‘Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle 2015 – Races 13 & 14 (photos courtesy of Gerard Vanden Hoek) Once again the AP was up for the start of week 7 but the temperate was up and the sun was out for the ‘Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing. After a quick lunch the biggest entry of the series took to the water (82 boats), boasting 14 new competitors for two races back to back. It was going to be a...
Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle 2015 – Races 11 & 12 Week 6, races 11 & 12, of the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club and once again competitors arrived on a windless freezing cold morning to find the Flash covered in mist. The PRO, Mike Baldwin, promised all that the forecast was for the mist to lift and a north westerly breeze to fill in around midday. In what seems to be a familiar pattern the...
Results here. Photographs thanks to Gerard Vanden Hoek. Link to Peter Baldwin’s photographs. With a weeklong forecast of a clear sky, frost and a strong bitterly cold wind for Sunday competitors who arrived for races 8 & 9 in the ‘Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club were not disappointed as they were greeted by a clear blue sky and a chilly 18 knot north westerly breeze blowing down the Flash and, for the first time in weeks PRO Peter Baldwins ‘AP’...
Results here. Photographs thanks to Gerard Vanden Hoek. For the third weekend in a row competitors arrived at the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series arrived at Leigh & Lowton sailing club for races 6 & 7 in the series to once again find that there was not a breath of wind to be felt but at least the sun made an appearance and the air temperature was a lot warmer than in previous weeks.Again the clubhouse was packed with people awaiting the...
Results here. Photographs thanks to Gerard Vanden Hoek. The ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club continued on the 18th January but it was so nearly a ‘no go’ as competitors arrived to find the whole of the Flash shrouded with a thick mist, not a breath of wind and an air temperature just above zero. When it’s like that there is only one thing to do and so it was as the clubhouse was packed with...
A dozen brave juniors took part in the NW IOCA optimist training on Saturday in steady winds as part of the junior winter training program. North Optimists sailors joined in with the Tipsy Icicle series. Despite the awful weather they had travelled through snowdrifts on Friday from Scotland, The North East, and Wales. Well done and and here is the start video. http://youtu.be/a4NUev76xYo
Results Pics and results now online. Races 3 & 4 in the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club almost didn’t happen. With the week long warning of very strong winds for Sunday, plus the reports and video evidence being viewed in the clubhouse from the previous days Bloody Mary event, it is true to say there were a few worried faces in the clubhouse as they saw big gusts blowing out across Pennington Flash from the south west....
January 1st – it was time for the New Year’s Day Pursuit Race 2015 at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club. The forecast was a little less than appealing to some, with some websites suggesting that winds at 17 gusting to 40+ knots would be the order of the day. However, the 52 crews that braved the elements found a decent, if building breeze with some reasonably fierce gusts to stretch the legs & work off the recent festive excess &...
Results & pictures now online. Sunday 4th January saw the first weekend of the ‘Crewsaver‘ Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club, Pennington Flash. As the competitors arrived they found the Flash covered in thick fog but there was a light breeze filling in from the north east. As time went on the fog slowly lifted, the wind swung to the east and the sun came out just in time for the start as the series PRO team, Peter...
The LLSC Junior Winter Regatta on 3rd January attracted 44 entries to Pennington Flash. The galley was bustling from 9.00 clock with travellers arriving as far away from Bowmoor, Windemere and Brennig for this annual event. The first race was started from the committee boat on time at 11.00am by OOD Richard Catchpole in a very light NE wind. A great lunch was served by the galley and racing was resumed at 2.00pm when the forecasted wind of F1-2 Westerly arrived giving...