This annual event taking in the full 3.7 miles of the lake is very popular with visiting clubs travelling from across the country to take advantage of a great stretch of water. The comprehensive safety boat cover also encourages less experienced club members who do not normally stretch their legs down to the weather station to do so, safe in the knowledge that if they get into trouble, support is close to hand.
This year saw 44 boats take to the start line on Saturday and 27 on Sunday.
With a target time on water of 4 hours, but thunderstorms predicted, the final third of Saturdays race saw times drop quite considerably as the wind dropped making the decision to shorten the race and the impact of average lap times a difficult call for the RO. Sunday was even more challenging with an 11:00 start time planned but the local forecast predicting heavy thunderstorms around 13:00 to 14:00. Light winds meant that instead of the full lake length, the windward mark was bought about 1/3 of the distance up the lake on Sunday, still giving a Long Distance feel but minimising the recovery point for boats if the wind dropped off and boats needed to be towed to the clubhouse prior to any storm breaking.
With the top 5 places shown below, Chris and Matts 4 hour trip from Bassenthwaite paid dividends, as a 2nd on day 1 and a 1st on a tricky day 2 secured their back to back success. Congratulations to both of you.
1st - Chris Pickles and Matt Sharman, Bassenthwaite SC, RS400
2nd - Luke Fisher, RS Vareo, Emberton Park
3rd - Martin Spencer, Devoti D One
4th - Richard and Kate Butler, Tasar, Covenham SC
5th - Andy Todd, RS100, Bala SC
A HUGE thank-you to every person who travelled and we look forward to seeing you next year or at our other open events including our Summer Regatta. The following clubs were represented over the weekend; Bartley SC, Bassenthwaite SC, Budworth SC, Covenham SC, Delph SC, Emberton Park, Hurst Castle SC, Leigh & Lowton SC, Port Dinorwic SC, Pwllheli SC, SCYC, Yorkshire Dales SC.
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