Miscellaneous

Aktar launches Rosales

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Aktar joined the Association only a few months ago and has purchased, equipped and now launched his X, Rosales. He is effusive about the support he has received from various members of the association. Andrew Leach from Selby has been especially encouraging and also fabricated a fantastic mast raising winch pole for Aktar. Rosales is now secured to a newly serviced swinging mooring in the spectacular mooring area at the northern end of Windermere; Ambleside and all its delights on the doorstep for Aktar, Syma and their two children.

Mac wedding

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One for the romantics amongst you. Jim and Susan didn't meet through the association but Jim met Susan when he was a member of the association and brought Susan on Mac events to Plymouth and Ireland; amazingly, she was not put off. They were married on Sunday. I met Jim on Windermere at a Mac event organised by Mike McNerney, shortly after we had both joined the association and we have remained friends. He now has a 36 foot sailing boat moored at Tarbert where I hope we will see the happy couple in July during this years Big Mac.

Start of the journey

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Met Aktar and Syma on Saturday to recce a mooring they have been offered at the North end of Windermere at Watergate, Ambleside. They have recently purchased an X but yesterday we were using their trusty Honwave dinghy to have a perusal. The mooring has stunning views and access to excellent facilities. Just a case of having the mooring serviced and then finding a good time to launch the mother ship. Fingers crossed for all future Maccing adventures for them both; there were lots of smiles yesterday and a big thumbs up for their new territory.

Storm Arwen on Windermere

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Another reason why keeping a boat on a trailer is a good choice - it wont blow away. My other boat, Seashell, broke free from her swinging mooring when Arwen blew through. 60 plus other boats on Lake Windermere also succumbed. I was there for the retrieval process; painful to watch her unceremoniously dragged across the rocky bottom but she appears, amazingly, unscathed bar some deep gel coat scratches and down to bare fibreglass in places. I have replaced mooring strops and have given her a run on the engine. It seems I have been lucky, many more written off or heavily damaged

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