Prizewinners at Coniston Water Festival in 1998
The band of Barrow Sea Cadets opened the festival, first playing on Coniston village green and then with a performance at the opening ceremony at Coniston Old Hall for invited guests and representatives of the organisations participating in the festival.
After the opening ceremony, guests and competitors watched a sail past by Steam Yacht Gondola get the sailing side of the festival well and truly launched.
Around 30 high-performance racing dinghies entered the first two of the five races for the Coniston Open Dinghy regatta trophy.
A group of youngsters who finished the learn to sail course at Coniston Water Festival in 1998