Despite a healthy forecast, the wind didn’t look at all promising as sailors prepared their boats, as the occasional shower seemed to kill whatever zephyrs there were.
With some breeze filling in from the southern end of the lake, the OD set out to determine a suitable course.… Read full article “Autumn Series 1st weekend”
Photo gallery (Saturday) Photo gallery (Sunday)
Bassenthwaite hosted GNAC, sponsored by Trident UK, for a fleet of 68 boats. A dry afternoon with a cooler F3-5 ENE breeze meant there was some champagne sailing conditions that required sailors to remain alert for other boats while beating, tacking, and reaching, especially if planing!… Read full article “Great North Asymmetric Challenge 2024”
Following the championship series held last weekend, the overall club championship results have been compiled and can be viewed here
Many congratulations to this year’s champions, new and old, as listed below! Though you may need to click the heading to view them!…… Read full article “Club championship”
An excellent turnout of 50 boats for the Flying 15 northern championship, after high winds over the last couple of days, were greeted with plenty of sunshine and a mirror like lake, with a forecast of F1 from the east.… Read full article “Flying 15 Northern Championship 2024”
Considering the weather over recent weeks, ironically, the final Saturday of meteorological summer started with an abundance of bright sunshine and a lack of wind, it filled in from the south with some white horses in the narrows at Scarness.
As racing started, the wind backed and eased, took away planing conditions, and minimised the risk of capsizing (much to AJ’s relief).… Read full article “Summer at last?”
For the last bank holiday of the sailing season, there has been an additional day’s camping. After two wet and stormy nights, there were plenty of sunny intervals for racing on Saturday.
Although a few sailors found the high base wind level offputting, there was a good turnout for the afternoon races.… Read full article “August Bank Holiday”
A flood alert was issued this evening from Bassenthwaite to Workington and Crummock to Workington for Wednesday and Thursday.
Please keep an eye on lake levels as water is already quite high.
After a busy Bass Week, with another windy forecast, the enthusiasm for racing has yet to return. The few sailors that turned up decided racing wouldn’t be close enough, so racing was cancelled for the day.
Next week’s long bank holiday weekend is bound to be very busy !… Read full article “Rest day”
With Bass Week 24 starting on Saturday, a final working party to finalise preparations will be held on Tuesday from 10am. All help will be welcomed.
Follow the action on our Bass Week website
This weekend there is a four race series for all classes. The summer weather continues to be elusive, overcast with a light NNE breeze which varied in strength and direction throughout the afternoon.
Robbie D/Toggle in their F15 initially led the fleet in the first race, but spinnaker issues slowed them down, and Alistair/Oscar in a RS400 pulled ahead, winning on handicap, with Dave/Lynn 2nd.… Read full article “Fleet Challenge B 2024”