Mid Summers BBQ

A perfect weekend of sunshine, with the wind a bit light at times. But we did mange to join the sailing club's annual Nibthwaite cruise to the south end of Coniston, for a BBQ. We anchored over night and sailed back the following morning, eating ice cream at the Blue Bird Café with some kayaking friends.

 

Kathleen at Nibthwaite with the steam powered gondola, which was restored by the apprentices at BAE in Barrow.

Straight from the BBQ, banana with chocolate peanuts, tastes much better than it looks!

 

Two new additions to the boat are some simple plastic clips and shock cord, used to hold the solar panel in place, the clips are sold as picture holders in Tesco's. These were glued in place using Evo-Stik "Serious Stuff", after first carefully removing the layer of paint where they were to be glued.

 

 

 

The second item is a fabric cover for the doorway. This is attached at the top by two press studs and an eyelet for the padlock hasp, this makes it easy to roll away. Perfect to keep light rain out and also for use at night. The fabric is heavy duty waterproof 600 denier polyester, which was available online in a variety of colours, including burgundy that is very similar to the  spray hood and sails.

 

 

Old Gaffers Assn. - Ullswater

 

Glenridding Sailing Centre

A weekend of extremes in weather. Saturday starting looking fine but by 1 PM it was raining and the wind dropped to almost nothing. While Sunday proved to be a more exciting sail, where we found the need to reef both the main and jib.

Before the rain on Saturday

The weekend was organised by the OGA http://sailinginthelakes.com/ and was based at the Glenridding Sailing Centre, which is at the south end of Ullswater. However, we were the only Drascombe and it would be good to see more boats at the September event. Ullswater is a stunning location to sail and along with a social on the Saturday evening, makes the whole weekend most enjoyable.

 

Local shop in Glenridding