Yellow/Amber weather warning
200mm plus rainfall forecast for Keswick, Saturday night through to Monday.
The 2009 and 2015 floods happened when rain exceeded met office forecast and Keswick got 300mm in 24 hours. Saturday morning’s forecast, of 200mm plus, on top of existing high lake and river levels means all boats at club should be shifted at least to the highest bit by flagpole.
Take this opportunity to protect your property
74th AGM
At the 74th Annual General Meeting held in the clubhouse on Saturday 29th November 2025 the following members were elected on to Council.
Commodore – Joe Roberts
Vice-Commodore – Ant Woodyer
Secretary – Stephen Kirkpatrick
Treasurer – Mike Cave
Sailing Secretary – Neil Campbell
Rear Commodore – Ian and Andrea Preston
Asst Sailing Secretary – Vacant
Bar – Lucy Thomas & Sarah Hodgkins
Boats & Buoys – Alex Leonard
Galley – Lindsay Barron & Christine Steele
Grounds & Jetties – Andrew Thomas
House – Alan Jones and Sue Watson
Membership – Jude Allen
PRO – Paul Allen
Training – Emma Davenport
Safety Officer – Kevin Andrew
Safety Team Manager – Mike Hunter
Social – Ellie Preston
Welfare Officers – Robin Dawson & Olivia Leonard
Fleet Captains
Flying 15 – Ian Preston
GP14 – James Macgregor
Mirror – Naomi Smith
Handicap – Chris Pickles
Tera – Andrew Reekie
Trustees
Jon Denwood
Jak Jones
Graham Kirkpatrick
Vacancy
It’s All Over
The lack of wind brought the season to a close without any more racing.
Neil held his lead and won the Winter Series with Oscar/Rory 2nd, and James 3rd
As the season is at an end, please remove your boat from site within the next couple of weeks, otherwise the winter storage fee is payable. For those leaving their boat, please make sure it is well secured, possibly taking down its mast to minimise risk of storm damage.
Youths Lead The Way
Overcast and wet at times but, at last, a decent racing breeze.
The fleet consisted of Oscar & Rory in their Feva XL, Phil in a Ilca7, Neil in the Ilca6 and Saskia in the Opi. Neil led both races on the water but couldn’t escape the clutches of Oscar & Rory, who won both races on handicap.
One can only imagine the discussion over dinner in the Davenport house, somewhere along the lines of, “did you enjoy those swims Dad? Oh, and did we beat you on the water there?”
Apprentices become the masters?
Any Excuse
Too much wind, no rescue, or this week not enough wind to race!
Perhaps next week, as there’s not many racing days left
Winter Series 3/4
With no paid rescue available there was insufficient cover so racing was cancelled this week. Please ensure you arrange alternative cover if you’re unable to undertake your allocated duty.
Winter Series
Six boats turned up for the first couple of races in the winter series. Sunny spells and a medium and occasionally gusty southwestly greeted the fleet.
The first race had a few issues with the starting watch, which gave the fleet a bit of a curve ball at the start as to when to go! But it all worked out in the end. John and Andrew led the fleet in their RS400 followed by Ant and Alan in the F15, but it was James in the ILCA 4.7 that secured the win with an impressive sail.
In the second race, the race committee had the hang of the starting watch so things went off perfectly. Again John and Andrew lead the fleet home with some good planing conditions at times but Neil in the ILCA 6 that secured the win on handicap on this occasion.
Times Are Changing
The Bass micro climate moderated a windy forecast, and enabled three boats to sail in the last two races of the autumn Saturday series.
The chilly NW breeze was slightly tempered by clear blue skies and bright sunshine.
There was some great planing conditions, and challenging gybes, one of which caught out Caroline in her Lightning resulting in a brief swim. Towards the end of the main reach Neil/Archie in their RS400 lost ground as they struggled to take down their gennaker, possibly causing them to lose the race to Rory in his K1 by a matter of seconds on handicap.
The wind lost its punchy edge during the final race. Neil/Archie led around the course and won on handicap, but it wasn�t enough to beat Rory overall who beat them by a single point
With the end of British summer time, Sunday seemingly said goodbye to the sunshine with a drizzly wet day. The wind was lighter than Saturday, but just as cold. AJ was the OD and had hoped the conditions would put off all comers, but it was not to be. There were four boats, none of which had spinnakers.
The lighter wind meant reduced the opportunities for planing, though it did freshen towards throughout the second race. Caroline in her Lightning was again caught out by a mini squall at a gybe mark, and had another brief capsize.
Neil was without a crew so raced his ILCA 6, and led both races, with Mike/Jack in their Graduate not too far behind. On handicap, Neil had two wins, with Mike/Jack 2nd in the first race, though the strengthening wind didn�t suit them, and Paul in his ILCA 6 took 2nd, and Caroline 3rd.
Neil/Archie won the series, with Mike/Jack 2nd, and Caroline 3rd
Happy Families
Saturday’s wind proved to be surpisingly spicy. Nine boats took to the water, but unusually Alex/Saskia in their RS200 found it was too much and had a DNF.
Neil/Archie in their RS400 led the fleet around the course, but ended up with a 2nd and 5th on handicap.
Olivia in her ILCA 4 had two strong wins beating her competitors by more than 90 secs on corrected time. Father Artur in his Aero had a 2nd and a 3rd. Rory in his K1 secured a 3rd and presently leads the series.
The wind increased for Sunday more than the appetite for sailing which was cancelled.