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Welcome to the Sailing Section of Stewartby Water Sports Club

Established in 1972, SWSC Sailing Section has access to one of the largest stretches of water for sailing in the Herts, Beds & Bucks area. We share the lake with our angling, water-skiing and powerboat racing colleagues with ample room for all. Details of these activities can be found on the club’s main website.

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2010 Sailing Section Calendar – Preview

While work continues to ready the 2010 Club Handbook and the online calendar, we have published a preview copy of the club diary to help you plan ahead. The PDF document can be found here.

Winter Wednesdays: Rules Quiz – 10th February

This coming Wednesday the club will be holding another Wednesday Evening Social. This time around Karl Pountney will be laying on a Racing Rules Quiz and talk. It doesn’t matter if you’re new to racing or a seasoned competitor, the evening will be fun and informative.

Sarah will be providing the evening’s meal. If you are planning to come, please contact Karl in advance so we can cater for the expected numbers.

Icicle Series Week 4 Results

Seven boats headed out in very cold light wind conditions on Sunday 7th February. Dave Harrison and Harry Fiddler set two excellent courses and the racing was close and competitive throughout.

Icicle Series Results – Sign up for your Icicle Series Duty, contact duty@swsc.org.uk

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Auditor Required

The sailing Committee require someone to audit this years accounts and confirm them as being a true record of our financial position, this needs to be done in time for the AGM later this month. Could anyone who would be willing to spend a couple of hours undertaking this task please contact either Ruth Ivory or Fiona Denchfield.

2010 Club Championship & Open Meetings

The club diary is almost ready for publishing. In fact, we’re able to announce the full list of all of of the Club Championship dates and open meetings for 2010. You will need to read the full article for the dates for your class. Experienced Race Officers are invited to apply to run these events.

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Icicle Series Duties

The Icicle Series is well underway, however we have a number of gaps in the duty list in the coming weeks. Urgently required is a support boat driver and crew for Sunday 7th February. Please see the 2010 Icicle Series Duty page for more information on the duties available and contact duty@swsc.org.uk to reserve your date.

Club House Redecoration Working Party - A Job Well Done.

After 10 years of Yellow and Terracotta, the clubhouse has been completely redecorated over the weekend of 30th & 31st January. Both days were well supported by members and a great deal was achieved in a surprisingly short period of time. A small amount of work remains for the February working party but overall our plans were achieved.

Photographs of the saturday team are available on the Gallery

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2010 Duties

Duty Team

All members will receive this year’s Duty Request Form shortly along with their membership renewal pack. It is important that you let us know the dates when you will be free to help at the club. Please return your form with your membership fee and we’ll do the rest.

We’ve added some information about duties to the website. Read on to learn more.

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Postponement of Wednesday Social Evening

The Wednesday night social evening planned for this week (13th January) has been postponed due to the ongoing icy conditions. With many members travelling a some distance to the club we felt it was better to postpone than have people returning home in sub-zero temperatures.

The planned “Rules & Seamanship” quiz will now take place on Wednesday 10th February.

Rescheduling of Icicle Wk 1 Races

Racing didn’t take place on Sunday 10th January due to the snow and ice. Races 1 and 2 of the Icicle Series will be rescheduled as follow.

  • Race 1: Will take place on Sunday 14th March at 3.00 pm.
  • Race 2: Will take place on Sunday 21st March at 3.00 pm.

This will bring the number of races taking place on these dates to 3 with start times of 11.15 and 1.15 for the earlier races. Remember the races are shorter, 45 minutes long (aproximately).