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Working Party 22nd March (berthing)

Hi All With reference to the upcoming working party on the 22nd March. In addition to work in the boat house and tidying up the dinghy park. We are going to make a start on identifying abandoned/unidentified boats and removing them from the dinghy park. We have now pretty much reached capacity in the dinghy park and will now have to enforce the berthing sticker policy more rigidly to make space for people that are waiting for berths. Any boat without...

Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Week 10 – Only 1 race possible on penultimate day

Results >> On Sunday 9th March 70 boats took to the water for the penultimate weekend, and what was scheduled to be races 19 & 20, of the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club.   With the forecast of light winds and bright sunshine proving accurate it was no surprise that the majority of the fleet opted for wetsuits as opposed to dry suits as the temperature hit the mid-teens.  Although we had the warmth the...

New for 2014. Club Branded Clothing. Variety of Styles and Colours.

Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club are launching a range of club branded clothing along with partner Wave Clothing. Click image to enlarge Items are ordered directly with Wave clothing from there website at http://www.waveclothing.co.uk/club-kit/leigh-and-lowton-sailing-club  If you would like to take a look at the merchandising before ordering then Sue Atherton, who is normally behind the bar on race days has ordered some sample items. For some garments you can specify a graphic of your boat and the the name of the club...

Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Week Week 9 – 81 boats for races 17 & 18

Results >>   Gallery now online. Another Sunday, another southerly!  Never mind the direction though because a favourable wind forecast of 12 – 15 knots, which was due to increase as the day went on, was enough to get a fantastic 81 boats on the water for races 17 & 18 in the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club.       During the first race the average wind speed was 12 knots with gusts of up...

Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Week 8 – A blast from the south

Results >>  Gallery now online. Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club Races 15 & 16. With a weather forecast for Sunday predicting a return of the 50 mph + winds, half term week and holidays plus 59 boats deciding to sail in the previous days rescheduled New Years day pursuit race believing it maybe their only chance to sail this weekend, it was no surprise that numbers were down for Sundays races 15 & 16 in the ‘Crewsaver‘ sponsored...

Richard Catchpole (RS300) wins the rescheduled 2014 NYD Pursuit

The late late late New Years Day pursuit race at Leigh & Lowton sailing club. Images courtesy of Tim Yeates. NYD 2014 Results Due to the forecasted (and materialising) gale force winds and heavy rain that were to lash the country over the new year period, Leigh & Lowton sailing club made the decision to postpone its annual New Years Day pursuit race. This proved to be the correct decision as on the day it was blowing straight down Pennington Flash from the...

Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Week 7 – Sunshine and wind!

Results >>  Gallery now online.   Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club Races 13 & 14. At last, with a forecast of a break from the high winds and heavy rain proving correct, the competitors at this weekends ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club were greeted to a day of sunshine, a moderate amount of breeze and no rain! For what seemed like the umpteenth Sunday running the wind was again from...

Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Week 6 – multiple retirements as force 7 gusts blow through

  Results >>  Gallery now online. Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club – Races 11 & 12 on Sunday 9th February 2014. With some events cancelled this weekend due to adverse travel conditions and a forecast for near gale force winds it was no surprise that upon arriving at the club to find a very cold and gusty breeze only 35 boats ventured out onto Pennington Flash for races 11 & 12 in the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh...

Crewsaver Tipsy Icicle Week 5 – A sunny and breezy blast

Results link > Crewsaver’ Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club Races 9 & 10 Coinciding with the launch of the ‘Crewsaver’ Phase2 dinghy range of clothing the ‘Crewsaver’ sponsored Tipsy Icicle series at Leigh & Lowton sailing club at Pennington Flash continued on the 2nd February with 76 boats turning out for races 9 & 10 in the series. Once again strong winds had been forecast but the competitors arrived to find a clear blue sky and a...