Best Laid Plans

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Saturday was mild with a good F2-3 SSE breeze and a fleet of 9 boats, including 3 trainees trying their hand again.

Neil/Archie led the way in their RS400, winning both races in the water and on handicap with Artur in an Aero securing two 2nds and daughter Olivia in an ILCA 6 two 3rds. Toggle in his Solo was the only one to capsize though he quickly recovered from it.

Sunday started mild with a stronger F4, again from the SSE but only Neil/Archie turned up to race and defend their lead in the series, so racing was cancelled and Neil/Archie won the series

Fleet challenge B final results

Disappointingly the conditions weren’t appropriate to take any visitors to the Baton of Hope event being hosted at the club out for a sail, but they enjoyed the music in the clubhouse, and welcomed the baton which was being taken around the county by Blood Bikes Cumbria

Quiet Weekend

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A poor forecast and the end of the school holidays resulted in a lack of competitors this weekend.

On Saturday five trainees had the opportunity to race without being impeded by club members. They sailed well in the strengthening winds, and there were no capsizes. Fortunately the rain that was approaching from Keswick direction held off until all the crews were ashore!

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The forecast for Sunday was windier and gustier than Saturday, but it didn’t come to fruition in our micro climate. Unfortunately there was only one boat ready and willing to sail, so racing was cancelled.

Don’t forget about the Baton of Hope being hosted at the club next Sunday 7th September. Plenty of help required to cope with the 100+ visitors that have booked in

Congratulations to Phil and Lucy Smith who were 6th overall at Mirror Nationals at Netley sailing club . Massive congratulations to a fantastic 22nd overall for Oliver Smith crewed by mum Naomi in a top class fleet of 53 boats entered.

August Bank Holiday

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Sunday started with a katabatic breeze that faded all too quickly such that the first race of the weekend championship series was in light, variable airs, and the next race being abandoned…

In contrast, the final bank holiday Monday of the season provided champagne sailing conditions with a SSW freshening F3.

Beating up to Scarness extended the typical lap time, and overall race length. There was some close, exciting, racing, but sailors were happy to break for lunch, and some opted to sit out the remaining races on shore.

With two further races to squeeze in, the beats and race length were shortened. Neil/Rory in their F15 were first to windward mark 8 only to realise they should have headed to mark B!

The F15s remained the focus of discussion when three were OCS by a good margin for the final race. Neil/Rory returned of their own accord, but the others sailed on. As they completed their first lap Robbie D/Toggle were first to be informed of their misdemeanour and rapidly bore away back to shore. Shortly after, a gust came in and flattened Andy T/Andrea as they were tacking, then Jon/Ian’s main halyard came adrift, and finally as Rob/Pete were being advised they had been OCS, they tacked, and Rob slid out of the boat having missed his toe straps.

Of the 19 boats in the Asymmetric fleet, Banter/John in RS400 took the honours with Chris/Jack in RS 200 2nd

There were 11 entries in the fast handicap fleet with Steve/Ruth in an Enterprise clear winners and Hugh in his Solo 2nd.

Also 11 entries in the F15 fleet which was won by Neil/Rory with Robbie D/Toggle a very close 2nd.

The GP fleet of 6 was won by Dave/Lynn, with James/Jenny 2nd.

There was a good turnout of 11 boats in the Mirror/Tera fleet which was won by Andrew in a Tera Pro with Reuben in a Tera Sport 2nd.

Great to have a total of 58 entries for the series!

Final results

Sad News

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We are saddened to learn of the recent passing of Jackie Gebhard after a long battle with cancer.

Jackie and husband Dave have been long time visitors at the club, being active on and off the water, and briefly members too.

Jackie lived for sailing, her family and of course TridentUK which she co-founded with Dave back in 1986.

Our thoughts are with Dave and family at this sad time.

Sad News

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It is with sadness that we have just learnt of the death of Mike Moore, a day after his 76th birthday. Although being treated for cancer in recent months, his passing was unexpectedly sudden, and peaceful, with his family at his side.

During his 53 years at the club, Mike has been on council and held several officer roles including Hon Secretary and Commodore, and regularly helped at events such as the 24 hour race, NSSA and other open meetings.

Our thoughts are with his wife Christina, and daughters, at this sad time.

If you have any photos of Mike the family would be delighted to have an electronic copy – they can be sent to [email protected] to be forwarded to the family.

Funeral Service and committal at Lytham Park Crematorium Lytham St. Annes on Thursday August 21st at 12.15 pm.

‘A touch of colour would be appreciated’

Family flowers only please donations if desired for The RNLI (Lytham Branch)

Championship Weekend

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The Mirrors/Teras had the strongest fleet for the latest championship weekend series. As the sun shone, with a F2 that freshened towards the end of the day, conditions were ideal.

Though John/Artur in a VX One led the asymmetric fleet, on handicap Neil Archie in their RS400 won both races. There was similar consistency across all fleets with Dave/Lynn winning both GP races (though AJ/Sue had led most of the second race), Paul in a Laser leads the handicap fleet, and Phil in a Mirror the slow handicap fleet.

Sunday started overcast with the threat of rain that never actually materialised. A similar westerly wind to Saturday, freshened as the day went on with various palning opportunities in some gusts.

The F15s had one of the largest fleets, and despite numerous challenges, the results were consistent throughout the day with Robin/Toggle taking three wins, and the Ullock Mug, from Neil/Rory 2nd, and Ian/Lezliann 3rd.3rd

Mark in his RS100 replaced John/Artur in the asymmetric fleet, and took three wins to take 2nd overall behind Neil/Archie who won the Grisedale Cup.

The GPs repeated Saturday’s results, though there were no major challenges from AJ/Sue despite one excellent start, with Dave/Lynn winning the McMillan Cup, and AJ/Sue 2nd.

In the handicap fleet new member Caroline in a Lightning had two 1sts and a 3rd, though it wasn’t enough to topple Paul C from his overnight lead and winning the Grisedale Cup, she did finish 2nd overall, with Paul G 3rd.

No more racing in the slow handicap fleet so Phil won the Round Table Tankard, with Andrew 2nd.

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Slow Saturday

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No wind + no OD + very few potential sailors = no racing on Saturday.

Sunday’s forecast wasn’t much better, and it didn’t look promising an hour before racing, but Bass micro climate offered the inkling of hope as ripples filled the bay from the SE. The wind held for the day sufficiently to get both races in for the fleet of five boats.

Artur in his Aero was frustrated after the first race that he couldn’t break away from the light weather bandits in their Graduate, aka Mike and Jack, who won the race on handicap, with Artur 2nd.

Artur’s afternoon race wasn’t much better in that he headed for the wrong mark on the first beat, and spent another lap catching up Mike/Jack. When he did pass them, he went around the mark the wrong way, and Mike/Jack followed. A short while later, Mike/Jack returned to round the mark the correct way. Apparently Jack was confident that they had corrected their error, but they hadn’t unwound their mistake by rounding it one more time. Artur sailed on for a while, but then retired. Mike/Jack only realised the error of their ways when the shorten course signal was made after they had passed through the start/finish line, with Nigel/Glenys in their GP being the first on the water to finish, and win on handicap, with Richard in his Solo 2nd.

The day’s racing brought the series to a close with Artur winningthe Dodd trophy, and Paul 2nd. Though no racing in other classes, Rob won the Blencathra trophy for the F15s, Val/Ken the Mustard Pot for the GPs, and Phil/Lucy the Mirror AB trophy for the Mirror/Teras.

Final results

NWJTT 2025

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38 boats headed to Costa del Bassenthwaite for the 7th round of the popular North West Junior Traveller Series and the 2025 RS Tera Northern Championship.

Riding on the sun cream tales of another British heatwave, the forecast was a weekend of sunshine, high temperatures and little wind. Saturday was a splash-and-paddle-off, with zephyrs coming and going but nothing more than 2 knots ever settling for more than 10 minutes from multiple directions. Parents hid in the trees for shade, the kids enjoyed a day jumping off the jetty, paddleboarding and generally messing about on the water.

Around 3pm, PRO Andy Wilcox hoisted AP over A, announcing no racing would take place that day. Shortly after, a paddleboard relay race was organised from the slip to a buoy and back, with Bass taking line honours.

In the evening, the club BBQs kept away some of the midgies, and later a singer entertained members and visitors in the clubhouse, with several Oasis songs blasting out – around the same time the real Oasis was playing their in Manchester.

Following a small postponement, Sunday looked more promising, with a forecast of 7 mph. Eventually, a southerly breeze settled in, which slowly clocked to the east as the day progressed. This allowed the race team to run four back-to-back races, with the breeze building throughout the day some hiking out was required in the last race.

In the Fast Handicap Lilly Brown sailing an ILCA 6 took the win, narrowly beating Olivia Dembinska by one point. Zoe Goodden sailing a Splash was third. In fourth place and first double-hander was Bethany Skelding and Isla McKeown sailing an RS Feva.

In the slow Slow Handicap James Reekie counted three 1st places and took the overall win, being crowned Tera Pro Northern Champion. Oscar Davenport (Tera Pro) finished 2nd on countback from Molly Haslam (Topper). A successful weekend for the Reekie family, with Andrew finishing 6th overall and becoming Tera Sport Northern Champ.

A big thanks to Red Seal Safety Boats for supporting the event.

Flying 15 and GP14 Open 2025

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A grey afternoon, with lighter than forecast winds, turned wet, and then the wind freshened to F2-3 for 10 F15s and 22 GP14s.

All starts bar one, which resulted in a general recall, were clean. There was some close racing, with positions changing throughout each race, thopugh the results suggest there was more consistency. There was a couple of capsizes in the gusts, and a F15 broached, but no damage.

With a light forecast for Sunday, a fourth race was held (much to the dismay of Neil!)

In the F15s, Andy Tunnicliffe/Richard Rigg secured tthree wins and are overnight leaders, followed by Steve Goacher/Tim Harper, and Robin Dawson/Mike Cowan 3rd

In the GPs, Mark Platt/Chris Jobson and Dave/Lynn Lawson are tied on points, though Mark leads overnight on countback. Nick Brook/Rhiann Bramwell are lying 3rd.

Sunday remained dry, began F1-2 , but freshened to full F2 over the remaining two races.

The GPs had a general recall, but when the F15s had a single recall on the final race, of the five boats OCS, three failed to return so had an early exit.

The wind had some major shifts, but favoured one side of the beat, and then the other, and enabled some substantial gains for those that picked the right side.

In the F15s Tunnicliffe and Goacher each had a win, so their overnight positions remained with Tunnicliffe winning the trophy, Goacher 2nd, and Dawson 3rd.

In the GPs, Lawson had the most consistent results to secure the overall win from Platt. Similarly, Paul Bowmer/Ken Bell sailed well to finish 3rd overall.

F15 Open winners Andy Tunicliffe and Richard Rigg

GP14 Open winners Dave and Lynn Lawson

 

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Heatwave, What Heatwave?

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While the south and east basked in a heatwave, it was a weekend of two halves in the Bass micro climate. Saturday’s forecast F3 didn’t materialise so the nine sailors had to make do with a F1 occasionally gusting F2, and various drizzly wet showers.

In the F15s, Robbie D/Toggle were late to the start after making some temporary repairs to the tiller extension, and were unable to catch up with Ian/Lezliann. They had a flying start in the next race, but Ian took the lead at the end of the first spinnaker leg, and continued to extend their lead despite various calm spots at the windward marks. Ian/Lezliann lead the series.

In the handicap fleet, Neil/Archie in their RS400 had some close racing with Mark in his RS100, but on handicap it was Olivia in her Aero 5 that won. In the next race, Olivia scuppered her chances when she sailed around an additional mark (which was no longer in the course) finishing 3rd behind Scumper and Neil/Archie.

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Sunday was forecast to have NE F1, but racing started in WNW F1 rising to F2 by the lunch break, after which the effects of a sea breeze increased the strength to F3. With blue skies throughout the day the small fleet of six boats enjoyed some champagne sailing conditions. With no other GPs sailing, AJ/Sue raced in the handicap fleet and won both races. Ian finished 2nd in his Solo, with the next three boats finishing in just over 30 secs on corrected time. Artur in his Aero 7 finished 2nd in the afternoon race, and presently leads the series..

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The Tera Inlands were held at Burton with excellent results by team Bass. James Reekie and Oscar Davenport were 3rd and 4th respectively in the Tera Pros, while Andrew Reekie was 13th in the Tera Sports and Rory Davenport finishing in the top half of the same fleet. Congratulations to them all.

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