Weekend Series

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On Sunday, the forecast wind came in and created many thrills and spills. Roy was quick to point out that his capsizes in the morning didn’t count – the first was before the start, and the second, during the race, was on purpose to avoid a collision. So for the afternoon was he going to make up for it? Another capsize before the start did not count (so he says), but the one (could have been more) during the race did. Ah well, practice makes perfect?!

It seems that many others were practicing as well. Neil Currie with Sam Hall crewing went swimming in the first race and in the second race they went trawling  (followed by another capsize later on). Don’t know how many others capsized, but according to Gary on one of the rescue boats, they were playing bingo with each boat that capsized – he just needed William and Lesley to go in for a full house. No such luck there then!

Andy and Bean were due to sail the Yellow Peril’s (new nickname?) F15, but the dancing, or was it the Stella, took its toll and they weren’t quite ready for the morning race. They did make an appearance in the afternoon race, but only in the baby Bates on rescue cover (or perhaps just taking some snaps of the boats)

The strong winds, apart from proving hard work in the hour long races, did have many spectacular reaches to make it all worthwhile.

Monday’s forecast was for more wind, but things didn’t look promising at 11:15 when the heavens opened and there was a monsoon like downpour. However, it passed through and the wind seemed light until just after the start when the true north westerly started to hit home. As with Sunday, there were some scary spinnaker legs, and the beats were hard work, but there weren’t so many capsizes (was that because Roy didn’t venture out?! :). Instead of Joe falling out, it was Scumper’s turn this time, and he had to practice front crawl to get back towards the quickly disappearing boat! Neil bravely fended off Scumper by luffing him high on the penultimate mark only to be caught tacking in Scumper’s water as he rounded the mark resulting in a 720 penalty, and losing a place.

The GPs series was won, after close racing, by Dave and Lynn from Hugh and Rhonwen with three bullets.

After lunch the winds increased even more, and there was some more close racing in the handicap fleet, especially between Robbie D and Scumper, but it was Robbie who won the race and the series.

In the FF fleet, Mike Moore with a nervous birthday girl (well almost) crewing, had four straight wins, and a blown out spinnaker, over Keith Thomas who had coaxed Graham Kirkpatrick from retirement to crew on one of the windiest days of the season!

The Smith family had a fleet of their own for the final race of the weekend, when they took out five toppers. Brotherly love didn’t stop Bean having to do turns after the start. Emma recovered well from one near capsize, but not the second!

The cruising fleet from Southport seemed to enjoy their weekend, and some of them took part in the racing, some of whom got to know the rescue crews very well! Perhaps they’ll be back for more next year?

FLYING FREE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1   1   1   3
 2    2504  K THOMAS      FF           2   2   2   2   6
 3    1901  J PRESTRIDGE  FF         DNS RTD DNS DNS  15
 3     924  S MCCLENNAN   FF         DNS RTD DNS DNS  15

                     Points for RTD =  3   5   3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   5   3   3
                     Points for DNS =  5

 3 races to count
AITKIN CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1   1 DNS   2
 2   13905  H GODFREY     GP           2   2   2 DNS   4
 3   13118  V BELL        GP           3   3   3 DNS   6
 4   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         RTD RTD  OD DNS   9
 5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           4 DNS DNS DNS  11
 6   11721  R RHODES      GP         DNS RTD DNS DNS  14

                     Points for RTD =  6   7   4   0
                     Points for DSQ =  6   7   4   0
                     Points for DNS =  7

 2 races to count
AUGUST TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        1   1   2   1   3
 2     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   2   5   4   8
 3    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        4   3   4   5  11
 4    1298  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS   1   3  17
 5    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS DNS   3   2  18
 6   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        3 RTD DNS DNS  21
 7     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO        5 RTD DNS DNS  23
 8    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      RTD RTD DNS DNS  25
 9    6905  N GARRISON    DART       DNS DNS   6   6  25
10     114  T FLYNN       M16        DNS DNS   7   7  27
11   21863  D TODHUNTER   MS           6 DNS DNS DNS  32
12    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS  35

                     Points for RTD =  7   5   9   8
                     Points for DSQ =  7   5   9   8
                     Points for DNS = 13

 3 races to count
MJM

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 Pts
 1   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS   5   2 DNS DNS   2   1   1   3  14
 2   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP         DNS DNS   3   3   1   1   3   3 DNS DNS  14
 3    1072  R DAWSON      RS400       OD DNS   1   1 DNS DNS   5   6   5   1  16
 4    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   2   3   7  20
 5     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400      DNS DNS   2   4 DNS DNS   4   4   7   4  25
 6  174889  S HALL        LAS          3   2   6   8   5   2 RTD RTD   8   8  26
 7   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        2 DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS RTD  10   6  58
 8     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS   7   5 DNS DNS  12  11  87
 9  161866  M LORD        LAS        DNS DNS   8   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS   9  10  88
10   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS DNS   5   2 DNS DNS DNS   4 DNS  89
11   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS   2   5  92
12    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS   7   7 DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 105
13    1298  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   5 DNS DNS 110
14  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS 111
15    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   2 112
16    3521  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS 114
17    9558  P HODGKINS    B14        DNS DNS   4   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 114
18  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   8   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS 118
19    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 119
20  173813  P BURNELL     LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8 RTD DNS DNS 123
21    6905  N GARRISON    DART       DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  11   9 124
22  122174  P DILLON      LAS        DNS DNS DNS  10 DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS 125
23   70142  T SMITH       MS         DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 133
24     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS DNS 137
25 9130338  A ROBERTS     LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 142

                     Points for RTD =  4   3   9  11   9   7  12  11  13  12
                     Points for DSQ =  4   3   9  11   9   7  12  11  13  12
                     Points for DNS = 26

 6 races to count

Masquerade

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It’s my party and I’ll DANCE if I want to could have been Sally’s motto for her birthday bash – 50? Never. (Well not yet!!). A request for attendees to wear masks resulted in an interesting interpretation by many. Even the Southport cruising visitors, got in the spirit and and brought masks (and Ayatollah Khomeini – or was that a mask?!). The disco kept everyone dancing, including the Bass Stella boys, until late. Jess sang for her mum (and everyone else of course), and whether Toggle was kept away from the the mic, we can but guess…..

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Chris Graham

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Photo courtesy and copyright of dephoto.co.uk All sailors who have had the misfortune to capsize and require rescue assistance over the last couple of seasons will be aware of rescue boat driver Chris Graham.

It is with great sadness that we learnt of his tragic death in a car accident early on Friday morning. Chris was 19.

Chris’ funeral was held on Friday 1st September in Christ Church, Stricklandgate, Penrith and afterwards at the Conservative Club. Family flowers only. Any donations, via the club please, will be passed on to Cockermouth Mountain Rescue of which Chris’ grandfather was a founder member

Bass Watch

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With the schools regatta over Club sailing was somewhat quieter this weekend. There was a good, warm breeze from the South. OD Pete Nuttall was determined to start on time, but that must have been his own version of Chico Time (Pedro Time?), because it didn’t!

In the first race, the course came back to zero and caused some issues as the wind swung around Sale Fell and the fleet had to beat into the mark. Robbie D lost out to Shunty and William but with the GPs and FFs close by they would win on handicap

The course for the second race stayed in the southerly breeze which led to some spectacular spinnaker legs. With boats capsizing everywhere the rescue crews were kept very busy. After everything was packed away, a call from the coastguard resulted in rescue craft being re-launched to help out some sailors that were in distress at the southern end of the lake. With the air-sea rescue helicopter in attendance, a second rescue craft was despatched with Toggle Hasslehoff aboard to recover the dinghy which the sailors had abandoned

Sunday’s racing was held in stronger winds, but they were still curving around Sale Fell reinforcing the need to stay, or get into, in the stronger gusts to keep driving. A knotted mainsheet resulted in Robbie D losing a place at one mark because he couldn’t bear away. The wind picked up in the afternoon and there were several capsizes (most of them by Roy and Kayla), but Shunty was a casualty when he tried to use his gennaker to catch Robin up and couldn’t handle the gust. Judith Currie had opted out of the last race, so Sam took the front seat in Neil’s RS. While hoisting the gennaker, they ended up going trawling, and Sam had to recover the sail. We’re not sure whether Sam ended up in the water because he fell or jumped!

Frustration in the Sun

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Everyone should have been delighted that there was a weekend of sun with a warm wind, but for the sailors the biggest frustration was that the wind was by no means steady. The first race on Saturday had boats beating on three of the four legs. Neil Currie had taken an early lead with William not too far behind, but on the only leg that wasn’t a beat the others caught up and there was several place changes. Neil had to settle for a second to Robbie D, while William ended up fifth behind Steve and Scumper. While waiting between races several sailors opted to cool off by trying some barefoot water skiing (not easy at 2-3 knots from an RS!). When Toggle tried, he lost his balance and catapulted backwards into the water.

Sunday’s racing was around the lake – with a north westerly it was never going to be an easy race, but challenging was an understatement. There were gusts, and holes, and shifts, and down draughts. After 50 mins Steve Hunt was first to mark 13 some 20-30m ahead of William, by mark 12 he was 5 mins ahead and the GPs and Mike Moore in his F15 were all mulling around. The wind started to settle down for the beat back up the lake but Steve lost a lot of ground finishing just 2.5 mins ahead of William. Unfortunately the others were still in easy reach of the finish and the race was won by Dave Lawson with Mike Fairlamb crewing

JUBILEE SAILING TRUST

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1
 2   13905  H GODFREY     GP           2   2
 3   45096  TOP VISITOR   TOPPER       3   3
 4    3473  M MOORE       FF           4   4
 5    1298  S HUNT        RS400        5   5
 6    1658  VISITOR       BYTE         6   6
 7     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        7   7
 8    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS          8   8
 9  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS          9   9
10  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS         10  10
11    3521  K JAMIESON    FF         RTD  12

                     Points for RTD = 12
                     Points for DSQ = 12
                     Points for DNS = 12

 1 races to count

Time for a Change

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The ‘Ladies, crews and junior’ race was held last Thursday in somewhat challenging wind conditions. 13 boats took part with many normal crews moving to the back of their boats to try out some helming. Unfortunately for some, the move from the back to the front of the boat for the normal helms proved a bit confusing – Toggle spent ages stationary at buoy 3 waiting for Robbie D to sort out his kite! Noting the strong wind and the forthcoming NSSA regatta, Sam put his radial rig on his laser. This proved to be a good decision as he was third overall and winner of the junior race. Ken Bell took the helm in the GP, but Val decided against flying the kite. Again this proved to be the right decision as they were second overall and won the crews race. Despite having to avoid Rhonwen who did a really rubbish tack (Rhonwen’s words!!) in her water at buoy zero, the overall winner was Emma Powell who helmed an Enterprise with Andy Smith crewing. Emma takes the ladies prize for the first time.

Enterprise Champs

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Congratulations to Mark Ninnim and Emma Powell following their recent runaway success at the Scottish area championships which were held at Berwick. Four straight wins – what else could anyone wish for? Well done!

GP14 Open

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Thursday night, Night Jar A finished last week. Overall winner was Mike Turner and Sue Watson in a GP. Mike had done two OD duties during the series, but only needed to count one to win. Ginge was second. Alex Hill (Laser) was third overall and wins the laser/handicap trophy. Tim Smith wins the mirrors and Keith Thomas the Flying Fifteens. In all 44 helms took part over 10 races (two races were abandoned before they were started due to high winds).

16 boats turned out for this weekend’s GP open. Although the winds were very light there was enough for two races each day – the third race on Sunday was not started. Beautiful sunshine and we all enjoyed the view whilst waiting for the wind. Very close racing through all parts of the fleet and after the first two races, Telf, Ian Dobson and Dave Lawson were all on 4 points. In the third race, Neil Platt then went and threw a spanner in the works by winning (old habits die hard!). Places changing up every beat and a few deft over-taking manoeuvres downwind. Telf managed to hold on to the lead in the fourth race to win overall. Hugh & Rhonwen were winners of the silver fleet and Mandy Mitchell with Jon Close from Winsford Flash won the Bronze fleet. First time for a long time that a quarter of the fleet had lady helms.

Overall Results

Position/Fleet	Helm		Crew		Club	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total 	Net
1 Gold		John Telford	Andy Smith	Bass	3	1	3	1	8	5
2 Gold		Ian Dobson	Katie MacKenzie	Burwain	1	3	2	3	9	6
3 Gold		Dave Lawson	Lynn Lawson	Bass	2	2	4	2	10	6
4 Gold		Neil Platt	Phil Smith	Bolton/	4	4	1	4	13	9
5 Gold		Martin Brennan	Alistair knott	Holling	5	5	6	5	21	15
6 Silver	Hugh Godfrey	Rhonwen Bryce	Bass	8	8	5	6	27	19
7 Silver	John Riley	Nigel Lewis	Bass	7	6	8	7	28	20
8 Silver	Mike Fairlamb	Eric Smith	Bass	6	9	7	9	31	22
9 Bronze	Mandy Mitchell	Jon Close	Winsfor	11	11	9	8	39	28
10Silver	Julie WaddingtonChris Waddington	9	10	11	DNF	48	30
11Bronze	Rana Din	Peter Bramwell	Holling	13	12	10	10	45	32
12Bronze	Val Bell	Ken Bell	Bass 	10	13	12	11	46	33
13Bronze	Dave Nicholson	Sarah Nicholson	Bass	12	14	13	12	51	37
14Silver	Andrew Brook	Nick Brook	Holling	14	7	DNC	DNC	57	39
15Bronze	Graham Ashby	Leigh Ashby	Bass	DNF	DNC	14	DNC	68	50
16Bronze	Martin Wright	Des Wright	Bass	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	72	54

Credit Where Credit’s Due

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We are delighted to advise that following a nomination by the club, Herb Telford is to be awarded the RYA’s Community Award for Lifetime Commitment.

Over the past 30 years Herb has been on Committee of Cumbria CC Schools Training Centre, a senior member of NSSA Regatta Organising Team in mid 1980’s. At club level he was involved with RYA Team Racing at Bass SC in 1977, is a former commodore, been on council and assisted with bar, grounds & jetties, and boats & buoys sub committees. Presently he is most well known as official starter, and is also one of our four trustees.

Herb and his wife Aileen have been invited to receive the award at an official ceremony later in the year.

Congratulations and well done.

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