North West Junior Traveller Series and RS Tera Northerns at Bassenthwaite Sailing Club
by Paul Allen 17 Jul 2025 06:06 BST
12-13 July 2025
Prize winners in the North West Junior Traveller Series and 2025 RS Tera Northerns at Bassenthwaite © John Reekie
38 boats headed to Costa del Bassenthwaite for the 7th round of the popular North West Junior Traveller Series and the 2025 RS Tera Northern Championship.
Riding on the sun cream tales of another British heatwave, the forecast was a weekend of sunshine, high temperatures and little wind. Saturday was a splash-and-paddle-off, with zephyrs coming and going but nothing more than 2 knots ever settling for more than 10 minutes from multiple directions. Parents hid in the trees for shade, the kids enjoyed a day jumping off the jetty, paddleboarding and generally messing about on the water.
Around 3pm, PRO Andy Wilcox hoisted AP over A, announcing no racing would take place that day. Shortly after, a paddleboard relay race was organised from the slip to a buoy and back, with Bass taking line honours.
In the evening, the club BBQs kept away some of the midgies, and later a singer entertained members and visitors in the clubhouse, with several Oasis songs blasting out — around the same time the real Oasis was playing their first night in Manchester.
Following a small postponement, Sunday looked more promising, with a forecast of 7 mph. Eventually, a southerly breeze settled in, which slowly clocked to the east as the day progressed. This allowed the race team to run four back-to-back races, with the breeze building throughout the day — some hiking out was required in the last race.
In the Fast Handicap Lilly Brown sailing an ILCA 6 took the win, narrowly beating Olivia Dembinska by one point. Zoe Goodden sailing a Splash was third. In fourth place and first double-hander was Bethany Skelding and Isla McKeown sailing an RS Feva.
In the sSlow Handicap James Reekie counted three 1st places and took the overall win, being crowned Tera Pro Northern Champion. Oscar Davenport (Tera Pro) finished 2nd on countback from Molly Haslam (Topper). A successful weekend for the Reekie family, with Andrew finishing 6th overall and becoming Tera Sport Northern Champ.
Full results can be found here.
Next up is Ginger Boats Bass Week starting on 2nd August. Event details can be found at www.bassweek.org.uk