Sailing News
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,...
Sonata Racing 16th July
Saturday dawned with a light north easterly breeze. Not much breeze was forecast for the afternoon and aboard White Noise we questioned if it was worth racing. For us this would be our last ‘warm up’ before the Nationals in a couple of weeks time so we got rigged and...
Squib Racing 16th July
Saturday 16th July Wind S/SE 5knots forecast and actually more like 15-20knots HT 15.40 Course 92 Results 1. Sandy Cheeks 2. Avocet 3. Legend 4. Water Rat DNF White Knuckles and Winsome With the club doing w/l we did a self start from the line. With a more aggressive...
Dragon John Field Trophy Race 1
First actual windward/ leeward of the year. The class wanted to have an element of training for this event, which Quentin Strauss agreed to do. We started in the library at 10.00am with three points , starting , upwind sailing and downwind sailing. There were lots...
The Montgomery Challenge Cruise but its not a race.
On the Saturday the 9th of July early in the morning ,1000hrs to be precise.( It was early if you had been moored up on the pontoon the night before ) like smugglers of old times 23 boats slipped their moorings and stealthily glided down the river . Not because they...
Sonata Race Report 9th July
Sonata race report Late spring 5 of 6 Course 60 Wind condition 7-10 knots East to South east Lots of sun cream needed and some strange wind shifts made for a good afternoon sailing with a few frustrating moments First off the line was Skipper followed by...
Squib Summer Series Race 5
The forecast was for a hot, sunny 10-12 knots from the North’ish and I guess that’s what we kind of got. But for most of the race the wind was really light and fickle and although it was a pleasant sail it was SO FRUSTRATING (at times). As is now normal, Black Mark...