Dear Solo Sailors, We enjoyed champagne conditions on the lake today for the start of our Summer Series – and had a healthy mix of winners including one of the older wooden boats and everyone enjoyed some excellent racing. Early Summer Points AM With a southerly breeze gusting up to about 15 knots, our [...]
Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Last weekend we hosted another prestigious championship, the Flying Fifteen Inlands. Thank you to everyone involved both on the day and before to make it a successful event with great sailing and happy competitors. We were really pleased to see lots of club members enjoying general sailing [...]
Flying Fifteen Inland Championships - this Saturday and Sunday There will be no club racing this weekend but general sailing will go ahead unless conditions prevent it. The forecast is good at the moment. Good luck to all the competitors. Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Last weekend again saw lots of activity [...]
Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore RYA Level 1 and 2. Well done to the seven new members who successfully completed the RYA course over two weekends, 5 days. We look forward to seeing you on the water very soon. Flat calm and very strong wind meant they lost almost two whole days [...]
Downwind at Chew – Rule 42 Rule 42 is the rule that governs what is permitted and what is prohibited in terms of propulsion; propulsion through the sailor’s actions and kinetics (including rocking, pumping and sculling). Julian Cooke recently told me of an instance during the Masters Inlands where he felt the pumping interpretations [...]
