Largs Sailing Club

Largs Sailing Club is located in Largs Yacht Haven, just to the south of the town of Largs. Our modern clubhouse has fantastic views over the Largs Channel. The Club organises a range of activities for all ages and abilities, from the teaching of beginners by the LSTA to hosting large national and world championship events. We also run regular racing for dinghies and keelboats, and have an active cruising section that organises cruises in company around the Clyde and the west of Scotland, and holds regular talks and skills workshops.
Members can also hire our facilities for anything from a business meeting to a wedding - all including our unequalled panoramic view!

Latest News

Cruising Group - Clyde Coastguard visit // Sunday talks // dinner - Iceland the hard way!

Almost 30 members of Largs Sailing Club's active cruising group enjoyed a most interesting visit to Clyde Coastguard recently, and some are pictured. It was very informative to learn what happens at the other end of the radio, and the coordination work they do in emergencies. It was also good to put faces to the voices at the other end!

The Sunday talks continue through into March, and there will be a cruising group dinner on Saturday 17th March (open to all members), when local member Colin Brook will talk about his voyage to Iceland with Ocean Youth Trust Scotland. ..

New Year Race 2012 Report

Nine boats braved the cold and dreary conditions to take part in the rescheduled New Year Race held on Sunday 8th January. A course was set just off the clubhouse with the first race starting in 15-20kts which dropped slightly for the second and third races.

In the first race everyone got away cleanly, with the Tasar of Jacqui and Andy Taylor leading to the windward mark. It was hard to see who was next through the driving rain! The visiting Europe of Graham McCubbin was obviously enjoying the conditions and showed everyone a clean pair of heels, coming in first on equal points with Rosalind Dunlop but ahead on countback of first places.

Racing was close between the Laser Radials of Rosalind Dunlop and Dean Malcolm with Rosalind just getting ahead of Dean by the end to take race two. The wind had dropped slightly for race three which allowed the RS Feva sailed by Struan Donaldson and Chloe Rankin to brighten the day with their yellow spinnaker. The rest of the fleet had a very close race with only 45 seconds separating the first five boats. The final result after the three races were completed was:

Graham McCubbin - Europe
Rosalind Dunlop - Laser Radial
Dean Malcolm - Laser Radial

Full Results below, and have a look at the video on Youtube shot by Martin Falkner: http://www.youtube.com/embed/BrZrbIum0xI

Sailwave results for New year 2012 - Largs sc.pdf

2011 Prize Giving

The Prizegiving for the 2011 season was held today at the clubhouse, Thanks to Barclay Duff presenting the prizes. The prizewinners are shown below, if you are a winner but were unable to make it then please contact Martin Falkner or Phil Alderson to find out where to pick up your prize.

Series	Class		Prizewinners	Boat type
Wednesday Very Early Series	Keel-boats	1	Ken McClelland / Tom MacFadyen	Westerly Fulmar
		2	John Ridley	Albin Cumulus
		3	George McCree	Hunter F1
	Slow Handicap	1	Andy McDaid	Laser
		2	Billy McCarlie	Laser
		3	John Boucher	Laser
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Latimer	Finn
		2	Martin Faulkner and Suzanne Faulkner	RS200
		3	David Kent and Ian Kent	Huricane 5.9
Sunday Spring Series	Slow Handicap	1	Gavin McGill	Laser
		2	Brian Irvine	Laser
		3	Stuart Moss and Ruaridh Moss	RS Feva XL
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Faulkner and Suzanne Faulkner	RS200
		2	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson	Cherub (single wire)
		3	Martin Latimer	Finn
Wednesday Early Series	Keel-boats	1	NONE
		2	NONE
		3	NONE
	Slow Handicap	1	Neil Caldwell	Laser
		2	Stuart Moss and Ruaridh Moss	RS Feva XL
		3	Alastair Kent	Laser
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Faulkner and Suzanne Faulkner	RS200
		2	Martin Latimer	Finn
		3	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson	Cherub (single wire)
Sunday Summer Series	Slow Handicap	1	Howard Smallwood	Laser
		2	John Boucher	Laser
		3	Rachel Mawer	Optimist
	Fast Handicap	1	Andrew Taylor and Jacqui Taylor	Tasar
		2	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson	Cherub (single wire)
		3	Glenn Andrews	Stealth F18
Wednesday Mid Series	Keel-boats	1	George McCree	Hunter F1
		2	Ken McClelland / Tom MacFadyen	Westerly Fulmar
		3	John Ridley	Albin Cumulus
	Slow Handicap	1	Andy McDaid	Laser
		2	John Boucher	Laser
		3	Ashley Martin	Byte classic
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Faulkner and Suzanne Faulkner	RS200
		2	David Kent and Ian Kent	Huricane 5.9
		3	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson	Cherub (single wire)
Wednesday Late Series	Slow Handicap	1	Jon Bassett	Solo
		2	Andy McDaid	Laser
		3	Billy McCarlie	Laser
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Latimer	Finn
		2	Chris Nicol and Dawn Macrae	International 14
		3	Suzanne Faulkner and Martin Faulkner	RS200
Wednesday Very Late Series	Keel-boats	1	George McCree	Hunter F1
		2	John Ridley	Albin Cumulus
		3	Ken McClelland / Tom MacFadyen	Westerly Fulmar
	Slow Handicap	1	Andy McDaid	Laser
		2	Billy McCarlie	Laser
		3	Stuart Moss and Ruaridh Moss	RS Feva XL
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Latimer	Finn
		2	Simon Limb	RS100
		3	David Kent and Ian Kent	Huricane 5.9
Sunday Autumn Series	Slow Handicap	1	Stuart Moss and Ruaridh Moss	RS Feva XL
		2	Jon Bassett	Solo
		3	David Cousar	Laser
	Fast Handicap	1	Martin Latimer	Finn
		2	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson	Cherub (single wire)
		3	Simon Limb	RS100
Sunday Winter Series	Slow Handicap	1	John Boucher	Laser
		2	Stuart Moss and Ruaridh Moss	RS Feva XL
		3	Chloe Rankin	Topper
	Fast Handicap	1	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson	Cherub (single wire)
		2	Martin Latimer	Finn
		3	Rob Brown	Dart 16
Club Champion	All	1	Phil Alderson and Carol Alderson