Lough Foyle Yacht Club

Blowing a gale today. Racing in Culmore Bay. The G Bros and Anton H and Joy W had a good race in R1. Anton H and Joy W went for a swim on the start line at the beginning of R2 but recovered with no problem.

a nice evening breeze, F4. Course up to harts down to Fahan,reach Conniborrow. Anton H and Mike M got in tangle with the spinnaker in R1 and RTD. Wind increased for R2 then dropped away.

A day of mad weather contrasts, from near calm to gale. loads of capsizes and adventures and some gear failure in the mix. Anton H and Gareth G sailing very well, absolutely flying on last spinnaker reach of race 2.

Great to see Richard F and sister out sailing. It was windy today and the big Laser 2 took a gust and went over. They self recovered and sailed on but rtd later. Bill J and Gareth G sailing very well. Many thanks to OD big Pete and Bosun Liam H. Without them we could not get out. Their long standing service is much appreciated.

Windy today F4+. Sailing in Culmore Bay. Massive Shifts and gusts making going difficult. One race was enough! Many away in Greystones at GP14 event. Anton H sailing with Joe McC and going well. Anton H sailing with Kevin T today

Racing today to Conniborrow and Fahan and Power Station marks. Richard F and sister sailing very well in his Laser 2. F3/4 breeze. Anton H and Kevin L having a good fun race at the back of the fleet.

Congratulations to Ken and Davy L who retain the Peace Bridge Trophy
A great race up and down. In the 5 minute pre race sequence there was no wind then more or less as the gun went the wind came and fairly strong at F5 and gusting. Welcome to Richard F and his dad who were sailing a Laser 2. (They have been awarded an LFYC PY of 1133 (the same as a GP)).

Kevin L and Nigel were sailing very well upwind as they went through the required 100 or so tacks through the narrows.

As Kevin L and Nigel came around the Peace bridge mark a big gust came and blew them, Richard F and Dad and Kevin T over. All recovered w4ell and sailed on. This incident gave Anton H and Mike M a chance to pull back a few places which they held onto on the run home.

Strong tides and light winds at work this evening. Anton H and Mike M failed to make it to the line in a timely manner in Race 1 but made a better fist of things in Race 2. Ken and Davy L sail on.

Just three boats sailing. Ken and Davy sailing very well. I was not at the event so cannot make any comment about the day but looking at the race times i suspect the wind was up and the racing was close.

A very windy day. Alan, Owen and JP Hockley went out out in a PICOs for a blast. By the time racing started the wind had eased a little. Bill J and James J found it easy going in the heavy weather and at one stage were seen eating sweets, drinking tea and looking at TV while every one else held on for dear life.