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UPPER TAMAR LAKE SAILING CLUB
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The South West Lakes Trust is responsible for providing and maintaining sustainable recreation, access and nature conservation on and around forty inland waters in South West England. As part of this, they are responsible for watersports on Upper Tamar Lake; William Pepworth is the Watersports Instructor who is normally based at Tamar and he will be pleased to answer any questions. Lakes Trust staff provide rescue boat cover for all lake users, provide boats for hire (sailing dinghies and canoes).
The instructor can be contacted during the season on 01288-321712
Other facilities at Upper Tamar Lake include:
Cafe (Tel: 01288-321607)
Coarse fishing
The Roadford Lake Sailing Club is based at another of the reservoirs where watersports are managed by the South West Lakes Trust. Roadford Reservoir is situated near Launceston, with good access from the A30. In past years, the two clubs have competed in an inter-Lake Team Racing competition and it may be possible to revive that in the future.
Meteorological Office - UK weather
The standard website. The rain radar maps are particularly useful. If you're looking for the recent weather (including windspeed) at a location near to Upper Tamar, then go to the 'Latest Observations' link on this site and pick out the data for Chivenor (which is near Barnstaple).
An alternative weather site. If you type in the postcode of Upper Tamar (EX239SB) in the 'Postcode or Location' field at the top of this website, it will give you a wealth of information for a weather station that appears to be quite close to the Lake. Click on the 'Free' button and the menu includes (amongst many others) buttons for forecast weather (Next 48 Hours or Next 7 Days) and also for weather for the 'Past 24 Hours' (but note that unlike the Met Office observations, the windspeed graph doesn't give a figure for the strength of gusts).
The full set of current Meteorological Office surface pressure charts is available from this Dutch site. They are for forecast periods of up to 132 hours ahead. Note that for dates 2 to 3 days in the future, there will probably be two or more charts, all giving predicted maps for the same time (for example, 84 and 96 hour predictions both for midday on Sunday 12th); the first of the charts (in this example, the 84 hour prediction) is always the most recent.
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