Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Photo: Graham Knox

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

There seemed to be a good breeze with the sunshine at the Lake on Sunday 14 August. But as the day wore on, the winds became more tricky and fitful. Some found that the wind seemed to fade away and leave them behind while others got ahead.

Martin Brennan (Solo) seemed to be able, once again, to find the route that led to winning. He won all three races though challenged by Les Bithell and Emma Turner in a Merlin Rocket. Stuart Bates borrowed a Phantom and managed to have a couple of second places. The junior sailors were either away on holiday, or sailing in events elsewhere.

Junior sailor Jasper Bramwell spent the week at the Topper Class National Championship at Weymouth, where winds were as variable as at home. In his first major event, Jasper sailed well to finish an excellent 29th overall. He was much encouraged by a visit from our Olympic gold medal sailor, Stuart Bithell.

At the time of writing, Daisy Fisher is competing in the Laser Class Youth World Championship at Vilamoura in Portugal. This will be a great experience for her and she currently lies 61st out of 97 sailors in her category.

Among other club sailors at events elsewhere, Nick Hornsby (GP14) recently won a race at the Menai Straits Regatta, in strongly tidal conditions.