Another great sailing evening with a constant westerly breeze and yet more warm conditions. Katia / Andy returned with a repaired and now grey painted Mirror following the contretemps a fortnight ago. 18 boats crossed the line for a 0-1-B-A course with the GP of Mike & Eric right on the bubble. … Read full article “Night Jar 13”
Flying 15 & GP14 Open 2018
A sun soaked Saturday, together with force 2-3 SW breeze, gave champagne sailing conditions for two fleets of boats.
The 18 strong fleet of F15s were a bit too eager to start and caused a general recall in their first race.… Read full article “Flying 15 & GP14 Open 2018”
Night Jar 12
Only twelve starters tonight despite the ongoing great weather. With marks out of place the OD chose a long course 0-1-5 with 1 being a gybe mark. The Bates was stationed half way up the long beat near A.
Rory was over at the start and John in the other Solo also returned. … Read full article “Night Jar 12”
Fleet Challenge A
As the Summer sun continues, there was a better than expected WSW breeze for the weekend handicap series which enticed a dozen boats on to the water. Though the racing was scheduled to be a personal pursuit, for ease (and speed) it was raced on personal handicap basis.… Read full article “Fleet Challenge A”
Night Jar 11
Seventeen boats took the start on a superb evening with a constant wind blowing off the Club grounds. And an eventful start it was too! In a rush to start on time – well nearly – the Bates crew had omitted to put out the inner mark and a competitor (who shall be nameless!)… Read full article “Night Jar 11”
Congratulations!
Council’s nomination of Rear Commodore Mark Somerville for the RYA Community Award – Lifetime commitment has been successful.
Mark will hopefully be attending the award service in London later in the year.
Well deserved recognition of his long service to the club!
Car key
A bunch of keys has been found in the gents’ changing room on Sunday evening
Congratulations to Andy and Phil on winning the GP14 Northern Championship at Bolton this weekend
Meanwhile in sunny Bassenthwaite, crews filled their water bottles and donned sunglasses, eye shades and sun screen to compete in three of our long series fleet races.… Read full article “Car key”
Solo Open
Sunday benefitted from wall to wall sunshine with a light, but freshening, wind from the southwest though there were some regular major shifts from the northwest. The shifts did cause some calm patches but the fleet of 11 boats kept moving.… Read full article “Solo Open”
Laser Open
There was a better wind than forecast to greet the fleet of 26 boats in today’s Laser open, and with the sun breaking through the clouds from time to time it was a pleasant day.
For a change the general wind direction was fairly steady, though there were some shifts on the water for sailors to contend with.… Read full article “Laser Open”
Weekend Series
The lake was surprisingly calmer than forecast on Saturday, though started off a little drizzly, so there were a few takers for the start of the weekend series.
The wind and gusts did pick up a little over the course of the afternoon to give some good planing conditions.… Read full article “Weekend Series”