40th Anniversary Regatta: June 16th 2012
What makes this a special event for the Club is that it is our 40th anniversary and throughout the year celebrations are planned, culminating with a club dinner in October.
The build up to the Regatta begins on Friday with the passage race from Oban Bay to Ballachulish. Always a popular event, this 30 mile race usually involves a colourful spinnaker run up the coast to a finish on the Onich side of the Ballachulish Bridge allowing boats to motor against the tidal race through the narrows and then the last mile or two to the clubhouse.
This year the passage race will be followed by a barbeque at the clubhouse.
The following day the club is a hive of activity as the two classes of keel boats and the dinghy class assemble their crews and receive the final race instruction briefing. The three racing groups have a morning race which can last a couple of hours, depending on conditions, taking the fleet down towards Kinlochleven and back up towards the Ballachulish Bridge, rounding the famous Glencoe burial islands in the process. This event takes place in one of the most spectacular areas the UK has to offer. The mountainous coastal terrain makes for interesting and varied racing conditions and it is not unheard of for two boats to be approaching one another both flying spinnakers!
Lunch is provided by hard working volunteers in the clubhouse before the race course is set for the afternoon.
The evening celebrations kick off with a curry dinner in a nearby licensed coffee shop where there will be a prize giving and an opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new ones.
As the event draws nearer there will be more information including race instructions posted here on the web site.
