IMPORTANT Membership Renewals You should have received an email on Wednesday 1st this week from cvlsc@webcollect.org.uk inviting you to renew your membership and including the login details for the online account we have set up for you with WebCollect. If you haven’t received it please check your Spam folder first and then contact the Membership Secretary [...]
The psychology of gybing in strong windsHow many times have we all approached the gybe mark on a windy day with trepidation? How often have we validated our concerns by taking a swim with our mates in the ‘graveyard’ of upturned hulls?!The problemThe biggest problem that I observe when watching sailors gybing in strong winds [...]
Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Wednesday sailors were disappointed this week with strong winds causing the sailing to be cancelled, even the universities and schools didn’t appear, presumably put off by the forecast. In contrast the weekend brought some great sailing, as long as you didn’t want to sail on Saturday morning, [...]
Dear Solo Sailors, We were treated to almost Spring like conditions for our double billing weekend of sailing. Saturday’s Training Day was superb: very professional and lots to learn – at the bottom of this email are some video links; and attached are some points to remember, kindly provided by Rob. Whilst today’s racing [...]
Sailing Report - by RO Simon ChapmanWith a wind chill making the temperature -3 and a forecast of a blustery easterly, it was with some trepidation that I arrived at the club to organise Sunday's racing. I was hugely relieved to see that the committee boat was off the water and that there was enough [...]
