Pursuit Racing Series & Bank Holiday Weekend

It’s been a very busy weekend at the club and the opening two races of our 2013 pursuit racing series. The Pursuit Series results are now available on the website. We’re interested in what you think about Pursuit Racing, so please take part in a short 2 question survey, courtesy of SurveyMonkey

The Saturday recreational session was attended mainly by dry-sailors working on their boats while the wind whipped across the lake. The Ampthill mob and the Bunyans took to the water later on in the session as the clouds broke and the sun came out. In the race-hut, the first of two small working parties made a start on the “Radio Project” which is a significant investment in safety for the sailing section. Look out for more information in the very near future.

We also welcomed a number of new members to the club this weekend and took a potential member afloat for her first taste of sailing. If you want to give sailing a try or find-out about membership at Stewartby, please contact membership@swsc.org.uk and arrange to come along to the club.

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2013 Results Now Available

We’ve published the 2013 results page on the site. Take a look.

Icicle Series – Duty Crew Required & Results

The 2013 Icicle series continued on Sunday 3rd March. Turn-out was good in-spite of the Dinghy Show luring members away to Alley Pally. Both races were won by Richard Hargreaves who looks likely to take the series in two week’s time. The results table has been updated.

Richard is next week’s race officer and [...]

Icicle Series Resumes – Sunday 27th January

With a change in the forecast this weekend, we’re pleased to announce the return of the Icicle series this coming Sunday. The first race will be at 11.15am with race 2 taking place after lunch. Members are asked to allow plenty of time to get ready on Sunday and be prepared to assist the [...]

Icicle Series Results

The results so far on the icicle series can be found here.

Icicle Series Duties – Apply Online

We’ve now published the Icicle Series Duty List on line (via Google Docs). We’ve used a similar approach to last year’s summer duty list but with something new. You can now click on the ‘Volunteer’ links and send an email to duty@swsc.org.uk to reserve your date. The email will be pre-formatted with the ‘To:’ [...]

Race Results Worksheet Video Tutorial Available

The computerised results worksheet available in the Race Hut has been a huge success in 2012. We made a short video in May of version 1 which was posted to Facebook. Since then a bunch of improvements have been made and today we’ve posted a new tutorial video to our YouTube channel. Take a look at http://youtu.be/_h2RgsTfUyY.

Any feedback on the video or worksheet is always welcome. There are plans for improvements which are listed if you read-on for the full article.

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2013 Icicle Series begins 6th January

With the new year fast approaching we hope everyone is looking forward to the start of the Icicle Series on Sunday January 6th. As normal those taking part must sign-up for a duty and we’d encourage getting your name down quick, especially if you’re not planning to sail until March.

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Autumn Series Results

The results for this year’s Autumn Series are now available on the results section of the website.

Changes to Racing Start Times: Sunday 25th November

Members may have noticed an inconsistency between the Handbook and the Online Diary regarding racing times. The correct times are:

Race 1: 11.45 Race 2: 14.00

This is to give members extra time following the Laying-up Supper on Saturday evening.