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 [...]
Bristol Brew Team Racing Sailing Report - John Smalley, Vice Commodore The Bristol Brew lived up to all the hype; once the wind decided to co-operate, the racing got going last Saturday afternoon. After many, many races, the semi-finals were sailed on Sunday afternoon, followed by the finals. I enjoyed chatting to the PRO, [...]
Sailing Report - John Smalley, Vice Commodore Class Race Day 4 on November 12th produced some close racing across all the fleets. The continuing sibling rivalry in RS100s dominated the Handicap results, with Andy Jones emerging victorious over brother Steve! Ian Cadwallader stamped his authority on the small but worthy Flying Fifteen fleet. Damian [...]
