Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Martin Brennan was the winner of all three races at Hollingworth Lake on Sunday 6 August in a Solo. The day started with a good westerly breeze which gave those boats with spinnakers some excellent downwind legs and there were also some different pairings of helm and crew.

In the first race, Jacob Din sailing with Lauren Marsh in a RS200 were doing well until a capsize held them back. Second in that race was Adam Din with Olivia Zuniga in a RS Vision, which the club uses for training purposes. In third place was Mike Smith in a Solo, ahead of another Solo helmed by Nick Hornsby.

The second race started in similar weather until a black cloud came bringing rain. This ‘killed’ the wind and it changed to a light north westerly off the Lake Bank shore, which brought a large area of wind shadow. This did not stop Brennan who was followed by Tom Daniel and Stuart Bates in a Merlin Rocket ahead of the Solos of Nick Hornsby and Nigel Davey.

Several of the club’s juniors were out trying their skills in different boats from normal and gaining experience. Jasper Bramwell was out with his new 420 dinghy, which has a trapeze for the crew. By chance, Olympian sailor Stuart Bithell was visiting the club and gave advice and a try to many of the juniors, on land, to experience being on a trapeze.

Last week, Jasper Bramwell, and brother Xavier, competed in the Topper Championship at Pwllheli, with 132 competitors. The fleet was split into gold and silver leagues with Jasper finishing 11th in the gold league and Xavier 33rd in the silver league.