Ullswater Yacht Club Daffodil Regatta

Ullswater Yacht Membership Daffodil Regatta

by Ullswater Yacht Membership 4 Might 02:44 PDT
27-28 April 2024

A document entry of over 90 boats from as far afield as Dorset and Eire took half in Ullswater Yacht Membership’s Daffodil Regatta over the weekend of the twenty seventh and twenty eighth April.

This yr’s Regatta included the Musto Skiff Northern Championships, the RS200 Northern Championships, open occasions for the OK and VX One Courses, and youth, cruiser and quick and gradual, handicap fleets.

The Daffodil Regatta celebrates spring within the Lake District and on the Saturday opponents have been greeted not solely by daffodils but in addition sunshine, mountain surroundings and a light-weight north easterly breeze. Course A for the uneven and quick handicap fleets was set on the northern finish of the lake, whereas the opposite fleets on Course B, raced additional south, between the Membership and Howtown.

The uneven and quick handicap fleets skilled shifty “snakes and ladders” racing. Whereas at occasions there was adequate wind to aircraft and trapeze, the race officer on Course A referred to as it a day after three races in a dying breeze. In the meantime, the slower fleets had a protracted afternoon however accomplished 4 races.

On Saturday night the Membership’s volunteers supplied a night meal which was each a promote out and accompanied by a brave assault on the Membership’s bar, led by the Musto and OK courses.

On Sunday the fleets swapped course areas with the slower courses beginning simply off the Membership. The gusty, shifty and chilly northerly breeze of 5 to 10 kts which steadily swung west throughout the day, made course setting a problem for the race officers. Nonetheless all courses accomplished three again to again races. For opponents, consistency and success at studying the wind on the water have been as soon as once more key but tough to realize.

Total Outcomes:

Full results are available at Ullswater Yacht Club’s website here and Tim Olin has published links to extensive library of event photographs at his website here.

Magic Marine and Triggernaught Sports activities Glasses sponsored the Daffodil Regatta with further prizes and competitor reductions. In flip, opponents generously contributed to each the Nice North Air Ambulance, the Membership’s charity of the yr, and the RNLI, who each attended the occasion.

Ullswater Yacht Membership now appears to be like ahead to its 62nd holding of the Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy, the “Glastonbury of Crusing”. This includes two lengthy distance races across the complete lake on the weekend of sixth and seventh July. With eight weeks nonetheless to go earlier than the time limit of thirtieth June (no late entries), virtually 100 boats have already entered.