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Final Results

Sailed: 4 Discards: 1

Rank	Fleet	Boat Name	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Nett
1	Open		3721	Steve Goacher	Phil Evans	RWYC	0.0	0.0	0.0	~~DNC~~	0.0
2	Open	Gekko Blaster	3817	Mike Hart	Tim Hall	Port Dinorwic	3.0	~~10.0~~	5.7	3.0	11.7
3	Open		3786	Alan Bax	Paul Busby		11.7	3.0	~~15.0~~	0.0	14.7
4	Open	New Order	3770	Neil Platt	Richard Rigg	Bolton and West Kirby	8.0	5.7	~~11.7~~	10.0	23.7
5	Open	Sweet Chariot	3805	David McKee	Chris Hewkin	Dovestone	5.7	~~13.0~~	8.0	11.7	25.4
6	Open	Sparks	3716	Justin Waples	Ian Stowe	Grafham Water	14.0	~~17.0~~	3.0	14.0	31.0
7	Open	Jocks Lover	3673	Scott Beattie	John Somerville	Bassenthwaite	~~17.0~~	15.0	13.0	8.0	36.0
8	Open	Kiffs	3816	Nigel Tullet	Sam Rayner	RWYC	15.0	16.0	~~17.0~~	5.7	36.7
9	Open	Silent Wings	3727	Andrew Palmer	Graham Wadeley	Grafham Water	10.0	11.7	~~20.0~~	15.0	36.7
10	Open		3612	David Giles	Sue Giles	Ullswater	13.0	8.0	19.0	~~DNF~~	40.0
11	Open	Dingo	3595	Peter Kitchen	David Kitchen	Tees & Hartlepool	16.0	19.0	10.0	~~BFD~~	45.0
12	Open	Sucking FFeagulls	3835	Andy Goddard	Colin	Dovestone	~~18.0~~	14.0	16.0	17.0	47.0
13	Silver	Fighting Machine	3293	Tim Wills	Ian Preston		~~22.0~~	20.0	18.0	19.0	57.0
14	Open	Eleni	3737	Simon Robinson	Dave Vasey	DRSC	~~DNF~~	28.0	14.0	16.0	58.0
15	Open		3685	Jeremy Arnold	John Allen	Notts County	19.0	18.0	~~24.0~~	21.0	58.0
16	Open	Proactive	3831	Bobby Salmond	Robert Till	Loch Earn	20.0	~~22.0~~	21.0	18.0	59.0
17	Open		3521	Paul Burnell	Joe Roberts	Bassenthwaite	23.0	~~29.0~~	27.0	13.0	63.0
18	Open	Firebolt	3806	Peter Hogg	David Downes	DSC	21.0	21.0	~~30.0~~	23.0	65.0
19	Silver	Mr Sponge	3281	Michael Watson	Duncan Firth	REYC	24.0	~~33.0~~	22.0	22.0	68.0
20	Open	Ffandangle	3473	Mike Moore	Steve Hunt	Bassenthwaite	~~26.0~~	23.0	26.0	24.0	73.0
21	Open		3539	John Eaton	Maggie Eaton	Bala	25.0	32.0	~~33.0~~	20.0	77.0
22	Classic	Spring Sonata	2620	David Naylor	Norman Christie	Dovestone	~~33.0~~	30.0	23.0	28.0	81.0
23	Classic	Fettercairn	617	Graham Lamond	Scott Train	South Windermere	27.0	~~34.0~~	28.0	26.0	81.0
24	Open	Graffter	3451	Hugh Simpson	David Watkins	LESC	31.0	26.0	~~37.0~~	25.0	82.0
25	Silver	FFrisky	3208	Mark Gardner	Anne Gardner	Carsington	29.0	27.0	~~32.0~~	27.0	83.0
26	Classic		1117	Keith Jamieson	Maf Smith	Bassenthwaite	~~32.0~~	24.0	31.0	30.0	85.0
27	Silver	Flatulent Fairy	3182	Steve Cragg	Pete Gough	Draycote	28.0	31.0	29.0	~~DNC~~	88.0
28	Open	Outsider	3732	Graham Wilkinson	Mike Pearce	Carsington	36.0	~~DNC~~	25.0	31.0	92.0
29	Silver		3381	Russ Clarke	David Wheeler	Dovestone	30.0	~~35.0~~	35.0	29.0	94.0
30	Open	Unffinished Business	3813	Peter Slater	Ann Morrel	South Cerney	~~DNF~~	25.0	36.0	DNF	100.0
31	Open	Jim Jam	3484	Raymond Coates	David McCombe	Tees & Hartlepool	34.0	~~37.0~~	34.0	33.0	101.0
32	Classic	Fake Emerald	2504	Keith Thomas	Stephen Kirkpatrick	Bassenthwaite	35.0	36.0	~~38.0~~	32.0	103.0

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Position	Helm	Crew	Club
3^rd Classic	Keith Jamieson	Maf Smith	Bass
2^nd Classic	David Naylor	Norman Christie	Dovestone
1^st Classic	Graham Lamond	Scott Train	South Windermere

3^rd Silver	Mark Gardner	Anne Gardner	Carsington
2^nd Silver	Mike Watson	Duncan Firth	REYC
1^st Silver	Tim Wills	Ian Preston	/Bass

Wind of Change

Mark and Andy - Safety gear is paramount! Saturday started off with so much winfd (not a spelling mistake!) that no-one was prepared to take their own boats out. However, it didn't stop the younger generation (and Toggle) from trialling out the alternate BSC (Bathenswaite Swimming Club). With the aid of £25k worth of boats the, intrepid swimmers were rapidly taken out to the centre of the performance arena - but some couldn't wait and demonstrated the backward somersault water entry technique, allowing their craft to carry on sailing unaided for several yards. Front crawl appeared to be the favoured style for reuniting swimmer and craft. This, of course, became the second element of the routine - clambering over the smooth upturned hulls, and then flipping them through 180°, something which seemed to be carried out with such ease. However, some of the performers did enhance their performance by use of the safety crew! Additional props included the leeward shore as a safety refuge. There were some that attempted a full monty, a routine which included derigging their boats. At the moment, the jury's still out on this change of direction.

An early finish to the afternoon's activities left the 'swailors' with plenty of time to nurse their bruises (including egos?), and warm their bodies back up before partying the night away at a do to celebrate Claire's forthcoming 40th birthday. However, some did find enough energy to take part in the little heard of routine of pontoon bounce (if only to try and release a trapped chain) where several people (you guessed it) bounce in harmony at one end of the pontoon.

The karaoke was started by Claire and friends, but continued with solos from Rich and Jessica. No party would be the same without the Toggle influence (we're assured that the confidence factor is multiplied with the aid of several pints of Stella!), and of course he formed part of the finale, dedicating his song 'return to sender' to Tashman Willie

Bass Babes back in action

Toggle with an eye on Tashman Willie

It was to be daybreak before many finally reached their beds, after an evening that had suffered various casualties (Claire's knee, David's stomach, numerous heads!)

On Sunday, the wind eased somewhat, and the sun shone. Some of the highlights of the sailing included Jonathan Sedgwick giving mum Christina a dunking, and having to be towed ashore; Keith Thomas having to practice (several times) the scene from Titanic (without Kate Winslet) on the foredeck of his F15 to re-rig the spinnaker; Ian Campbell trying to get to grips with wineglass spinnakers while crewing for Scott Beattie; further capsizes by Bill Smith, John Halliday, and Paul Burnell - but somehow Steve Hunt managed to stay upright!

Clear skies on a bank holiday - It must have been a dream? However, the downside was that the lake was mirror like as seen on the early morning webcam picture. The wind did start to fill in late morning, but it was not from the forecast direction. The wind improved for the afternoon race with the help of a south westerly sea breeze.

Over the course of the weekend, Scott Beattie had obviously sorted out his 'novice' crew to win three races and the series. However, Joe Hardon and Keith Thomas had posed a threat in the morning race, having taken Mike Moore out on the start line his next target was Scott, and although he nearly succeeded, in the end he had to settle for a second place.

The GPs series was to be determined on the final race, with any one of four helms in with a chance. John Telford and Andy Smith with two wins and a 3rd for stepping in to be OD on Sunday, won the series from Dave and Lynn Lawson. Hugh Godfrey's valiant effort to defend his position while Monday's birthday girl, Rhonwen Bryce, was busy with head between her knees taking down the spinnaker, included a couple of gybes (not certain whether they were deliberate or not!).

The racing did start in a northerly breeze around noon, but it was a frustrating race with the wind fading and shifting considerably. In the handicap fleet, Robin Dawson and Toggle showed a clean pair of heels from Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley who were keen to secure the series before leaving early for a week's holiday. Robin's win meant that a win in the final race would take the series, but gear failure stopped Robin from getting to the starting line. The freshening wind helped William Carruthers and sister Claire get first to the windward mark, but it was not to last! Neil and Judith Currie wasted no time hoisting their kite, and took advantage of a gust to take the lead; similarly Mark Somerville and Steve Kirkpatrick carried a gust to get them into second position, then Phil and Rich Hodgkins went for a late drop of their kite to claim water at the mark. Claire had noticed a rip in the kite, perhaps that was to be an omen - time for an early finish? As the rip did not affect flying the kite, they carried on only to suffer a broken boom while beating, which led to a broken tiller and a capsize (time for another burgee?)- just goes to show that these things happen in threes! William's final dive across the boat while righting it seemed to shock the onlookers, but he came out of it in one piece (well no-one could tell the difference!)

This week's episode of Sailors' Wives, took the girls to Cockermouth fair, where Linda got more than she bargained for when she offered to accompany Emily on one of the rides. A set of cowboy hats later and they were ready for anything - just as well, since on the way back Linda came to the fore as a cow girl when she helped protect a stray bullock from on-coming traffic.

The day was finished off with the launch of the new committee boat helmed, of course, by Herb with the assistance of Keith Thomas and Alan Smith, and watched by a crowd of onlookers. Some minor alterations are required before it will be put in service, but if the cuddy stays (complete with gas stove), future ODs will come off the water with a warm inner glow. In the meantime, perhaps it should be trips around the bay, or trips to see the Osprey!

Herb and Alan ready for the launch They're off!
The crowd of onlookers (together with cow girls)

JACK POT

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3673  S BEATTIE     FF           2   1   1   1   3
 2    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   2   4   2   5
 3   93385  J HARDON      FF           3   3   2   3   8
 4    1117  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS   3   4  14
 5   69960  M CHAPPEL     MIR        DNS   4 DNS DNS  16

                     Points for RTD =  4   5   5   5
                     Points for DSQ =  4   5   5   5
                     Points for DNS =  6

 3 races to count

LYNE TANKARD

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13874  J TELFORD     GP          OD DNS   1   1   5
 2   13176  D LAWSON      GP           2   1   3   2   5
 3   13839  H GODFREY     GP           1   3   4   3   7
 4   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           3   2   2   4   7
 5   13118  V BELL        GP           4   4   5   5  13
 6   13259  J ROBERTS     GP           5   5   6   6  16
 7   13013  J SEDGWICK    GP         DNS DNS   7   7  25
 8  813467  D WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS   8 DNS  30
 9   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS RTD DNS DNS  30
 9   13142  M CLAYTON     GP         DNS RTD DNS DNS  30

                     Points for RTD =  6   8   9   8
                     Points for DSQ =  6   8   9   8
                     Points for DNS = 11

 3 races to count

MAY HOLIDAY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1210  S HUNT        RS400        1   1   2 DNS   4
 2    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        4   2   1 DNS   7
 3    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        2   4   5   2   8
 4    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        3   5   9   3  11
 5    1146  P BURNELL     RS400        6   7   8   5  18
 6    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK       RTD  10   4   6  20
 7     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        5   6  11 RTD  20
 8  213142  R HODGKINS    RS400      DNS DNS   3   4  27
 9    3642  C MARK        MERLIN ROC DNS   3   7 DNS  29
10    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      RTD   8  10 DNS  29
11     809  B SMITH       RS800        7   9 DNS DNS  35
12     400  T KNOWLES     RS300      RTD DNS   6 DNS  37
13  164552  J WALKER      LAS        DNS DNS DNS   1  39
14     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS  OD DNS  41
15    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX SP  DNS DNS DNS   7  45
16     609  A WILCOX      RS600      DNS DNS  12 DNS  50
17      10  A BAINBRIDGE  TOPPER     DNS DNS  14 DNS  52
18   69960  M CHAPPEL     MIR        DNS DNS  13 DNS  53

                     Points for RTD = 11  11  15   9
                     Points for DSQ = 11  11  15   9
                     Points for DNS = 19

 3 races to count

Celebrity Glass Trophy

After heavy overnight rain had cleared, the sun came out with the wind was from an ominous south westerly direction. Alan Nicholson was first to fall foul to one of the sudden windshifts, and capsized before racing started. Roy and Michaela did a bit of larking around on the start, forcing Ian Macpherson over the start line prematurely. (Turns out that Roy didn't even know how long to the start!). Next casualty of the day, apart from William and Lesley who were first to the windward mark only to get their downwind tactics wrong and let three RS400s through in one leg, was Nigel and Laura in a GP when they gybed and capsized at the second mark. The third casualty was to be robin and Toggle when the wing wangs jambed, leaving their pole drooping to starboard (not a pretty sight, and fairly ineffective on port tack!).

There were to be more casualties in the second race - Roy and Michaela suffered rigging problems before the race and had to beach their boat to get the jib back up. All was obviously not well, because before the race was over, their main was flogging at half mast!

Another casualty of the day was the F15 fleet, as another boat is due to leave the club with the sale of Ian Campbell's boat.

Sunday racing was held in strengthening south westerly winds, with beats into the notorious mark 9 - never think you're on the lay line, as the winds will only shift to prove you wrong. The tight reaches tested the asymmetrics - should they bear away and take the gust, or try to continue to fly the genniker during near close hauled conditions.

In the afternoon race Toggle stated that he and Robin were doing a demonstration sail, shame they were so far ahead that no-one could see how they did it. In fact, they were doing so well, that they lapped the tail enders, and of course won the race on handicap. Alan Nicholson finished the weekend the way he had started - with a capsize!

When the results for the weekend were calculated on a fleet basis, the overall series went to Sunday's rescue boat driver - Steve Hunt (not that he hadn't worked for in the races that he had sailed)

Meanwhile, the Scottish Areas at Loch Ken who knows what was happening other than David and Lynne Lawson had a couple of wins under their belt, while Telf and Andy Smith were having a better Sunday than they had Saturday - perhaps they found some Scottish lubrication overnight?

Ginge and Jose made a sharp exit from the Scottish areas and decided to 'have a cup of tea' in a field - they must have been frantically stirring the tea to get so stuck in the mud!

Final Results:

CELEBRITY GLASS TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1    1210  S HUNT        RS400        1   1 DNS DNS   1   1 DNS  OD   7
 2    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      RTD   3   3   2   2   5 DNS   5  15
 3     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        3   4   2 RTD   5   8   4   7  17
 4    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         6   6   5 DNS   3 RTD RTD   3  23
 5  164552  J WALKER      LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   3   3   2  41
 6    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD   2   1   1  47
 7  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   7   7   2   4  49
 8  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   8   7   6  56
 9   13176  D LAWSON      GP          OD DNS   1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS  63
10    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        2   2  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  65
11    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS   8  11   8  10  66
12    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       5   5   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  72
13   40894  S HALL        TOP        DNS DNS DNS DNS  12  12   9 RTD  75
14    1146  P BURNELL     RS400        4   8   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  76
15  125514  R BRYCE       LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   9  10   6 DNS  83
16    1246  R RHODES      OSPREY     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   5   9 101
17   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP           7   7 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 101
18   13655  N LEWIS       GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS  10   6 DNS DNS 103
19     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 111
20    6905  N GARRISON    D 18       DNS DNS DNS DNS  11  13 DNS DNS 111
21      10  A BAINBRIDGE  TOPPER     DNS DNS DNS DNS  13  14 DNS DNS 114
22     400  T KNOWLES     RS300      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS 119
23    3673  S BEATTIE     FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS 119
24   13118  V BELL        GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8 124
25  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 124
26   69960  M CHAPPEL     FF         RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 127
27     338  R YARDLEY     RS300      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD 129
28     809  B SMITH       RS800      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 129

                     Points for RTD = 11   9   8   4  14  16  13  13
                     Points for DSQ = 11   9   8   4  14  16  13  13
                     Points for DNS = 29

 5 races to count

Handicap Open Meeting

Excellent turnout of 33 boats, 29 in the fast handicap fleet and the rest in the slow handicap fleet. The first race started with strong winds for the first lap but eased and backed to the north east which led to some very tight reaches. 59er was the first to the windward mark, with Robin Dawson and Toggle Cowan second in their RS400 (will we ever hear the last of this one?) but they soon took the lead. John Riley had an excellent first beat in an RS300.

The first slow handicap race was dominated by the Emma Houlihan and Holly Scott from RWYC in their Mirror.

A wind shift just before the start of the second race meant several boats only just managed to cross the line on starboard tack. Robin Dawson was not so lucky, and he ended up attached to the inner port marker. Neil Currie and Phil Smith in an RS400 were first to the windward mark with a clear lead. Steve Hunt with Becky Dawson had taken the right route up the beat this time, with William Carruthers and Lesley Braddock not too far behind (at that stage!). Neil Currie benefited from a very fast reach to increase his lead. M Fearnley in his 59er started to pull back on Neil on the second lap, and D Sykes in an RS400 from Ullswater pulled through to second RS400. I Baillie in his RS300 had had a good first beat and continued to maintain his position as the race went on. Scumperjack with Joe Roberts in an RS400 made ground on several boats

The slow handicap fleet had a good start with all but Mike Chappell on port tack! The Hemmingway brothers in their RS Feva cleared a 200 yard lead on the first beat, followed by Sam Hall in his Topper. The Mirror girls closed in on the RS Feva as the wind eased, and eventually took the lead. Sam Hall did pass the RS Feva only to be overtaken again some time later.

A late night, drinking the bar dry, probably due to several people trying to keep their throats lubricated for the karaoke. Word has it that Elvis (who is known to live in the Maryport area) was in the building and gave a late night rendition of who knows what! Perhaps fortunately, the wind was slow to get up for Sunday's early start, and it was 1pm before it had settled down to the forecast westerly direction, which gradually picked up as the afternoon's racing continued.

Steve Hunt, with regular crew Ruth Critchley, was back on form in the lighter winds and was first to the windward mark, having taken benefit of the shifts on the port side of the beat. Neil Currie and Dave Sykes were close on Steve's transom, but the mass of boats that followed blanketed each other from the few gusts that were passing through, leaving the leaders to break away from the fleet. The close reach along the bottom of the course favoured the single handed boats. The leaders continued to have a good race, and Dave Sykes broke through to second on the next beat. However, tricky winds around the windward mark gave Robin Dawson a chance to pick the best route and move into third position. Mark Fearnley in the 59er continued to nibble away at the leading boats and succeeded in crossing the line first. Some close racing in the RS400s resulted in Dave Sykes pipping Robin Dawson on the line, and closely followed by Neil Currie - with just six seconds between them all. Andy Downie in a Phantom had an excellent final lap taking six places. It was to be Steve Hunt that would win the race on handicap.

With the final race being held back to back, no-one knew the effects of the handicaps on everyone's position, or who they should cover. The wind was continuing to freshen, and the Mark Fearnley in his 59er was first to the windward mark, followed by Andrew Elliott in a Blaze, and a Phantom. The run to the next mark led to some tactical gybing to pick up the gusts. The lead boat managed to lose its way on the next beat(!), but it had no detrimental effect on the leading 59er. Racing continued to be very close, and it was the next reach which helped to break the pack a little, with Mark Fearnley narrowly escaping capsizing on one of the gusts. Chris Whiteley in his Phantom held a good, threatening, position throughout the race and the adjusted results gave him first position. No one could afford to ease up on the final beat, and some gusts almost caught out the Phantoms, while the 59er was close to capsizing to windward in an unexpected hole!

Overall Winner Chris Whiteley Winners of the slow handicap fleet - Emma Houlihan and Holly Scott

Final Results

FAST HANDICAP OPEN

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1186  C WHITELEY    PHANTOM        ROTHERHAM        4   1   5   1   6
 2       2  B COKAYNE     PHANTOM        STAUNTON HAROL   3   7   3   2   8
 3     445  I BAILLIE     RS300          DALGETTIE BAY    1   5   4   4   9
 4     715  A ELLIOTT     BLAZE          ROTHERHAM        5   4  13   3  12
 5    1210  S HUNT        RS400          BASS             8   8   1   7  16
 6      17  C BARRIE      PHANTOM        REDESMERE       10  13   2   5  17
 7    1173  A DOWNIE      PHANTOM        GLOSSOP          8   6  12   6  20
 8    1148  N CURRIE      RS400          BASS            11   2   8  11  21
 9    1072  R DAWSON      RS400          BASS             2 RTD   7  13  22
10       1  S ELLIOTT     PHANTOM        ROTHERHAM       12   3   9  10  22
11    1259  D SYKES       RS400          UYC             6  10   6  12  22
12     108  M FEARNLEY    59ER           MORECAMBE        7   9  11   9  25
13     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400          BASS            18  17  14  14  45
14     450  M HENMAN      RS300          SUNDERLAND      14  16  22  17  47
15   13655  J RILEY       GP14           BASS           DNS DNS  10   8  48
16     338  R YARDLEY     RS300          BASS            20  12  18  18  48
17    1036  G MORRIS      PHANTOM        ROYAL FINDHORN  19  18  16  15  49
18  174900  P HOULIHAN    LASER RADIAL   RWYC            15  19  20  16  50
19  143083  L FIELDING    LASER          DRSC            17  14 DNS  21  52
20    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400          BASS            13  11 DNS DNS  54
21     435  M AYRE        RS300          BERWICK         21  21  21  19  61
22    1069  D MORROW      PHANTOM        LOUGH FOYLE     22  20  23  20  62
23    1146  P BURNELL     RS400          BASS            23  24  17  24  64
24     362  M DAVIES      RS300          THORNTON STEWA DNS DNS  15  22  67
25     452  I DAVIES      RS300          DRSC           RTD  23  19 DNS  68
26    4273  C HORN        LASER4000      LEIGH & LOWTON  24  22  24  23  69
27     431  G MARSHALL    RS300          ST MARYS LOCH  DNS  15 DNS DNS  75
28     400  J RILEY       RS300          BASS            16 DNS DNS DNS  76
29     958  J CLAYTON     PHANTOM        BLACKPOOL & FL DNS RTD DNS DNS  87

                                        Points for RTD = 26  27  25  25
                                        Points for DSQ = 26  27  25  25
                                        Points for DNS = 30

 3 races to count

SLOW HANDICAP OPEN

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   70346  E HOULIHAN    MIRROR         RWYC             1   1   1 DNS   3
 2   69960  M CHAPPELL    MIRROR SH      BASS             2   2   2   1   5
 3      11  S HALL        TOPPER         BASS             3   3   3   2   8
 4     382  G HEMMINGWAY  RS FEVA        BASS             4   4 DNS DNS  13

                                        Points for RTD =  5   5   4   3
                                        Points for DSQ =  5   5   4   3
                                        Points for DNS =  5

 3 races to count

The Things People Do

Some people will do anything to get a mention. How about the young boy's ball that is kicked on to the lake and drifting away on the off shore breeze. Good Samaritan tries to retrieve it but can't reach, so finds a canoe, paddles out to catch ball, and then struggles to return to shore - perhaps too much energy expanded for one day? Well done Toggle

More Wind!

Saturday started out blustery, and seemed to get worse as the afternoon went on. John Crosby and John Halliday, both in RS400s, capsized before reaching the start area. Shortly after the start, the wind picked up, the rain and hail came down, and the sailors all started to wonder why we love the sport so much! However, that squall passed through (and the sun came out), but it did not stop Scumper and T coming a cropper at the first gybe mark. Steve and Ruth were soon to follow - something that was to be a bit of a bad habit by the end of the day - five capsizes - that should teach Steve not to tease Kayla about the likelihood of going swimming. William decided that it was not a good day to get a extension stuck in his shorts (tiller extension that was!!), however, he did somehow manage to get it out without a forced tack that could have left him sitting on the wrong side of the boat. The results in the first race were very close, with Scumper beating Mike Moore by just a second on handicap.

Sunday wasn't a lot different - loads of squalls, capsizes (yes Toggle is starting to perfect his crawl), sunshine, and hailstones! The boats that held the gusts were in for some screaming reaches - just as well there's no speed limit on Bass. Border TV reappeared to film some more shots for return of the Summer wine - this week's stars being Foggy Dewhirst, and an interjection by one of Grumpy old men (or was that Shunty on a bad day?). The OD having wound up various helms up in the first race by starting without many of them, decided to have an endurance test in the afternoon and kept them going until there were only four boats left. Apart from those that aren't aching too much with the odd bruise, or strained muscle, everyone should sleep well tonight.

Next weekend is the open meeting for fast and slow handicap boats as well as lasers and mirrors. Hopefully the weather will be kind - first race 1300hrs.

Weekend results (some long series are just to date)

MAX JOULE MEMORIAL TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        4   2   1   1   4
 2    1210  S HUNT        RS400        3   1   3 RTD   7
 3     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   3   5   2   7
 4    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS DNS   2   3  16
 5    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK        OD DNS   4 DNS  18
 6    6905  N GARRISON    D 18       DNS DNS   7   4  22
 7   13655  N LEWIS       GP         RTD DNS   6 DNS  24
 8    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS DNS  OD DNS  25
 9   13874  J TELFORD     GP         RTD DNS DNS DNS  29
 9    9558  P HODGKINS    RS400      RTD DNS DNS DNS  29

                     Points for RTD =  7   4   8   6
                     Points for DSQ =  7   4   8   6
                     Points for DNS = 11

 3 races to count

MUSTARD POT

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5 Pts
 1   13839  H GODFREY     GP         DNS   2   2   2 DNS   6
 2   13655  N LEWIS       GP          OD   3 DNS   3 DNS   9
 3   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           2 DNS DNS RTD   1  10
 4    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS   1   1 DNS DNS  12
 5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS DNS   4   2  16
 6   13791  P SMITH       GP         DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS  21
 7   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1 DNS DNS DNS DNS  21
 8   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS  23
 9   13259  J ROBERTS     GP         DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS  25

                     Points for RTD =  3   4   3   7   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   4   3   7   3
                     Points for DNS = 10

 3 races to count

DODD TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6 Pts
 1    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        5   3 DNS DNS   1   3   7
 2    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS DNS DNS RTD   2   1  10
 3    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         3   1 DNS DNS RTD DNS  10
 4     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        7 DNS DNS   2   3 RTD  12
 5  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          1 DNS DNS   4 DNS DNS  21
 6  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS          2 DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS  21
 7    6905  N GARRISON    D 18       DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   4  24
 8    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       8   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS  26
 9    1210  S HUNT        RS400      RTD DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS  27
10    1146  P BURNELL     RS400        8 DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD  27
11   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2  34
12    3473  M MOORE       FF           4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  36
13     809  B SMITH       RS800      DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS  37
14     501  J CROSBIE     RS400        6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  38
15    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD  39

                     Points for RTD = 10   4   0   7   6   7
                     Points for DSQ = 10   4   0   7   6   7
                     Points for DNS = 16

 3 races to count

Home Grown Talent

Congratulations to Pete Lawson and Dennis Swain on finishing 4th in the May bank holiday weekend's Enterprise Inland Championship at Rutland Water

What a Weekend!

Saturday started off with plenty of sunshine, but a lack of wind. Bridget was the OD and was determined to start racing on time, and made sure everyone knew that. So she and Ginge went out, set the line and everyone was getting ready for the novelty(!) of a race that was going to start on time, but even with 10 minutes to go the postponement flag went up, and that was to be it for the afternoon - a case of all dressed up and nowhere to go (or at least no wind you take you there)

Rain set in over night, and the winds picked up. By early Sunday morning the rain had disappeared, and campers were looking forward to a good force 6 southerly. However, that all changed and by 0930, there was thunder, lightning, and torrential rain! The weather front did pass through and racing started on time (or thereabouts!) with seven GPs and half a dozen handicap boats. Steve Hunt with heavy weather crew Andy Wilcox gave the others a bit of a chance by capsizing on the first beat, but before the second beat he had taken advantage of the gusting winds to break back through to the lead. As the race was shortened, the wind swung to the SW, and increased substantially - there was some flattening gusts that took out Joe and Sally Roberts, and Dave and Sarah Nicholson in their GPs. One of Saturday's postponed races followed before lunch, this time William Carruthers and Lesley Braddock gybed for a gust of wind which took them out of the race (and they donated another burgee to Neptune).

The afternoon race took the competitors around the lake, and it tempted out some F15 sailors. Scott Beattie was in a competitive spirit and eager to get started - however, he was so early that he took several others over the line and had to return. With the SW wind, it was to be typically challenging. with gusts and lulls in the lee of Sale Fell.

Ian Campbell crewed for Mike Moore in a F15 and was treated to a bit of a dunking when the wind dropped suddenly and they heeled to windward - not that he minded too much about getting wet as he was fully kitted out in other people's clothes! Did Scott have a jet ski fixed to his boat, or was it just the wash created by the rudder as he tried to bear away in one of the gusts?

Bill Smith with Phil Hodgkins in an RS800 struggled to cope with the variable conditions upwind, but made up for it on the 3 mile run back down the lake. Steve Hunt broke away from the rest of the fleet and fell in to the trap of believing he was ok. However, his lead was continually nibbled away until back at Scarness where William was side by side with him and F15s were catching up. Steve spotted a gust of wind, gybed and 30 seconds later was 400 yards ahead.

Robin Dawson and Toggle Cowan were getting to grips with their new RS400 - the question was asked how long the wind indicator would last? The answer was to be not even a day! They survived the first capsize without too much problem. But what was Toggle doing - front crawl? Not that easy in a wetsuit! The winds increased as the boats were back in the northern bay, and several boats were flattened by one squall. This led to Robin and Toggle's next capsize, with mast in the mud they realised that an RS400 isn't the easiest boat to right in such conditions.

What would Monday offer? - A queue of people offering to be OD or do rescue duty to secure a 3rd in the day's two race series! This was because the gusting conditions and white horses created a lot of apathy, but there were some takers, and a few more (believing the wind was easing) set off from shore even as the race started. The overall strength of wind may have eased, but the gusts continued to pick off boats one by one. Perseverance, and no capsizes, by Mike Moore gave him first place on handicap. The lunch time break, with bright sunshine, helped convince several of the morning's spectators that conditions were just right for a good blast around the bay. Little did they know that afternoon OD Ian Preston was to set a course with 64 beats in it! The Hodgkin boys found a good way to spill wind; the first reach took out Rory Yardley, Robin and Toggle (this time practising breaststroke), Des and Martin Wright, and Sam Hall (but he continued for another couple of capsizes before retiring); Neil Currie and Phil Smith opted to capsize rather than surf on to the shore.

Just two days sailing resulted in a chipped tooth for Rhonwen, a fractured knuckle for William, and a broken mast for the Hodgkins - What more could anyone ask for?!

CDs of more pics are available, but anyone captured on the CD just need to cross my palm with silver to stop me distributing them!!

Here's the multitude of results

GP14 SPRING CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1 DNS DNS   2
 2   13839  H GODFREY     GP           2   3 DNS   1   3
 3   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP         DNS   2 DNS   4   6
 4   13655  N LEWIS       GP           6   5 DNS   3   8
 5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           4   4 DNS DNS   8
 6   13259  J ROBERTS     GP         DNS DNS DNS   2  12
 7    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        3 DNS DNS DNS  13
 8   13839  D NICHOLSON   GP           5 DNS DNS DNS  15
 9   13791  P SMITH       GP         DNS DNS DNS RTD  16

                     Points for RTD =  7   6   0   6
                     Points for DSQ =  7   6   0   6
                     Points for DNS = 10

 2 races to count

ALBERT BATES RETIREMENT TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1   13839  H GODFREY     GP           1   1
 2    3673  S BEATTIE     FF           2   2
 3    3473  M MOORE       FF           3   3
 4    1210  S HUNT        RS400        4   4
 5  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          5   5
 6    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         6   6
 7     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        7   7
 8  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS          8   8
 9   13655  N LEWIS       GP           9   9
10    1072  R DAWSON      RS400       10  10
11     809  B SMITH       RS800       11  11
12   93265  M TROTTER     FF          12  12
12    1117  K JAMIESON    FF          12  12
14   13259  J ROBERTS     GP          13  13
15   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP          14  14
16   13839  D NICHOLSON   GP         RTD  18

                     Points for RTD = 18
                     Points for DSQ = 18
                     Points for DNS = 17

 1 races to count

PAUL CARRUTHERS MEMORIAL TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   3   4
 2  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          2   5   7
 3   13259  J ROBERTS     GP           4   6  10
 4   13839  H GODFREY     GP           3 RTD  15
 5    3673  S BEATTIE     FF         DNS   1  16
 6    1210  S HUNT        RS400      DNS   2  17
 7  213142  R HODGKINS    GP           6 RTD  18
 8    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS   4  19
 9   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           5 DNS  20
10  813467  D WRIGHT      GP         RTD RTD  21
11    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK       RTD DNS  24
12   40894  S HALL        TOP        DNS RTD  26
13    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS RTD  27

                     Points for RTD =  9  12
                     Points for DSQ =  9  12
                     Points for DNS = 14

 2 races to count

Fleet Challenge

This year a different format has been adopted for this series in that we are trying out having eight short races over a weekend.

Before the start of the first race, the gusty conditions was sufficient to make Paul Burnell and Neil Currie think twice about even hoisting their sails. But were they right? On the first beat one gust that came through flattened Steve Hunt (well he did comment that if it's windy he expects to capsize), Jim Christie and Rory Yardley, but by the end of the beat, William Carruthers was in the lead, the wind had died, and the rest of the fleet were bunching and drifting around the windward mark. You would think there was little room for error due to having such short races, but Steve Hunt, despite capsizing, spotted the wind filling in and was soon back in the lead. The rest of the afternoon's racing continued in a bit of a stop start manner, with Hugh Godfrey emerging as the overnight leader. As he was OD for Sunday's racing, would it be cancelled while he is ahead?!

Sunday morning was beautiful, sunny with a slight breeze, something that we haven't been used to for a while. The breeze picked up for the second of the morning races, but over lunchtime it faded to nothing, so it was indeed time to abandon racing for the day. However, by this time Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley had secured another couple of firsts and the series.

FLEET CHALLENGE A

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6 Pts
 1    1210  S HUNT        RS400        4   2   1   1   1   1   4
 2   13839  H GODFREY     GP           1   1   5   2  OD DNS   7
 3    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS   8   2   3   6   3  14
 4    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         6   3 RTD DNS   3   5  17
 5    3473  M MOORE       FF           5   4   3 RTD   9   9  21
 6  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          2   7 RTD   4  10  10  23
 7     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        8   9   4 RTD   8   6  26
 8    1146  P BURNELL     RS400      DNS  10   6 DNS   4   7  27
 9    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400       OD DNS DNS DNS   2   2  30
10   13749  R DAWSON      RS400        3   5 DNS   5 DNS DNS  36
11   40894  S HALL        TOP         11  12   7   6 DNS DNS  36
12   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           7 DNS DNS DNS   7   4  41
13    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX      10   6 RTD DNS DNS DNS  51
14    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS   5  11  62
15     338  R YARDLEY     RS300        9  11 DNS DNS DNS DNS  66
16   13326  S WATSON      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS  13   8  69
17     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS  11  14  71
18     400  T KNOWLES     RSFEVA     DNS DNS DNS DNS  14  12  72
19   13839  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS  12  13  73
20  813467  D WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS DNS  76
21  122174  P DILLON      LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS  15  15  76
22  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS   8 DNS DNS DNS  77

                     Points for RTD = 12  13  12  10  16  16  
                     Points for DSQ = 12  13  12  10  16  16  
                     Points for DNS = 23

 4 races to count

Bridget Plays Away!

Yes Bridget was playing away and flying the Bass burgee at Annandale this weekend (but, of course, it was with Ginge). Ok so the weather frightened off many competitors, and those that did compete didn't try more than once. But Ginge knew Bridget was in the mood and he went out for all he could get, but it was worth it as they managed to stay upright all the time, and came away with the winners trophy.

Meanwhile, Telf and Andy went to Chase for their GP open, but sticking with a healthy diet wasn't what was needed for the force 5 - They were leading the first race until the wind picked up and overpowered their 'slight' bodies! Bagging two 3rds and a 4th gave them a respectable 5th overall out of 30 boats. Two firsts by Andrew Hately gave him the series. In for a penny? - Telf and Andy will be testing their skills at Satunton Harold for the Midlands this weekend.

Celebrity Glass Trophy

While the south of the country basked in some warm spring weather this weekend, Bass didn't! However, with a snow covering on the surrounding hills, there was a beautiful backdrop for those boats that did venture out . Drysuits (for most!), with several layers of warm clothing underneath, and hats or balaclavas, it was more like a frostbite series. There were many good gusts over the weekend, but there some compensatory holes as well!

Saturday's racing was monopolised by Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley, who secured the first beats then broke away off wind, leaving other RS400s to fight it out with some close racing. Alan Nicholson was the first of the weekend to capsize, but he wouldn't be the only one! Paul Burnell and Tim Chittenden did well to recover from one gybe after filling the boat a little.

As predicted, Roy's curry on Saturday led to a lot more wind on Sunday. Much to Ruth's relief, Steve had left to go to work, so Mark Somerville with Andy Thomas had some good racing against William Carruthers and Lesley Braddock. It tended to be a case of whoever made the least mistakes came out on top. Andy T, new to the RS, struggled to hoist the kite in one gust, so it was their turn for a swim, but they quickly recovered and were soon back on the pace. But the holes that were there on Saturday, came back with a vengeance and when coupled with big shifts, there were a few nervous crews around. Andy T was treated to a further capsize while gybing.

Whether it was nervous exhaustion, or increasingly gusty winds, but several sailors opted out of the afternoon race, leaving only three takers. There was an ominous start for William and Lesley when they capsized just off the end of the jetty while trying to sort out the rudder, but they managed to get to the line just after the starting signal. Mark was first to the windward mark but opted not to fly the kite on the first couple of reaches, however William and Lesley took the chance on the second reach and quickly caught up with Mark. However, David and Lynn Lawson in their GP were not far behind. After a short beat to 9, Mark took no chances and flew the kite, although William tried it he soon realised he couldn't lay the mark and took it down again. Mark came a cropper when taking the kite down at the gybe mark allowing the other two boats through. Everyone persevered for another lap, but it was on the final gybe when that William capsized (for the first time during a race - well it had to happen sometime!). Not a good time to get stuck in the mud! David was first to finish followed by Mark. Righting William's boat led to the question how many people does it take to get a boat out of the mud - two rescue crew, the official starter, OD (and his assistant!), and another crew brought from the shore!

The results show some consistent sailing, but also, that the 3 points given to an OD for giving up racing for a day, were sufficient to secure good positions in a series - David, Saturday's OD, coming first overall with Neil, Sunday's OD, finishing second

Question is, how long will those men in their shorties survive?

Final results (race 3 subject to checking!?)

CELEBRITY GLASS TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP          OD DNS   1   1   5
 2    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        2   2  OD DNS   7
 3    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      RTD   3   3   2   8
 4     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        3   4   2 RTD   9
 5    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       5   5   4 DNS  14
 6    1210  S HUNT        RS400        1   1 DNS DNS  15
 7    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         6   6   5 DNS  17
 8    1146  P BURNELL     RS400        4   8   6 DNS  18
 9   13839  D NICHOLSON   GP           7   7 DNS DNS  27
10  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS  34
11     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      RTD DNS DNS DNS  37
11   69960  M CHAPPEL     FF         RTD DNS DNS DNS  37

                     Points for RTD = 11   9   8   4
                     Points for DSQ = 11   9   8   4
                     Points for DNS = 13

 3 races to count

Like Father, Like Son?

A cold, bleak and blustery day greeted the few hardy sailors that were prepared to venture out for the start of the Max Joule Memorial Trophy series that commenced this weekend. Several people couldn't believe their eyes when William again turned out in his shorty - but was there method in his madness, as after racing so many women came up and said your legs must be frozen (well they did look a funny shade of blue!) that they had to have a rub of his legs! That seemed fine until Toggle had a rub as well!

As for the racing, Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley were the first to come a cropper after realising that it's best to uncleat the sheet when tacking in such windy conditions. It was not long before Ginge and Jose were standing on their centreboard trying to get the mast out of the mud. Meanwhile, Mark and Kirsty had an excellent first beat, but Kirsty was too petrified to risk flying the genniker, which enabled William and Lesley to break through into the lead for what should have been a very short race as OD Roy Blackburn had not indicated there was more than one lap when the course was displayed. However, as if by magic at the end of that first lap, the course was suddenly x4 laps. Roy tried to assure everyone that it had been amended before the start, but some of us are not so sure! So on with the racing it was. This gave Steve Hunt to pull back through the fleet, Rich and Phillip a chance to capsize on the beat, and then follow in father's footsteps and get their mast stuck in the mud, John Telford and Andy Smith retired because they had a loose screw (sounds fun?!), and Nigel and Laura were the third boat to get their sails covered in that blue clay.

The second race was somewhat tamer in that the wind had eased, but there was some close racing with Mark and Toggle powering up the beats only to lose out to Steve and Ruth off wind. William and Lesley tagged along, but didn't quite get the wind at the right time. Ah well.

Return of the Summer Wine?

The weather may not have been very summery - a mixture of rain, hail, thunderstorms, sun and high winds, but it did not stop Wednesday's production of a TV special. Yes, those old faithfuls, Compo, Clegg and Nora Batty will be appearing in a Border special about adventures on the river Derwent, with a particular slant on Bassenthwaite! It is understood that Sid and Ivy could be making an appearance as well.

As for the casting, well it is a Border special, so you'll just have to watch this space to find out more!? You can't be certain that these photos give you any clues because you wouldn't expect 'darlings' to get wet/take chances, so stand ins were used

100% Success

Adrian's first sail of the season on Saturday, after the handicaps were calculated, resulted in a win with 14 secs to spare, but would it continue? The changeable winds over the course of racing resembled polos somewhat (due to the holes in the middle?!), but the warm airs made many people (apart from Ruth who seemed to reckon she was suffering from frostbite in her toes!) feel overdressed as they became very hot and bothered. It could be why tensions were high in the GP14 fleet, with various post race discussions concerning the rulebook, and Dave Nicholson's new boat suffered its first two collisions - the first is always the worst.

Sunday morning looked as if there was going to be a good southerly to take us through the day, but all of a sudden, half an hour before the scheduled start, the wind eased and started to veer to the south-west. Racing got underway, with the wind easing and continuing to veer. By the windward mark some boats that had headed for the western shore were able to fly their spinnaker into the mark! Pockets of wind came and went, but it didn't stop Steve Hunt in his RS400 breaking away from the fleet, but Dave Lawson in his GP was not far behind When OD.Nigel Lewis decided to shorten course, Steve had had enough and just headed for home (not even because Ruth's feet were cold).

After lunch the wind had filled in and settled in the South West, which meant there was going to be a long hard beat down the lake for the first pennant race of the season. It was Steve Hunt, Neil Currie and William Carruthers in their RS400s that were first to the windward mark, and apart from Neil taking a detour under Sale Fell they would have held those positions all the way down the lake. At the southernmost wing mark confusion reigned with Steve rounding it to starboard, William to port (well it was what Lesley had written down, and the logical way to go round it!), and then Neil, having recovered from his detour, confirmed that the course required a starboard rounding. As usual, Steve disappeared on the downwind leg home, but William and Neil had a good battle to the finish. Believe it or not, there were other boats in the fleet, and Mike Moore at one stage realised that he hadn't been taking best advantage of the shifty winds when Adrian (in his Fifteen this time) appeared alongside. Final results were calculated on a personal handicap basis, with first position going to Dave and Lynn Lawson.

CALVERT TRUST PENNANT

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1
 2    3473  M MOORE       FF           2   2
 3     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        3   3
 4   69960  M CHAPPEL     FF           4   4
 5    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       5   5
 6    1210  S HUNT        RS400        6   6
 7    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        7   7
 8   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           8   8
 9    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         9   9
10    1146  P BURNELL     RS400       10  10
11  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS         11  11
12  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS         12  12

                     Points for RTD = 12
                     Points for DSQ = 12
                     Points for DNS = 13

 1 races to count

Eggseptional weekend

Dave Ovington (Bass Week 2004) After a busy start to the bank holiday weekend, many were shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death on Easter Sunday of a long time friend of the club, Dave Ovington. Dave and his family have been to Bass Week for as long as we all care to remember, one of the few holidays he took from his busy boat building business. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

When Emily turned out for the first race of the season in a shortie William was accused of child abuse! - just because William (as well as Andy and Phil Smith) always wears one, was it appropriate for his 13 year old daughter? Ok, the water is still cold, but is anyone really planning on going for a swim in it, I think not.

Indeed, although there were some near misses, no-one has yet claimed the prize for the first capsize of the season.

Bridget, realised that when her son said her drysuit had a leak he meant it! She only found out when she went out for a sail and found she was getting wet (but not her gnatsy gants!), so it was a trip to Nichol End to spend Ginge's credit card (which he happened to leave there!) - word is he could be getting more than an Easter egg this weekend.

As for the sailing, the turnouts were indeed eggseptional for the start of the season, especially in the handicap fleet which has been strengthened by the arrival of Paul Burnell with an RS400. Visitors from Leigh and Lowton topped up the fleet as well (even though they don't appear in the results - mean aren't we?).

Although it was a bit overcast, many sailors turned up for the first race of the season, as did the wind. As many sailors realised that their sailing kit had shrunk during the winter, others sailed in shorts - not a sight everyone welcomed! 18 boats made it to the start line to compete for the Starters prize, although with a good wind blowing it was more a case of who would capsize first. After two good races the first trophy of the season went to Robin Dawson (Cockermouth) and Mike Cowan (Crosby) and everyone was still waiting for the first capsize of the season.

Easter Sunday saw the breeze strengthen for the start of the club championship, and this led to the first capsize of the season by Phil Hodgkins (Brigham) and Jon Sedgwick (Cockermouth). The youngest sailor of the weekend – Katrina Knowles, aged 8 from Brigham took to the water with her dad on Sunday, although the strong breeze meant that she didn’t complete the race.

After a delay on Monday while the wind filled in the racing continued and with positions all to race for strong sailing continued. After four races the Flying Fifteen trophy was won by Mike Moore and Ian Smith (Whitehaven). The GP14 fleet Bass Tankard was won by Dave and Lyn Lawson (Kendal) with Hugh Godfrey and Rhonwen Bryce (Whitehaven) in 2nd place. The handicap fleet was won by the Vice Commodore Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley with Neil and Judith Currie (Cockermouth ) in 2nd place.

In total 24 boats were on the water over the weekend, and of course, there were some tales to tell.

First there was Andy and Phil Smith who unfortunately holed the hull of their 49er after a slight accident - no it wasn't wiping out another boat, or trying to leapfrog the pontoon, they just didn't get the boat lined up on the trailer!

Following in Mike Moore's footsteps, Sally Roberts wondered why she couldn't do her drysuit properly until she realised she still had a coat hanger in it!

If you know of any other incidents, don't forget to let me know as we love to share them with everyone else.

STARTERS PRIZE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1   13749  R DAWSON      RS400        1   1   2
 2   13839  H GODFREY     GP           2   2   4
 3    1210  S HUNT        RS400        3   3   6
 4    3473  M MOORE       FF           4   4   8
 5   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           7   5  12
 6  213142  R HODGKINS    GP           5   8  13
 7   13259  J ROBERTS     GP           9   6  15
 8    1148  N CURRIE      RS400       10   7  17
 9    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         8   9  17
10   69960  M CHAPPEL     MS          OD DNS  22
11   13238  D NICHOLSON   GP          11  12  23
12     501  J CROSBIE     RS400        6 DNS  25
13     400  T KNOWLES     RS300      DNS  10  29
14    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS  11  30
15     562  A SMITH       49R        RTD RTD  30
16   13142  M CLAYTON     GP          12 DNS  31
17     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400       13 DNS  32
18   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         RTD DNS  35

                     Points for RTD = 16  14
                     Points for DSQ = 16  14
                     Points for DNS = 19

 2 races to count

FF EASTERLY TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1   1   1   3
 2   92504  J HARDON      FF           2   2   2 DNS   6
 3    2504  K THOMAS      FF         DNS DNS DNS   2  10

                     Points for RTD =  3   3   3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   3   3   3
                     Points for DNS =  4

 3 races to count

GP BASS TANKARD

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   3   1   1   3
 2   13839  H GODFREY     GP           2   2   3   2   6
 3   13749  R DAWSON      RS400        3   1   4 DNS   8
 4   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP           4   4   5 DNS  13
 5   13789  J TELFORD     GP         DNS DNS   2 RTD  16
 6   13259  J ROBERTS     GP           5   5 DNS DNS  20
 7   13238  D NICHOLSON   GP         RTD   6   6 DNS  20
 8   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           6 RTD DNS DNS  24

                     Points for RTD =  8   8   7   4
                     Points for DSQ =  8   8   7   4
                     Points for DNS =  9

 3 races to count

EASTER TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1210  S HUNT        RS400        1   1   1   3   3
 2    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        2   2   3   2   6
 3     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        5   3   6   7  14
 4    1146  P BURNELL     RS400      DNS   5   8   4  17
 5   20181  M NINNIM      ENT        DNS DNS   2   1  18
 6    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         3 DNS   4 DNS  22
 7    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        8 DNS   9   5  22
 8    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       7   4 DNS DNS  25
 9    9558  P HODGKINS    RS400        4 RTD DNS DNS  25
10     501  J CROSBIE     RS400        6 DNS   7 DNS  28
11     400  T KNOWLES     RS300      DNS DNS  OD DNS  33
12  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS        DNS DNS   5 DNS  33
13     515  E HUNTSTON    BLAZE      DNS DNS DNS   6  34

                     Points for RTD =  9   7  10   8
                     Points for DSQ =  9   7  10   8
                     Points for DNS = 14

 3 races to count

Party Time

Sunday
What was in that potion that I was drinking last night? Was I hallucinating? Was there really so many people, friends not just colleagues or acquaintances, down at the club in the middle of Winter drinking, chatting, reminiscing, looking forward to the new season. Some were even dancing - perhaps they had been drinking Claire and Stephen's potions as well.

'I'm coming out, I want the world to know' were the words in Diana Ross' song that inspired when I started writing these diaries. So with work behind me now, it was wonderful to be able to celebrate with so many. My way of thanking them for all the support and help that they are going to give me during my time as Commodore. But what did I say in that speech? Did the treasurer have to suggest that there was one person for each year of my life - that would make me 63¾ (unless I was seeing double)

Did I really see one of those cleavage's that I have dreamt about for so many years dangling over the trifle!? Arrhhh. Maybe it was just a dream.....

Adrian

Two into One - Don't Go!

An interesting shot of the merging of Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite!

Also, thanks to Ian Campbell for these additional shots of the high water level on Saturday.

Marooned!

Thanks to Alan Nicholson for the following photos taken yesterday showing a marooned clubhouse. Certainly the highest water levels recorded by any member (even us very long-standing ones!).

If you have (had?) a boat at the club, it could be worth getting down to check it out.

Don't Mention Bridget's Rear (Commodore)!

At the 53rd Annual General meeting, as Bridget stepped down after two years as Commodore, Mike Chappell was elected to replace her (is that really possible?). The full list of members voted on to Council for 2005 is detailed separately

The subscriptions were raised as proposed, and it was noted that other clubs' fees are typically 30-50% higher than ours.

The 40 % increase in NNDR is of concern and will be challenged at the appropriate time. Although we presently are granted 50% discretionary relief on NNDR, the possibility of obtaining 80% mandatory relief by becoming a Community Amateur Sports Club was aired at the meeting. It is clear that there are a lot of issues to address before firm recommendations can be submitted to the membership for approval.

Although the club is keen to use email as the cheapest form of communicating with members, it is not a requirement, and those members that prefer snail mail will continue to receive it.

The club continues to seek an 18' committee boat to replace the stolen Bates, so if you are aware of anything suitable get in touch with Alan Nicholson or Mike Chappell.

Keith Thomas gave a vote of thanks to Bridget for all her hard work and successes over the last two years.

It's All Over

The final race of the season got underway in light winds, Bill Smith in his RS800 took an early lead, and promptly headed for a wrong mark (as he does!), and ended up having his final capsize of the season. Heading for the wrong mark seemed to be a bit of a trait for the day, since with unused marks being removed, Michaela and Nigel mistook mark 4 for mark 3! Nigel also lost ground on the final leg when they lost a hat overboard and had to go back for it. First to finish was Rory Yardley, and followed shortly after by Alan Nicholson in an RS300. Jim Christie in a Vortex was slightly ahead of Nigel in his GP.

On handicap, it was Alan Nicholson that won the race from Nigel Lewis. However, this result did not affect the overall result for the 2004 Winter Trophy which was determined last week following Steve Hunt's win.

Page last modified 11 December, 2005

Team Name	Sail No	Boat / Helm	Wtg	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot Adj	Pts	Pos
Natural Born Sinners	3734	H Green		9	6	11	8	0	₁₀₇
_{(yellow stars)}	₃₂₆₅	_{A Robson}	_-2	₁₀	₁₀	₈	₂₀	_-8	₁₀₇	₃
	₃₂₉₃	_{M Ninnim}	_-2	₆	₁₆	₉	₁₀	_-8	₁₀₇
_{Ffink Pink}	₃₄₇₃	_{M Moore}		₁₆	₁₇	₂₁	₁₁	₀	₁₃₄
_{(pink squares)}	₃₆₇₃	_{S Beattie}		₃	₇	₅	₃	₀	₁₃₄	₄
	₁₁₁₇	_{K Jamieson}	_-3	₁₇	₁₃	₁₆	₁₇	_-12	₁₃₄
_{The Misfits}	₃₄₁₈	_{J Walter}		₁₉	₁₉	₁₄	₁₅	₀	₁₅₂
_{(red triangles)}	₃₄₇₉	_{J Saunders}		₁₈	₁₈	₂₀	₂₁	₀	₁₅₂	₆
	₃₇₇₀	_{N Platt}		₂	₂	₂	₂	₀	₁₅₂
_Derwentitis	₃₈₀₁	_{J Hardisty}		₅	₃	₃	₅	₀	₇₈
_{(orange octagon)}	₃₈₂₉	_{J Maithe}		₁₁	₉	₆	₄	₀	₇₈	₁
	₃₅₉₀	_{D Douglas}		₈	₈	₁₀	₆	₀	₇₈
_{The Kiwis}	₃₅₉₅	_{P Kitchen}		₇	₄	₇	₉	₀	₁₃₄
_{(red circles)}	₃₆₉₅	_{T Lee}		₁₂	₁₂	₁₇	₁₂	₀	₁₃₄	₄
	₃₈₁₅	_{A King}		₁₄	₁₅	₁₂	₁₃	₀	₁₃₄
_{Bev's Hillbillies}	₃₅₂₃	_{B Armer}		₁₃	₁₄	₁₅	₁₆	₀	₉₉
_{(blue triangles)}	₃₇₂₁	_{S Goacher}		₁	₁	₁	₁	₀	₉₉	₂
	₃₈₁₆	_{N Tullett}		₁₅	₁₁	₄	₇	₀	₉₉
_{Bass not completes}	₂₅₀₄	_{K Thomas}	_-3	₂₀	₂₀	₂₀	₁₈	_-12	₁₈₆
_{(green trapeziums)}	₃₅₂₁	_{P Burnell}		₄	₅	₁₃	₁₄	₀	₁₈₆	₇
	₆₆₆	_{A Spectre}		₂₁	₂₁	₂₁	₂₁	₀	₁₈₆

Results

Eye of the Storm

Night of a Thousand Stars

Championship Results

It Ain't Over Till It's Over

Clueless!?

Double Congratulations

Grotty Potty Stakes

Currie with Jam?

Congratulations!

What a Party!

Didn't he do Admirally!

Brain Cell on Offer!

Indian Summer

Congratulations!

There's Those That Can...

Weekend Series

GP14 Open Meeting 9th/10th July

Weekend report (Courtesy of Rhonwen)

Short and Sweet?

Back to Front in More Ways Than One

New Addition!

Flying Fifteen Inland Championship

Wind of Change

Celebrity Glass Trophy

Handicap Open Meeting

The Things People Do

More Wind!

Home Grown Talent

What a Weekend!

Fleet Challenge

Bridget Plays Away!

Celebrity Glass Trophy

Like Father, Like Son?

Return of the Summer Wine?

100% Success

Eggseptional weekend

Party Time

Two into One - Don't Go!

Marooned!

Don't Mention Bridget's Rear (Commodore)!

It's All Over