Sailing News

Racing starts at Medway club this coming weekend. The Club has been a hive of activity over the past few weeks as the Bosun's team and members prepare their yachts for launching and dinghies are returned to the dinghy park. Located at Lower Upnor on the banks of the...

Skimming the Bishop Last race of the season saw the Sonata fleet join the Dragons for a full day of racing. After an early briefing all crews headed to their boats in lovely autumnal weather. The first of the two races saw the Sonatas off with spinnakers flying in...

Dear Dragoners, What a way to end the season! Really close competitive racing (a bit to close on one occasion ) the very best of what club racing can offer. Well done to all that took part. The wind was forecast from the South force 3 gusting 5. Not how the first race...

Bishops Ooze and West Bulwark. Now the good crew of Musical had never heard of B’Ooze and had little idea of where it was, but luckily the two boats in front of us pointed the way, so we pointed at them. Big mistake! Apparently the Bishop is quite notorious for...

29th October 2022 In a light Southerly 2 Squibs, Avocet and Monkey Business crossed the line close together and proceeded down river in a very light breeze until it decided to cease blowing. The breeze could be seen beyond 30 but how to get there became a major issue....

All season the crew of the third placed Wayfarer in each race is charged with writing a race report to share with the club. This week sees a departure from that practice with contributions from several of the teams involved in Saturday’s race. “It was fun” said one....

Dear Dragoners We undertook this race with the very sad news of the passing of Paul Smith on Friday. He was a very committed member of the club helping out or organizing the regattas or setting up the clubs website and was particularly adept at using Sailwave. He was...

Today's race report titled: Man Vs Depth sounder Well, what can one deduce from today’s race from the decks of the mighty Blue Tack. This weekend’s racing was a case of “he who dares” with most crews (and when I say crews, I mean drivers) being a touch too cavalier...

We motored downriver against the tide for the Windward/Leeward starts in good spirits, bacon sandwiches consumed. It was frisky with lots of individual grey clouds in all directions.  It looked like we were in for an afternoon of gusty weather, as proved to be the...

Saturday's wind prediction precipitated a number of WhatsApp messages discussing the merits of the scheduled windward leeward racing and whether it was the sensible option for the Wayfarers. The decision made was to put the start back to the normal time and try round...