This year the event also hosted the Scottish Mirror Dinghy Championships — one of the longest running national sailing events in Scotland, having been held annually at clubs around Scotland since 1969, although it was 30 years since the event was last held in Helensburgh.

A fleet of 22 Optimist dinghies, 17 Toppers and five Mirrors took to the water for a weekend of sailing. However, the forecast predicted light winds all weekend.

Race Officer Bobby Lennox announced his intention to cram-in four races on Saturday in anticipation of even calmer conditions on Sunday.

It looked bleak on Saturday as the entire fleet had to be towed out to the racing area by the fleet of supporting RIBs. But, once all the boats were assembled, a fine breeze appeared and after a 90-degree shift settled to a steady wind for the rest of the day with some very pleasant sailing conditions in bright sunshine.

In the Toppers, Calum Rosie from Helensburgh, the new UK Inland National Champion, dominated all but the first race, with Anna Sturrock from Loch Tummel in close pursuit.

Among the Optimists, and in the Regatta fleets, supervised by Race Officer Chris Laverty, the races were more closely fought with all to sail for after the end of the first day.

In the Mirrors, Roy Donn from Pentland Firth seemed untouchable taking first place in all four races with the rest of the fleet enjoying close racing.

Sunday started as forecast with a glassy calm off the sailing club, but a ripple further out in the race areas.

After some deliberation, Bobby managed to get the Mirrors started. Four boats got away cleanly, albeit slowly, to the windward mark.

However, one got stranded behind the start line with the tide against them and their wind destroyed by the fleet of Toppers and failed to reach the line within the allotted three minutes. Another got becalmed, though on the right side of the line, and eventually abandoned their race.

It was the same among the Toppers and Optimists with the fleets split between those that managed to make progress in the light conditions, and those that were left becalmed.

The final results saw the trophies widely distributed with some local successes. Calum Rosie from Helensburgh took the Topper event, with Anna Sturrock from Loch Tummel in second place, and in the Regatta fleet it was Lucas Deans from Helensburgh how took first place.

In the Optimist Class, Harris Cartwright from Bardowie Loch emerged as the winner with Hannah Scott from Loch Venachar in second place, and Henry Smith winning the Regatta event.

The Scottish Mirror Champion 2014 was Roy Donn from the Pentland Firth YC with Mike Heath from Helensburgh in second, while juniors Caroline Heath and Grace Feinmann from Helensburgh earned the Scottish Mirror Junior Trophy.

Running an event like this is a big undertaking requiring club members on and off the water to run rescue boats, act as race officers and keep the kitchen, clubhouse and dinghy parking all running smoothly and the club would like to thank everyone involved for all the hard work.