Dinghy Sailing

 With the lack of cruising this year I missed my sailing so Carole bought me a sailing dinghy to keep me quiet.  I keep it at the South Windermere Sailing Club at Fell Foot on Windermere which works in well with Carole swimming there.  It's a Laser 13, supposedly an old man's boat but I've still managed to capsize it!  - mainly because it's a two person boat that I sail on my own - keeps me on my toes.  

We also joined the dinghy club at Arnside which proved to be a hoot. You can only sail there for a maximum of two hours each day due to the tide but it only costs £70 a year and that includes the use of the clubs own boats and paddle boards. We originally joined to support the music nights at the old Custom House which is where the club house is.  The tide runs out so quickly that if you don't get back in time its a mud bath to drag the boats out of water. Oh, and you can't launch too early as the tidal bore would make life a bit tricky!

We went down to Bristol to pick the dinghy up

First time in the water

No wind but beautifully peaceful

Single handed sailing with the spinnaker!

Jen and Becca come for an evening trip round the bay

I managed to get some sailing in in December, beautiful views, snow on the hills, very cold winds

Snow on the hills

What a view.

My last dinghy trip of the year was a cold one but what a top day!

Pit stop at Rawlinson's Nab

Time for a brew on my faithful Trangia stove.

What a way to end the year - 22/12/20

Arnside Sailing

Heading back to the dinghy park - hidden in the trees. 

Arnside village in the distance

Intrepid!!

 We took the club paddle boards out for a low water adventure on the estuary and paddled up to the viaduct - amazing and the water was really warm.