After a couple of trial days back in the summer it seemed that both GMYC and LSC were keen to join up and Littleton S C could not have been more welcoming and helpful. Whilst our previous home at Abbey Meads lake had been good to us for some thirty years or so, and we did have some great races there but we had no facilities whatsoever, and I’m sure this had a counter effect on some of the entries that we got for open events, it was always hard work getting things set up with marks launching platforms etc. Once the break ins started happening regularly it was obviously time get out and move on.
We started racing at LSC properly at the beginning of September with DF 95 boats on Thursday mornings. There is a core of about six of us who are mostly regular and the really good news is that in a relatively short space of time we have three new members that are also LSC members and have bought themselves DF 95’s and are now MYA affiliated.
In October we held a Marblehead open meeting and although it was a fairly small entry of eight boats they were all experienced skippers who regularly race all over the country and the general consensus of opinion was that we not only had an excellent stretch of water, we now had facilities that were second to none. I’m sure this news will soon get spread around the Radio Yachting fraternity and will do the club a power of good.
So, I think we can look forward to 2026 with new enthusiasm and we now have the ability to be able to grow the club into a venue that can be used for major radio yachting events, with all the facilities.
What we need most is some younger members who will step up and help with the running of the club
