Glasson Sailing Club Regatta 2016

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Glasson Sailing Club Regatta 2016

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A huge thanks to Roger and everyone else that helped to make this such a wonderful weekend. Here's a shot from this afternoon of the two Johns jostling for position at the start of todays race.
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Nice pic Phill many thanks , And yes a Really Big Thanks to all involved this weekend, it was indeed a wonderful regatta.
Thankyou to my crew; Mike, Jack, Adam (who is only 3 years old), Norman (who is some 80 years senior to Adam).' Old Guys really Do Rule '( Norman was out on deck, making adjustments near the Lighthouse in torrential rain 40+ kts Gusts. on Saturday )
It was an honour to recieve the Dave Crowther Trophy and the 'icing on the cake ' a special prize for Adam.
Once again thankyou all at Glasson Sailing Club.
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Ive got some great pictures taken by Mr Alan Smith from the shore on the point, I shal put them in a new album on the web shortly,

David "

" Please find the attached shots of Saturdays event in the atrocious weather, they are all of smaller resolution to enable e mailing and not of best quality due to the prevailing conditions, but shot from an angle not possible to see by crew members,
Kind Regards,
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Thanks Alan - if you can see this forum, some really good shots in the gallery.

Was it really that windy ? :shock:

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Another great weekend, I've put my shots on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9CxkFKxmMo
Thanks to all the hidden helpers as well as the participants for making another memorable do
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Great Regatta. Here is a pic of some of the fleet getting ready for the start of Sundays race
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Alan Smith's photos from Saturday

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Here they are, at the bottom of the damaged lighthouse pictures. ( the lighthouse looked fine at weekend with the big tides covering the split.)

I need to find a better way of doing online photo galleries now google web albums have gone.

https://goo.gl/photos/FaRvCbteSQZFti4KA

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