Don’t forget that discount for early entry comes to and end
this weekend and the online entries will close. If you want to take
advantage you had better be quick!
Back to it
An early clear out of the club grounds by visitors, a transfer of some boats from the back field, and, suddenly, normality seemed to return to the club.
Despite a lack of wind in the morning, Kayla was assured that the sea breeze would make Mike’s trip back up to the club worthwhile.
Sure enough, a light sw breeze came in for the afternoon racing. In the first race, Pam led the way in her Mirror while the other fleets followed. It was only on the final beat where she was passed by Steve/Ruth and Mike/Kayla.
In the following race, Steve/Ruth led, beating Neil by almost 3mins. Banter sailed well to finish 3rd, as did Pam who came in 5th in a fleet of nine boats.
Sunday’s racing was held in slightly stronger winds, but Steve whinged that the course was an asymmetric benefit as he finished a couple of mins behind Scumper on handicap. Stacey in her Europe finished a creditable 3rd ahead of Neil in his Laser. Steve leads the series.
Mike/Kayla lead their F15 series after beating Ian/Lezli-Ann in both races.
The GP results were more mixed with wins for Val/Ken and Dave/Lynn, while Alastair/Claire had a good race finishing 2nd as Alan/Sue slipped back to 4th – perhaps the tables are turning?!
Sunday afternoon’s race was a pennant in aid of the Jubilee Sailing Trust. As ever, the course took the fleet around the lake. Despite the good wind, Sale Fell caused some issues in the narrows at Scarness, and again as the boats sailed under the hill at 14. Despite Steve/Ruth pulling out a big lead, Dave/Lynn took advantage of the changeable conditions to nibble away at it and finish just a minute behind on handicap. Scumper was 3rd and Mike/Kayla 4th
Thank You!!!
To all the Bass members, thank you for all your help and support during the NSSA National Youth Regatta. Everyone has worked extremely hard to make a successful event.
Jose
NSSA National Youth Regatta
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The end of the beginning
Perhaps the weather today was a taster of what is in store for the Youth Regatta which starts on Monday (have you heard about it?).
The South Easterly wind held out throughout the day despite the threat of a sea breeze. A dozen boats ventured out.
In the F15 fleet Mike/Kayla played cat and mouse with Tim/Martin which commenced before the start. Being a bit too sure of his position Mike failed cover Tim who broke through on one beat. What’s more he failed to cover on the next and Tim broke through again winning the race!
An early start allowed an early finish and the site to be cleared of boats in preparation for the onslaught of visiting boats (though there were a few early arrivals)
The first BBQ of the week went down well (or should we wait to see who survives till the morning?!)
Thomas is Twittering Again
Preparing to feed the 5000?!
AJ assures us that this is the ‘crinkles’ teaching Tog how to tickle salmon so that Herb can have his smoked salmon sandwiches during the NSSA regatta next week!
Glorious Day for Sailing
Despite the lake being flat calm in the morning as the sun shone, a good F3 filled in from the West well before racing started for the latest championship weekend series. A (relatively) prompt start caught out some of the handicap fleet (Will they learn for the morning?). Either it’s a case of great minds think alike, or the stand in OD is so predictable, but Herb correctly guessed the first course.
As the afternoon progressed, the wind increased too, but without incident.
At the end of the first race, in the GPs, Alan/Sue were on the tail of Dave/Sarah and trying their hardest to get past, but at the final mark Dave broke away, and to cap it for Alan, Hugh/Rachael managed to pass him too! Hugh had another trick up his sleeve on Sunday morning when he believed there was a ‘hook finish’ and rounded the finish mark to starboard, and though ahead, Alan rounded it the same way, losing out by one position when Hugh recrossed the line from the correct direction before him. Val/Ken sailed consistently all weekend taking four 1sts and the McMillan Cup, however, they were disappointed not to be back on shore in time to catch the ice cream van before he left – perhaps they should have sailed faster!
In the F15s, Mike/Kayla took three straight wins and and Ullock Mug, leaving Ian/Lezli-Ann and Tim/Ian battling it out with some close racing at times.
Steve/Ruth sailed well to secure three 1sts and the Grisedale Cup, though a guest appearance by Bean in his RS100 on Sunday morning meant he had to wait until the last race for his third 1st. Scumper tried his hand in Peter’s Supernova, while Alastair explained what would have been had he not capsized and got ‘every rope’ caught around his centreboard delaying its retrieval, and preventing him beating Peter… Meanwhile, Banter Phil had a great sailing weekend taking two 2nds ad a 3rd, finishing 2nd overall.
Don’t forget to move your boat this week to clear the foreshore in preparation for the NSSA Youth Regatta. Also, Saturday’s racing has been brought forward to 11.30 on Saturday, and Sunday’s racing has been cancelled.