Bolton Sailing Club hosted the Supernova Open on Saturday 25th April with 17 boats taking part in the competition. The weather lived up to the forecast of overcast conditions, sunshine and showers with a shifty F4 South Easterly wind in the morning with blue skies and a moderating Southwesterly wind by the end of the day. There were 6 home boats with 11 other competitors travelling from as far afield as Haversham, the Midlands and the South. In the…

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…

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…

We've all finally dug ourselves out of the mud and made it back from Bass Week. I was using the week as a bit of a holiday with some sailing thrown in. On Thursday all sailing was abandoned due to lack of wind and lots of that fine rain that soaks you through. That day I headed over to Buttermere and then up the Honister Pass and had a tour of the slate mines. Friday again saw not much wind, not enough for a Phantom sailor to do any good so Tom and…

Well done to Ian Platt who finished 3rd in the GP14 Worlds at Abersoch, behind Neil Marsden in second and Ian Dobson in first. Other results: Dale Knowles took 7th place crewing for Tim Jones 11th Mark Platt with Malcolm Marsden crewing 20th Gary Deighan with Dave Jobson crewing 27th Ian Sinclair and Alan Jones, who also took 3rd Place in the Silver fleet 38th Ian Thompson and Andy Flitcroft 42nd Julie and Chris Waddington 49th Tony Critchley and…

Sunday saw a change in racing format to help raise money for the RNLI at our annual Regatta Day. The order of the day was for three pursuit races and a fun team race. The first and third pursuit races were run on standard PY handicap, the second on personal handicap. Prizes were presented by the Mayor of Bolton with the winners prize going to Ian Platt and Alex Pilkington sailing a Merlin Rocket. Whilst racing proceeded on the water, the Mayor…

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

24 pupils from Westwood Primary School from Chorley visited Bolton Sailing Club on a beautiful sunny day in May - the only thing missing was the wind!

Eventually when all were equipped a gentle breeze came by and everyone managed to get on the water, either in Oppies or with instructors in a double handed…

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...)