Ullswater 2016

[Matthew P]

14th-15th May has been confirmed by our hosts at the Glenridding Sailing Centre (GSC).

Mid-May can be a beautiful beautiful time in the Lake District.

These dates seem to fit best with other events I am aware of:

28th May-4th June    Sail Caledonia
11th-18th June         Seafair, Pembrokeshire
25th -26th June        Swallow Yachts Raid Falmouth
2nd - 3rd July           Findhorn Regatta
4th - 8th July            Findhorn Week
9th - 10th July          Teifi Cardigan. Note no meeting yet arranged but there will be suitable tides

To save hauling your boat north, then south and then north again to Scotland it will be possible to park your boat a few weeks at Ullswater.  Please contact GSC for details if you wish to do this.

Please let me know if you might come to Ullswater so I can estimate numbers for GSC. Please use the Forum messaging system if you think you will not come.

For info and feedback on the June 2015 Ullswater event  please see http://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/?page_id=17

Please note skippers will be solely responsible for their own safety, crew, property and money associated with this meeting. 

Matthew
BR20 Gladys

Thanks Graham!

Matthew

[BobT]

Matthew,
Date is in the diary and hope to have a few extra days before or after to get some walking in or even some more sailing! Anyone else looking to do similar?
Regards,
Bob

[Rory C]

Matthew,
I certainly will come if I possibly can.
Rory

[jonno]

Sorry Matthew, I won't be able to make this weekend.

John

[garethrow]

Hi Matthew

We are definitely interested in attending for mid May W/E

Regards

Garth Rowlands
Gwennol Teifi S17

[Bill Rollo]

Matthew

I would really like to come but am afraid I am a doubtful starter - will need to evade existing commitment! Will try to think of a cunning plan...

Best wishes

Bill

[John Perry]

May 14th & 15th in the diary, and at this point, fully expecting to participate.

Thanks Matthew, best regards...

[Anthony Huggett]

It turns out there is a clash with the Velaraid (17-21 May) unless one has 2 or 3 drivers to cross Europe in a day. Google maps says 12 hours from Calais, so if you leave at 2 pm on Sunday and get a midnight ferry it might be doable :-)

[Rory C]

I have no idea what the situation is at Glenridding S C where rivers from Helvellyn come down to the lake but I've seen on the local news that the Glenridding Hotel was totally flooded out.
There is a gallery on the Ullswater Yacht Club site http://www.ullswateryachtclub.org that shows the devastation there and the height that the lake reached.
Much can change in 4 months but.......
Rory C

[Matthew P]

Fortunately flooding on this week's scale is a rare event at Ullswater and we can expect blue skies, balmy temperatures and fair winds in May! If not we can take solace in the Travellers Rest which unlike the Glenridding Hotel is over a hundred feet above the waterline at Ullswater.

Matthew
BR20 Gladys

[BobT]

Hi Matthew,
Perhaps a little over organised but accommodation booked and email sent to Glenridding Sailing Centre (before the rain)  as per the directions in the event calendar. Booked to include the week after so hopefully can get some walking in as well.
Bob

[Anthony Huggett]

I've just declared an entry for the Velaraid, so sorry we won't be there at Glenridding - it was an excellent weekend last year and the sailing centre and all the Swallowboaters made us newbies feel very welcome. Of course we are now Swallowyachters, (but "yacht" seems a bit grand for a 17 footer).

[Matthew P]

The plucky folk at Glenridding Sailing Centre have emailed me to say they will be open in 2016 and ask if we still plan to attend.  So I said yes!  I feel that not only is Ullswater a great venue but GRSC deserves our support after their tough winter.

Matthew
BR20 Gladys
   

[BobT]

Matthew,

Just to confirm still looking to attend, in fact accommodation is booked! I also contacted GRSC, just before the disaster and they were kind enough to get back to me.
Might be a little late but when we are there in May very happy to give some time if they need a pair of hands or two to do some sorting.
Staying on for the follow week to do some walking but also hopefully some sailing would it be OK to store the boat at the club and take her out a couple of times during the week, recognise some payment would be required.

Regards,
Bob

[John Perry]

Just booked accommodation in Glenridding (not much choice, all booked up) for nights of 13th and 14th. Planning to arrive Friday after lunch. Best regards...