New Year, new resolutions – your club needs you First of all may I wish you a happy and healthy New Year and good sailing in 2018. We are fortunate to belong to such a wonderful club and, courtesy of Bristol Water, to have access to the best inland water in the south west. [...]
William (Bill) Guard October 8th 1922 – December 26th 2017 It is with sincere sadness that I advise you all that our dear colleague and club member, Bill Guard, passed peacefully away on Boxing Day at the age of 95. Bill was a founder member of our sailing club who enjoyed being a part [...]
Chew Valley Lake under a 'super-moon' (photo: Lucy Chard) Sailing Report With Christmas almost upon us, the Winter points series reached its climax last Sunday under the control of Race Officer, Andy Scott. He tells me the highlight of the day was the afternoon race for the Flying Fifteen fleet. There was lots of [...]
How can we help to progress our sailing during the depths of winter? Packed the boat up for winter? Well I might not agree (you’d expect that!) but I do recognise that for some it is just too cold and miserable out there to go sailing! Whether sailing through the depths of winter or [...]
A Christmas Carol without Scrooge To those of us who are retired sailors or can possibly grab a Wednesday off work, (funny word that) can all appreciate the pleasures of sailing on that day; albeit only up until around 14.00 hrs. But then again most of us are on the water by 10.00 and [...]
