Hi Stephen, pleased you are thinking of joining us on Saturday. Arrangements are loose at this stage and may remain so but the outline plan at the moment, for Saturday, is to welcome any visitors late morning/afternoon to meet, sail, walk, chat, stare at boats etc and to have a bbq starting late afternoon, early evening using the marina's bbq area. I will send you my mobile number....call anytime or text me your plans. Look forward to seeing you. Regards, Quentin

Just a quick post to say how much myself and Nicola enjoyed the Big Mac this week. A great group of people to spend time with and some very good sailing too. I wondered whether seven days on Windermere was going to be a bit of a stretch but, not at all, we filled the time well. There were ten boats and crew for the whole week and welcome visits from other Mac members. Nicola and I enjoyed several convivial social events with the whole group but we had plenty of time to ourselves and I was pleased with the way our sailing skills and teamwork developed. There were several boats in the group with little or no experience with their Mac and for them, I think, the venue was ideal and they will go away with increased confidence in their boats and in their own sailing skills. For the more experienced sailors there were plenty of opportunities to raise the pulse with different sail plans and some colourful spinnaker action. Thank you for everyone who made the effort to attend, you all added to its success. To any members out there who have thought about attending Association events but haven't quite got it together, I would say 'go for it' - you will meet good people, you will have fun and the sailing will, if the weather is kind, be excellent.

Keep an eye on the Association Events area of the forum for details of next years' Big Mac, same time of year, somewhere in the south, precise date and venue to be confirmed as soon as possible.