THE Coniston Water Festival has always been able to rally a crowd on its long awaited comebacks. 1991 saw the Coniston Water Festival celebrate its tenth year and put on an action-packed weekend in the month of June. The event was opened on the Saturday by Major John Hex of Coniston. This also came after a series of lessons and classes that had been hosted in preparation for the festival, by Coniston Boating Centre. There was a boat dressing competition, a race was interrupted by bad weather on the Bank Holiday Monday and a series of sky diving displays from North West Parachute Centre at Flookburgh also joined in the fun.