Results On Saturday 5th January a massive 68 youths and juniors arrived at Leigh & Lowton for the annual Junior Winter Regatta to find the lake fog-bound. Despite the promise of wind in the forecast, there was still none at by start time and the postponement was hoisted. With a near flat calm on the water the OOD finally gambled on the wind filling in and sent the fleet afloat. The wind duly obliged and gave enough breeze for just one...
Results LLSC NYD pursuit 2013 The GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Tuesday 1st of January 2013 with the famous New Year’s Day Pursuit Race and, wow, what a fabulous day’s racing with 15-20 knots of breeze. Any hangovers were well and truly blown away in a tough day’s racing with high quality entrants from around the North West, National and World Champions doing battle with the up and coming youngsters to...
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South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club (SCYC) – 2013 end of year report A tough economic climate and some pretty terrible weather – surely the ingredients for a year of troubles for a Yacht Club? You’d have thought so – but SCYC is managing to buck the trends. Established fleets have continued to do well and new ones are growing such as the Dragons and the Dinghies. They’ve got a record number of members, a Squib fleet to die for and 3...
Results can be found using this link. A gallery of images will be added later today. The GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored 2012 Winter Season concluded at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 9th of December 2012 with the Revett Series. Quite a wild day, with a 33mph gusts, greeted the 51 boats who arrived to take part in the fifth and final weekend of the 2012 series. Overall a total 120 boats have taken to the water...
Membership forms are in the post. Members who wish to pay by standing order need to set up the first payment for 1st January 2013. If you don’t receive a membership form you can find one here. Membership details can be found here. Membership Secretary Amy Green Email: [email protected]
Results can be found using this link. The GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 2nd of December 2012 with the Revett Series. A cold and still day greeted the 39 boats who arrived to take part in the fifth weekend of the 2012 series. Now in total 115 boats have taken to the water for this series. The race teams for the day consisted of Dave & Caroline Exley...
Results can be found using this link. The GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 25th of November 2012 with the Revett Series. A wet & chilly day greeted the 60 boats who arrived to take part in the fourth weekend of the 2012 series. However by the start of the first race a steady force 4 north westerly was blowing straight down the Flash. Now in total 108 boats have...
Results can be found using this link. The GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored Winter Season continued at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club on Sunday the 18th of November 2012 with the Revett Series. A sunny & chilly day with a pleasant but shifty force 1-2 from the north east greeted the 66 boats which arrived to take part in the second weekend of the 2012 series. Now in total 101 boats have taken to the water for this series alone. The...
What is the North West Optimist Development Squad? The North West Optimist Development Squad is a regional initiative to offer quality winter training to optimist sailors in the North West. It recognises that there is plenty of optimist sailing going on in different clubs and aims to support this by helping sailors to improve their racing skills, meet other optimist sailors and take the next step. What level of sailing do I need before I attend? You should be able to launch...