Lough Foyle Yacht Club

Sunny, NW F3 with some gusts. Strong flooding tide. The first lap featured a fast reach from coolkeeragh to faughan.

Kevin T was awarded a double first place as consequence of forfeit by other competitors.

A great day out with boats from MBC and LFYC. Strong tides and winds variations from very light to F6 squall made sailing very interesting.

Anton H, Bill J, Stephen B, Ken L, David L

A 420 from Moville + Ken L, David L, Keith L, James H,  Bill J, Stephen B
Thanks to Bren Whelan for photos.

3 laps in Culmore bay. A long race in very light winds with first across the line completing the course in 81 mins 22 secs. Anton H  picked the wrong spot within 5 yrds of the finish line and was swept back by the tide taking another 15 minutes to cross the line. Best forgotten!

SW F3/4. Racing in Culmore bay. Some confusion over the course. Congratulations to Keith L and James H who won easily.  Looks like the new boat and team is now very well tuned up. Many thanks to James L for bringing out the rescue boat.  Great sail by Joy +.

Gusty conditions F3. Races held in Culmore Bay. Many thanks to Anthony G who stood in as OD.

Races today cancelled due to big atlantic depression bringing high winds 🙁

Members of LFYC are invited to compete in the Moville Regatta on Saturday 31st July. Race starts at 12.00, so ideally we should be launch by 11.30.

SW F3, gusting F4. 1 capsize in race one, and 2 unusual ones in R2, despite which everyone finished within 8 mins of each other. Race 2 became quite competitive  when a visiting ship decided to take part, and also obstructed the course for a while.

race 1 results

1st ken and david

2nd keith and james

3rd dermot

4th ken d and beth

5th bill and stephen

6th ciaran and eoin

7th sean and anthony

8th george g

race 2

1st keith and james

2nd sean and anthony

3rd bill and stephen

4th dermot

5th ciaran and eoin

6th ken l and david

7th ken d and beth

rtd george g

Tuesday july 13th

force 3, NE shifty wind and strong tide. A good turnout of boats, and welcome back to Connor and John and Donal McGuiness

Course: up to upper conneyburrow , upper faughan, round mark in  bay, twice round.

1^st ken L and david

2^nd john and donal

3^rd keith and james

4^th anthony and todd

5^th ken d and beth

6^th connor

7^th Dermot

8^th bill and Stephen

9^th george g

Thursday July 15^th

Force 2-3, strong tide, but steadier NE heavy breeze. Similar course to Tuesdays. A few problems caused by low water levels at lower marks. The atmospheric conditions made a thunderstorm seem likely, however the crack when it came, was not from the skies but Anthony and Todds Scorpion mast, as it finally snapped from the pressures of the great performance they have been squeezing out of their boat recently. Hope to see them back again soon.

results:

1^st John and Donal

2n^d Keith and James

3^rd Ken L and David

4^th Ken D and Beth

5^th Dermot

6^th Bill and Stephen

rtd           Keiran and Owen

rtd            Anthony and Todd

rtd           George G