Bolton Sailing Club
Bolton Sailing Club (Bolton SC or BSC) is an inland sailing club located close to the village of Belmont in Lancashire near Bolton in the North West of England. The club sails on Belmont Reservoir and provides a large area of open water for sailing.[1] Bolton SC was one of the first Clubs in the UK to sign up to the RYA OnBoard Scheme[2] and is also an RYA Sailability Foundation club. In 2009, Bolton SC was awarded RYA Champion Club status.[3]
Sailing
Bolton SC provides extensive racing across a range of dinghy classes. Classes include Lasers, RS400s, RS300s, RS200s, GP14, Phantoms, Graduates and Merlin Rockets. Racing is held every weekend on Sundays between the end of March and the beginning of December, and Wednesday evenings during the summer. Training sessions are run on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Regular social sailing sessions are run on Saturday afternoons.
There is a successful Junior Group which trains youngsters to sail and race a range of dinghies including Optimists and Topper dinghies.
Sailing Successes
Every year the club enters at least one team in the annual Southport 24 hour race hosted by West Lancashire Yacht Club where it has won the event in 1970, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005 and 2007.[4]
Each year the junior group enter the Junior 12 Hour Race.[5]
Individually, members have been extremely successful nationally and internationally. In 2008, David Ivins and Lesley Johnson came 2nd at the Graduate Nationals.
Training
Bolton Sailing Club is an RYA Recognised Training Centre where it offers dinghy sailing training courses for both adults and children.
References
- ↑ "Information About Belmont Reservoir". Waterscape. http://www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/belmont-reservoir. Retrieved January 5th 2010.
- ↑ RYA OnBoard Scheme
- ↑ RYA Champion Club
- ↑ WLYC 24 Hour Race
- ↑ Southport Sailing Club 12 Hour Race
External links
- Bolton SC Web Site
- "Yachts & Yachting Bolton SC Page". http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/community/location/default.asp?id=321.
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