This year’s Christmas dinner celebration has been arranged for Friday 11th December 2009 in Harrogate, starting at 1930 hours. If you would like to attend and have not yet reserved your place, you can obtain the full details from Jim Halliwell.

With a cool start to the day, the  strongish wind with ocassional gusts saw the sailing quickly warm everybody up, leading to an exciting competition, with only a second or two separating the final handicapped timings.  A large number of Mirrors took to the water.

Results:

Mirror Fleet:

1. 1. Pete Tarren
2. 2. James Thomlinson
3. 3. Steve Bell

 Handicap fleet: 

1. 1. Richard Thomlinson and Cameron in an Enterprise
2. 2. Richard Valentine in a Gull
3. 3. Bob Barber and Mike Wade in an Enterprise

 Overall winners:

1. 1. Richard Thomlinson with Cameron in an Enterprise
2. 2. Pete Tarren in a Mirror
3. 3. James Thomlinson in a Mirror 

Some 20 club members had a  very successful weekend on Coniston Water in September with seven boats being trailed across to the Lakes from Ripon.

The weather was kind to us with some excellent sailing on both days.  In an exciting and closely fought contest for the Sailaway trophy, Richard Thomlinson and Callum in an Enterprise beat the other contenders, closely followed by James Thomlinson in a Mirror; with Drew Lawrence and Bob Barber third in an Enterprise. 

The sailing during the day was followed by some enjoyable socialising during the evenings with several members joining in an impromptu sing-along session in one of the local hostelries in Coniston.