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LLSC Feva LLSC’s Madeleine Bristow and Lelia Peckham sailed their RS Feva XL to victory at the Bolton NW junior travellers on Sunday. LLSC members may have noticed and indeed heard Graham Bristow coaching daughter number three and crew over the last 12 months at Pennington Flash. He can’t have had too much confidence in his coaching ability as he never taught Madeleine how to make a winners speech! She was literally ‘speechless’ when the occasion arose. She quickly took...
The Wednesday night “B” series runs for 4 weeks 15th June, 22 June, 29th June and 6th July, with 2 of the 4 races to count. In addition to the normal individual results, there will be team results, as a bit of fun. Each team will be 3 boats of mixed ability, the idea being that the better sailors provide some informal coaching to their team mates. A Team’s score will be the total of each boat’s best 2 results,...
Optimists Fleet A fleet of 240 sailors entered the Optimists Braassemermeer Regatta in The Nederland’s. Alan Williams was the lead GBR coach supported by three more coaches. There were other ribs on hand to support Development Squad and other GB sailors. Alan Williams had briefed sailors and parents not to allow activities which might lead to injury. The girls behaved impeccably. The boys played rugby! Archie Leckie and Harvey Leigh entered from LLSC. Racing On day one and two the 240...
The long awaited and very popular Wednesday evening race series starts again tonight. The race starts at 7.15pm and the forecast is showing bright sunshine and an easterly Force 2 to 3 to gently ease you into the series and help you forget all about that horrible day at work. Chefs Sue & Rebecca are catering for us again get your order in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. On the menu tonight is Chilli, jacket potato and salad...
Three LLSC juniors went to Trearddur Bay in North Wales for some intensive sea training. Archie Leckie (looking down), Harvey Leigh (Holes in his wetsuit) and Jonny Latham (With a chicken on his head) all had big fun in A1 Sailing conditions. Nice boat Archie!
The fourth and final RS Feva Northern open winter training session took place at Ullswater Yacht club on 25 & 26 March with a total 32 RS Feva sailors attending for a fantastic first day training on Good Friday in one of the most spectacular sailing settings in the lake district. Despite the best attempts of Storm Katie to dampen spirits on the Saturday and Sunday, 22 sailors stayed the course and were rewarded with perfect sailing conditions on Monday 28th...
You can now enter the Phantom and Solution open meeting on 16th & 17th April via Webcollect We’re also hosting these open events throughout the year Solo Northerns- 25 & 26th June Miracle and Optimist open as part of theRegatta weekend 9th & 10th July RS400 Open 6th & 7th August 2.4mR Open 3rd & 4th September Topper Open 10th September NWSTT-Senior Travellers 13th September Laser Open 21st August RS200 Open 24th September NWJTT-Junior Travellers 22nd October Training and other...
Saturday 2nd April 7pm Free Food The Commodore and the rest of the committee welcome you for start of the season drinks and homemade hotpot! Please RSVP with party numbers to Mike Barnes
The Junior winter regatta had to be postposted because of no wind on 16th January and has thus been rescheduled for Saturday 5th March. Don’t forget to enter via WebCollect
Nine optimist sailors braved the rain and cold at Leigh and Lowton sailing club for the second IOCA winter training session. Chris Barnes was the RYA qualified instructor. The North West IOCA training is both at West Kirby and Leigh and Lowton giving a combination of sea and lake sailing . Future Optimist Courses Next Session is on 23rd January. In terms of required standard to need to be able to launch and recover your boat, sail a triangular course. Near beginners through to...
