Virtual Insanity is better than Lockdown Lunacy Real sailing, of course, requires us to bring together many different skills and attributes such as boat preparation, handling skills, tactical decision making, finesse and tuning knowledge - which is what makes it such a challenging and rewarding sport. Personally, among my many shortcomings, I lack the [...]
Sailing Club News – Tuesday 02-Feb-21 There is very little ‘news’ on the Chew sailing front to report, though we remain hopeful that, once the schools are allowed to re-open, we might be able to do the same. I want to give a vote of thanks from all of us to the ‘Chew locals’ [...]
Sailing Club News – Thursday 14-Jan-21 With the national lockdown still in place, the prospect for any active sailing club ‘news’ might seem bleak indeed! However, I have tried to unearth some summaries of what was happening over the festive sailing period before the pandemic intervened. The pictures from Helen and her security patrol [...]
Phase 5 Return to sailing In view of the deteriorating Covid situation described in the government announcement 30-Dec-20, for the short term (hopefully) we have taken the responsible decision to suspend organised racing at the sailing club. The Resolution Trophy Race on Friday 01-Jan-20 is cancelled. However, we want to try and keep the [...]
The changeable weather has been frustrating for those who are able and wanting to get back to some sailing – either no wind or too much. The forecast for this coming weekend seems to be on the ‘blowing dogs off chains’ side! I have my fingers firmly crossed for those of you in Tier [...]
