Ullswater Yacht Club s annual Daffodil Regatta was held on May 22 & 23 and to welcome visiting racers back - it was the club s first open since 2019 - the lake weather gods threw just about everything they could at them from sun and flat calm to heavy rain and winds gusting well over 30 mph.
The popular event is usually held at the start of the season, but was delayed this year because of Covid and it was fully booked within days by racers desperate to get back to some top competition.
For the biggest fleet, the Musto Skiffs with 27 entries, it was a Scottish and Northerns Travellers event. The foiling Waszps had 25 entries, many of them racers new to UYC events keen to see what Ullswater has to offer, and there was also a good turnout of VXOnes with 10 entries. These three fleets sailed on an windward/leeward series with race officer Jon Abbatt.