count
The Luck of the Irish!
You may recall being given the opportunity to win an RS200, by buying raffle tickets to support West Riding Sailing Club’s fire fund. The first person to come forward was Nigel Lewis – he felt obliged to support the sailing club which his daughter Wendy uses at University.… Read full article “The Luck of the Irish!”
Bank Holiday Weekend
Although Saturday started off relatively mild, strong gusts had been passing over the lake all morning. By the time racing started, the rain had moved in and the gusts were coming down vertically and things didn’t improve much apart from the sun coming out later in the day.… Read full article “Bank Holiday Weekend”
Quiet Weekend
There may not have been many racing on Saturday, but Roy and Sam’s appearances brought them to the front of the celebrity glass series. Word has it that Sam had a little chuckle to himself (as you do!) when Ian Macpherson capsized – He’ll soon learn that what goes around comes around – Beware Sam!… Read full article “Quiet Weekend”
Handicap Open
This weekend we had over boats in three fleets racing on the lake. A brisk, cold north easterly greeted the fleets on Saturday, but the breeze eased before the start, and although boats kept moving, the wind came and went in fits and starts, with gains to be had from the gusts and accompanying shifts.… Read full article “Handicap Open”
Weekend update
The changeable weather continues. A forecast of rain resulted in, at best, a few heavy clouds, but the winds eased by the time racing started, and the sun did its best to provide a hazy glow through the clouds. Robbie D and Toggle sailed consistently to win both races on handicap.… Read full article “Weekend update”