Members
we still need a general secretary
Lake Cleaning
We will not be a position to carry out any cleaning of the model yacht lake this year - we will ensure that the licences are in place for us to carry out the works next February. Can you please make your members aware of this; in the meantime we will continue to maintain the water levels within the lake as full as possible. We will not be carrying out similar works to the Boating Lake either, although we are in discussion with them to carry out the works later in the year.
WyreBC
Lake of Sails
On June 7th Fleetwood were due to hold the its annual Lake of Sails Day. Unfortunately due to high winds it was not possible to put the
boats on the lake.
Despite the bad weather we still had a good day inside the club house with raffles, boat exhibits and a hot pot lunch.
Scale Regatta day on Sun July 12th. Well the bad weather struck again with very high winds. We tried to run some of the events on
the second round lake we have at Fleetwood Despite a valiant attempt by some skippers it was only a partial success. We have some
vacant dates later in the year when we will try to run the postponed events.
In July we ran the MYA IOM ranking event Over the w/e of 4/5thJuly. This was rated a success from all who took part both from the
racing and the social events.
In addition to the IOM racing Fleetwood also staged a fun event based on R/C lasers and team racing this was enjoyed by all and
developed into a keen competitive event.
August 1st to the 7th saw the MYA Open Vane National Championships being held at Fleetwood. This was combined with the YW Cup held
on the Wednesday. This proved to be an excellent seven days of sailing with winds ranging from a flat calm to strong winds for a link to
In addition to serious racing we again had social events and the team racing based on R/C lasers this was enjoyed by all and again
developed into a keen competitive event.
( thanks to all the laser skippers who provided loan boats for the two events )
Lake Of Sails day 8th June 2008
This Open club event was well attended with a good turn out of club members and families
Events like this help to raise the awareness of th club within both the local community and visitors to Fleetwood.
The sailing events were once more run by our able Officer of the Day ( OD) Jim Bennet. They consisted of a navigation course a 3 lap timed race, and a ladies navigation course. Part of the sailing events was to pick up a cargo at three points and successfully convey them back, on the boat, to the OD. The difficulty was that the cargo consisted of three tea bags which had to be carried by the boat in a dry condition.
The Club Commodore, Chris Croasdale presented the prizes, The winners of the events were:-
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Carl Richardson overall
Winner of the Lake of sails |
Fred Baker won the visitors favorite boat |
Daniel Richardson won the junior’s event |
Patrice Entwistle won the Lady’s event. |
David Smith gave us all a good chuckle with his
union jack shorts though they probably wouldn't’t
pass muster at Cowes week!!
Valerie Smith, Adele Richardson and Silvia Tweedle ran the canteen making sure
we were all well fed, but it was noted that they where reluctant to
sell the chocolate cake! Roy’s cake’s were a hit as always and much
appreciated helping to raise funds for the club.
Trevor Law’s Bring and Buy was popular and seems to be extending every time we have a bring and buy.
The number of visitors was up on previous years with many watching the sailing events and then coming into the club.
I would like to thank everyone who helped and took part in this event and Trevor Savage, Trevor Whitworth and John Hathaway for
the pictures of this event.
See Photo Album for More photos.
Jeff Grundy
Schooner Sailing April /May 2008
Schooner Racing
The schooner season is on us again, this event is well attended on Wednesday afternoons and officiated by Jim Bennet. This class is for multi masted or gaffed rigged sailing vessels. There are three classes determined on length of hull “A” class 55inch and above, “B” 36inch and above and “C” class.
The race lasts for 1 hour and the objective is to put as many laps in as is possible. The winner for each class receives 3 points, 2nd 2 points, 3 1.5 points and 1 point for taking part. This year we are trying four 7 week sailing “seasons” to give more people a chance of winning instead of one long sailing season. During a 7 week season you must stay with the same boat, but the next you are free to try a different boat or carry on with the same one.
Season 1 has now finished with:
Tom Pearsall winning “A” class with “Folly” Dave Smith winning “B” class
Sid Wilson winning “C” class
All boats start for another schooner race
Other Boats in the schooner fleet
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Carl Tweedle
1880 straight runner 10 tonne, Plank on frame mahogany, with brass keel and rudder |
Jeff Grundy
This boat was built by Mr R Campbell who unfortunately passed away before he finished it in 2006. The “G Hornet” sails on so that Mr Campbell’s memory will always be with us.
Tom Pearsall This boat is based on a 58 inch Bob Underwood Folly hull
