Sailing News

With an Ebbing tide and lack of wind there was an interesting start, Legend, Sandy Cheeks, Black Mark, Monkey Business, were all on the line at the gun. But one of us was over, Sandy Cheeks turned back as we were over before the start and weren’t sure if we had got...

Today’s race report comes to you from the foredeck of Blue Tack. With all crews mustered for the 14:30 start for the grandstand commodores day allcomers race with gusty force 3 or 4 nor wester blowing in sunny but chilly conditions the first decision for the day was...

Hosted by the Medway Yacht Club                               A Black Ribbon Event  After the sad news of the passing of our Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II just  before the start of our event the obvious dilemma was should we be racing at all and cancel. By Friday...

This report does include an eyewitness account of public nudity.  Those of a nervous disposition should read on with caution. With light winds and a strong tide a short(ish) course was set that would send us down river on the outgoing tide to buoy 18 before...

We raced over course 76. The wind was a  light North Easterly. The tide was on its way out and gathering pace. There were only four boats on the water today, due to duties, Wayfarer crews performing race management tasks for the Dragon Eastern Championships, some...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...