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The annual, very popular, Glasson Boules Tournament will take place on Regatta Saturday afternoon 3pm (ish). All members and guests can sign up with Mme Ann Johnson and M Jeff Walker on the day. Prizes for the winning team!

The Bar will be open on all three days from 2pm onwards.

Hi David
I'm sure it's in Mainsheet - the winner of the last cruiser race on the Sunday of the Regatta.
Lorna

Well done John indeed! I can only echo Wirral Printing's words "Very good images, excellently prepped for printing...obliging, very helpful guy to work with."
Great photos too!

MUSIC ON REGATTA SATURDAY EVENING After the photo/video session we have the VERY popular return of our own Big John on the guitar and Brian on the squeezebox. They would welcome any other musicians out there to join them. Contact John Broadhead or Brian Kerry or just bring along your instrument/s on...

Alan Round will be running a Members' Videos and Photos session after the BBQ. He has an unseen video of The Family Cruise 2011 - he's just doing the final touches, these things can take time! So save your videos and photos for Saturday 24 August, do them justice and show them on the big screen. Bri...

GSC's Annual Regatta offers competitive dinghy, dayboat and cruiser racing and a warm welcome to ALL our members. Dinghy races: 24/8 1300 25/8 1330 26/8 1415 Cruiser races: 24/8 1330 25/8 1400 Bar, BBQ and Boules Volunteers needed for OOD and Patrol Boat for each day. Full details will be emailed sh...

Digital files preferred.
However, if digital and emailing are not your thing - print off the photo and leave at the Club with Frank, in an envelope marked FAO John Wood / PHOTO COMPETITION.

Now is the perfect time to capture those summer moments for the 2014 Glasson Sailing Club Calendar. So many opportunities — the Summer Cruise, the Regatta and all those sunny days on the river and the canal. As well as boats, categories can include seascapes, landscapes and wildlife. The 12 best pho...

The boat with the blue sail is I think, a Lune Whammel.

On New Brighton beach protected by stone breakwater.

BBC Radio 4 this morning, Crossing the Bay, you can 'Listen again' http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qw8m5

Poet Paul Farley joins others on a walk across Morecambe Bay led by 'Sand Pilot' Cedric Robinson.

Thanks Jeff, it was a really good 'themed' quiz. Pity I knew so little about Lancashire... Great fun though! I'm sure there's a vacancy for Resident Quizmaster?

Yes Andy and I. Wonder if they have hot chocolate?

Thank you for your kind comments. I’m just back from holiday and already thinking about the Spring issue! You can guess what comes next - I’m canvassing for your articles/stories and/or any ideas you may have about what you would like to see in your newsletter. Please send me your contributions from...

Anyone on the Cruise this year with photos, please email to me for Mainsheet asap.Thanks. lornamacnab@tiscali.co.uk

Last call for articles for Mainsheet and photos of your beautiful boat. Please email direct to me lornamacnab@tiscali.co.uk

Small ads for Mainsheet — have you got a boat or any sailing related items you would like to sell? Why not put a Small ad in Mainsheet? Only £5 — email me for details.

Michael What can I say...another great photo. Please send me details, year, name of boat in the background etc.

If you have a photo I would rather you sent it to my email address which is at the end of the Editorial in Mainsheet and on the Club notice board.

Thanks Mick, love the photo. That's a big boat chasing you down!

Thank you Michael, some brilliant photos!

The next issue of the newsletter will celebrate 50 years of GSC and will include a gallery of photos of members' boats. All the Summer Cruise boats — get snapping each other's boats — in action, sailing! However, photos are not restricted to 2012 they can be the best one you've got from your archive...

Why not write an article for Mainsheet? To help you: Try to keep your article under 1500 words. Please include at least 2 colour photos, highest resolution, to go with your article. I will try to include all submissions sent to Mainsheet, but due to available space, some may be held back for future ...

Martin Lord asked me to pass on his order for 2.

Dal, naan bread and onion bhajis.

Two calenders please, John
Lorna

Click on this link to see photos of Ormonde windfarm off Barrow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/g ... n-pictures