In the absence of other events running, the sailors at Leigh & Lowton decided the North West needed a long-distance race somewhere in the season. They concluded that overnight sailing was too precarious to allow a 24hr race in the deep waters of the Flash and full darkness, so the concept of a Sunrise to Sunset Race was born, on a weekend close to the Summer Solstice. The eye-watering 4:40am start had the opening shift sailors all groggily pulling up...
Pit your wits against the Menai Straits in our 75th Anniversary regatta & Celebration party on 9th & 10th July. Book online at www.pdsc.org.uk
A fantastic new facility has been installed to allow safer access to the waters of Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club for club members, and especially for those with restricted mobility. The replacement of the old, dilapidated pontoon with a 3m wide highly stable platform will transform the ability of the club to provide accessible sailing for all, complementing the existing Hansa fleet of boats that the club has had on site for many years. The project was devised, designed and...
Leigh & Lowton SC restarted their annual Guy Fawkes Pursuit Race on Sunday 7th November, having had to cancel last year for COVID lockdown reasons. The forecast for the day was for a squally one with gusts of up to 30 knots – the reality did not disappoint. Many resisted the temptation to go afloat and of those that didn’t, some were back ashore without troubling the start line, due to breakages or big swims! The juniors were not deterred...
Are you or someone you know thinking of joining the RS400 Class? If so, come and find out why this class remains so popular, over 25 years after it was launched, with great turnouts at Nationals and regional events and a 50-boat National Championships. Our RS Class Association demo boat is available throughout the Winter at Leigh & Lowton SC. So far this year at least 4 pairs have joined the fleet, following demo sails. Could you be next? Who...
It was great to see 17 boats from all over the north region arrive at Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club for the North West Optimist Championships. Light winds and shifty conditions meant it was tricky sailing, and the race officer did well to get 4 races in. In the first race large shifts meant there were lots of gains to be made, with many place changes throughout. Jacob Bennett (Glossop) came out on top, Ben Welfare (LLSC) came second and Lochlyn Grant (LLSC/WKSC) took third. In the...
It was a Regatta Weekend like no other, with no visitors and no big party on Saturday night, but club members enjoyed some friendly competition despite it all. The Saturday proved to be very light and tricky. Martin Spencer (D-One) and Tim Coleman (single-handed Albacore) proved best at adapting to the conditions in the adult handicap fleet. A 1st and 2nd apiece meant the day going to Martin on the last race win. Meanwhile, the junior fleet was a family...
LLSC are pleased to announce the arrangements for a one-off event in 2021 – a long distance Junior/Youth Event with restricted entries to comply with COVID, following the understandable cancellation of the annual Southport 12hr race. This is intended as an interim event to promote junior/youth sailing in the region and bridge the gap to the next 12hr race. We hope clubs will be enthused to come and join us for what promises to be a great and safe day...
3 days before the start of Lockdown 2, Leigh & Lowton were able to conclude their 2020 Trophy Days and anoint their Club Champions (virtually of course!). The Trophy Days had first been postponed due to Lockdown 1 and then the format changed to 4 weekends in September and October, 2 races with no discards for each one, with 5 races to count towards the Club Champion trophy. It proved to be a lively series with a nail-biting final weekend...
In the absence of the real 24hr Race (cancelled due to COVID restrictions), West Lancs ran a replacement event on line through the night using the VR system which became popular at clubs during lockdown in April and May. We entered both Adult and Youth teams into the event. Most of the event was held remotely due to restrictions but we did put on a screen at the club so people could drop by and see some of the racing....