Sailing News
Wayfarer Report
3rd September Racing With a southerly wind, no one was going to start on the far side, and with 30 seconds to go I realised there was going to be severe wind disruption from other boats on the club side, so headed out to mid steam for clearer wind. Here we were joined...
Squib Racing 3rd September
With a SSW blowing into the mid-teens, course 71 chosen and 4 boats came to the line. Monkey Bus, Water Rat, White Knuckles and Avocet. Avocet crossed the line just in front of Monkey Business with White Knuckles and Water Rat close behind. Monkey Business opted for...
Sonata Racing 3rd September
We knew it was going to be a challenging race when our foredeck, tasked with going down below to write down the course, popped out of the hatch to ask if we had any more tape. With 16 marks to round the labyrinth of a course set by the Dragons took us down to MYA1...
Sonata Racing 27th August
It was another sunny day on the Medway, with one particularly menacing cloud lurking above 7 Sonatas on the start line. A lapse in our clock comprehension skills aboard Screwloose had us heading to the line a minute early, thankfully no one noticed. A couple of...
Squib Racing 20th August
Course 64 was chosen 1 Sandy Cheeks 2 Black Mark 3 Monkey Business DNF White Knuckles DNF Avocet DNS Winsome With 6 helms having made it to their boats 5 made it to the start line. The start was a reach with spinnakers to 31. So a lovely sight as 5 squibs with set...
Sonata Racing 20th August
It started as a sunny day with a good but gusty WSW wind. There were three boats on the start line, Cry Havoc took the lead, followed by Screwloose and then BD2. With spinnakers flying we headed down to Sheerness, it didn’t take long for BD2 to pass Screwloose, we’d...
Sonata Race 13th August
With most crews recovering from too much sailing/drinking (delete as appropriate) at the National Championships the week before, Saturday only saw two Sonatas competing, setting up a grand match race between Screwloose and Skipper. Screwloose tacked on top of Skipper...
Medway Marathon 6 August 2022
Medway Marathon 6 August 2022 As race day approached, and with a wind forecast of light to negligible, the Race Officer was starting to lose sleep worrying about how this year’s Medway Marathon, the 58th edition, would pan out. Dreaming of a change of forecast to a...
Squib Racing 23rd July
Saturday 23rd July Wind S/SW LW 15.30 Course 66 Result Sandy Cheeks Monkey Business Water Rat At the start Sandy Cheeks and Water Rat started at the club end of the line looking for wind with Monkey Business mid-stream and more tide. Monkey Business went for their...
Sonata Racing 23rd July
Only three Sonatas signed in for racing for this first race of the Summer Series. A number of ‘excuses’ had been circulating, including damage repair to Bluetack ahead of the Nationals next month, Skipper had duties to deliver, then Marriage (?) for White Noise and...
FREE ‘COME AND TRY’ EVENT
Saturday 13th August 2022 9:30 am – 12:00 Have you wondered what it is like to sail a boat? Do you or your children want to learn a new life skill? On Saturday morning we are welcoming adults and children (8 years and older) to come and have a go in a dinghy with an...
Dragon Racing 23rd July
Chris has kindly compiled a race report for this weekend There were 5 dragons and a surprisingly fresh SW gradient wind given the hot wind. The course was 28P, 25P, 27P, 25P, 28P, MYA4P, 22P, 19P, 26S, 30P Club line finish. A running start saw Whistle (Wendy, Jamie,...