This Sunday was the first day of the new sailing season. It was a glorious day for sailing! Some photos can be found in the gallery at http://gallery.sail.org.uk/v/2009/1stday/ and http://www.sailpics.co.uk/zenphoto/index.php?album=2009/2009March29 Read More

Light airs signalled the start of the 42nd 24 Hour Race on the marine lake at Southport on Saturday. Starting in the 'A' team was Ian Platt and Alex Pilkington and starting for the 'B' team were Chris and Julie Waddington. Rounding the last mark of the course for the first time, Ian in our GP14 and the Lark of South Staffs had already pulled away from the chasing pack but as the wind dropped it was obvious it was going to be a hard battle to keep…

It's the 24 Hour Race starting Saturday with Bolton entering two teams. You can keep up-to-date via the "24 Hour Race" link on the menu where I'll (hopefully) be posting photos throughout the event.

August 30th & 31st 2008 By Craig Hewett North West Dominates An excellent turnout of 39 GP14s at Budworth SC for the UK Grand Masters' and Masters' Championship was dominated by Ian Platt and Alex Pilkington from Bolton SC. Ian & Alex posted 3 bullets in succession to claim the GP14 National Masters Trophy. The Grand Masters Trophy was retained by John Salomonson and Tim McGovern from South…

The Bolton Juniors took fourth place at Southport on Saturday in what turned out to be an excellent days sailing with a pretty decent wind direction and and the rain holding off. This year, the team consisted of Ruth Shevelan, Tom Robinson, Alex Pilkington, Nathan Waring and Rachel Moodie. As well as 4th overall, the tream picked up a few other trophies, including 1st under 18 team and also Ruth picked up the trophy for winning the ladies race! Well…

Photos from the Merlin Rocket Open on Sunday are now available in the Gallery: http://gallery.sail.org.uk/v/2008/mr2008/

Low grey cloud and incessant rain look ominous for both the competitors and the OOD as they turned up at Bolton Sailing Club's GP14 open. Eleven travellers weren't deterred from making the journey to join the thirteen club boats and despite continuous rain during rigging spirits seemed to be high at this the second event of the Northern circuit. (more...)

By Keith Roberts. Bolton Sailing Club hosted the Supernova Open on Saturday 26th April with18 boats taking part in the competition. The weather lived up to the forecast of overcast conditions and a shifty F3 South Westerly wind. There were 8 home boats with 10 other competitors travelling from as a far afield as Northumberland, Midlands and the south. (more...)

Sailors still to enter the 2008 RYA Youth National Championships and Trials are reminded they have until SUNDAY 16 MARCH to get their entries in. The 2008 Championships are being staged at Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club from Saturday 29 March to Friday 4 April and are guaranteed, as always, to attract the top under 19 racers in the country to do battle in North Wales.…

Midwinter - a strange time to race dinghies. Well, there are three events of note in the N.W. The Plum Duff at Delph, the 'whatever' at Lowton and lastly the Eskimo at B&FYC. (more...)