Sailing News

The Musto Skiff southern series made a stopover at Medway YC over the weekend of 1st /2nd October. Forecasters were painting a bit of a bleak picture of dogs off chains on Saturday followed by torrential rain on Sunday with little wind, which curtailed the number of...

After some discussion due to the strong winds and big gusts it was agreed we would race and seven boats took part. Loose Knots (10614, Mark Penny and Sarah Mason) chose to extend their lunch! Course 74 was chosen which kept the fleet in Gillingham reach. A flood tide...

It was a quiet day in Lower Upnor. The weak autumnal sun shone down on the Medway Yacht club and the five gallant Sonata crews as they mentally prepared for the contest. The early swallows had already departed for warmer climes and despite the balmy weather on the...

Saturday 24th Sept Race 7 Harvest Series Wind was Northerly Course 86 So with a patchwork of wind the class set off on a fetch up to Wilsonian. Legend (Lg) guest crew Steve - The Bosun, made the best of it in the channel taking advantage of the ebb tide folded by...

Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2022 On the water… Saturday :-   3 - 4 races back to back with a conventional windward leeward configuration. Musto start time of 12.00 and B14 at 12.05. Sailing location up to 45 minutes downstream of sailing club. Sunday :-  ...

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...