Do you need advice on rigging? Help with your tacking or just an opportunity to sail with the safety of a rescue boat whilst the flash is quiet? I am planning to be at the club on Saturday from 10am. There is a great forecast for fair weather sailing and all are invited both new and old, young and old. Mike Dean
Please contact Ollie Shaw (ollie.shaw@standardsplus.co.uk) to book your training space on Saturday. The open on Sunday will commence at midday. 3 races, 2 to count. The galley will be available all day and spectators are welcome to enjoy the action from the new lounge.
Saturday – race 1 will start at midday, 2,3 and 4 to follow. Sunday – race 5 will start at 10am, race 6 will follow. Free camping on site and there will be a race night social on Sat eve. Further details
Glenn Rowe, a good friend of Ken Irwin’s, is continuing his great work with this event for Help for Heroes. If you can please support the event – if not by joining in the gruelling 37mile cycle ride then by making a donation. Any donations can be paid direct to www.bmycharity.com/GlennRowe. This is the easiest and preferred way to forward your donations, as it is commission free and part of the Help for Heroes Group. By using this method, you...
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RNLI Results The forecast for sunny weather brought out the shorty wetsuits for the annual pursuit race in aid of the RNLI. Unfortunately, the wind was not so obliging as the sun and as the Optimists made their way out to the start line, the anemometer was struggling to reach 3 knots.
The RS400 Bollé Northern Tour kicked of in style at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on the 17/18 March. As forecasted the 16 strong fleet launched in very light winds, however by the second lap a dark cloud brought in planing conditions and big shifts. Paul & Mike Allen (LLSC) finished first, followed by Dave Exley & Nigel Hall (LLSC) and Caroline Exley & Jude Allen (LLSC).
With the majority of the RS400 fleet away at their inlands championships and the Toppers at a training event it was still a healthy 42 boats that made it out onto the water for this, the penultimate weekend of the UK’s largest winter series on Sunday 11th March 2012 at Leigh and Lowton sailing club. The weather forecast had been poor all week but more wind than expected did arrive and although it was patchy and shifty from the NNW it...