12 skippers were greeted by a great “WsW breeze 12 to 14 knots , warm and racing started on the South Bank. Keith Holmes was quick of the mark with two bullits with his old I.O.M the ” Cheinz”. The Lake after the big cut on Wednesday and the strong south westerly was free of weed and some  very processional races,  Things improved after the coffee break when racing was moved to the East bank and a decent beat long beat made racing much better and the breeze at times was 90% of top rig, and gave for some very interesting races. The Sedici GBR 46 found the sweet spot and apart from a couple of premature starts had a consistant morning in preperation for the upcoming ranking next weekend, in darkest Southport.

Thanks to the race officer Chris Elliott

and many thanks to all who signed Bobs card which has duly been delivered.

Sedici ” Back to Black” GBR 46

Fantastic summer morning , very little breeze , a lot of shifts and flat clams and it made for a bit of frustration , There was a bit of weed around and it affected most, but there were no moans we got on with it. Roger and Bill were the OOD’s and with not a lot of choices we raced on the South bank where one minute is was a beat and the next a run, Keith got of to a great start with two clear bullits, Mick Cooper almost the fiast time out with the Dragon on A + was quick and was sailing well, Good fleet of nine boats all on A+ as you can see one discard and the lower your discard the better your chances. Mick Chamberlain sporting his new green Icarex sails from Nigel Brown at Cat Sails stormed to victory with Keith and the other Mick on the podium. In spoite of the light conditions it was exciting racing, just one more point the committe had aranged in the week for a fly past of the Battle of britain Memorial flight , they duly carried out the request at 1 pm for all to see .

Well done to all for the help and manner in which the mornings sailing was conducted

Micks Icarex sails 146 with an imposter in the background

Due to a combination of weed cutting on Wednesday and a series of days with very little wind there was more than the usual amount of floating hazard. Today was another day of very little wind blowing from a variety of directions. Only 4 races were managed during the morning.

Thanks go to all the skippers who suffered the frustrating conditions cheerfully and pitched in with help where appropriate.

Finally thanks to Roger who, as usual, was first to the lake and last away.

A great summers morning at Scotland farm, sunshine and a good breeze and Chris GBR 74 was on fire in the challenging wind conditions from the North East, and did in fact go on to win, so well done . The breeze increased through the morning and by noon it was right at the top end of A suit, very gusty and shifty, Course laying was difficult, and it was always going to be one sided wich ever bank you played on, Mick Copper and Chris graves drew on their years of experience to give us all the best options and we managed to get 13 races in before Time was called at 4 minutes to one. Only eight skippers but it was a bank holiday so family comes first, well at least thats what they tell me,

Well done to all the little helpers and the race team for an enjoyable mornings racing No salad reported at this time, in fact for the last two weeks  and the lake looks fantastic