Indoor Sailing Simulator – Wednesday 15th February

We have arranged to have the sailing simulator on site on Wednesday 15th February, this event has proved very popular over the last couple of years, and we will once again be providing a prize for fastest indoor sailor. For those of you that have not attended this event before details of the simulator [...]

2011 Boxing Day Hangover Race Results

The results for this year’s Boxing Day Hanover Race have not been published in the results section. Congratulations to Simon Miles (1st), Jon Finch (2nd) and Harry Janes (3rd) who managed to bag the best of the festive prizes. This year’s event wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of Chris Janes, Nick Jones, [...]

Wednesday Walking Group

With the summer sailing season over, a number of members have got together and will be starting a regular Wednesday Walking Group. With walks planned throughout the winter months across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, each walk will commence late morning visiting a local pub for lunch en-route before returning to the starting point. The first [...]

Autumn Photographic Competition – November 26th 2011

Following our successful summer photographic competition, we’re pleased to announce a new competition this autumn. We want to encourage members to take and share even more photographs and this time the finals will be held at the Laying-up Supper on November 26th.

The themes for this competition are:

  • On the water
  • At the end of the day
  • Social Stewartby

Please read on for futher details and the rules of the competition; for details of the judging and how you can have a second chance to show off your camera skills later this year.

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2011 Moonlight Sail Photographs

Photographs from the 2011 Moonlight Sail are now available in the Gallery. The pictures come courtesy of Pat Strange.

Summer Photographic Competition Results

This year’s summer Photographic competition took place this weekend during the Open Day and was a huge success. With a large entry the pictures looked stunning when displayed in the bar area and thanks to those who took the time to submit their shots. Officers and Instructors from the Sea Cadets judged the competition [...]

Car Treasure Hunt

The club will he boosting a car treasure hunt on Saturday 25th June. Entry costs £5 adult / £3 per child inclusive of supper. Please contact Dave Grummitt 07970 963474 for tickets. There’s limited availability so book early

Rules Quiz Evening

Good news! Following the rules quiz on Wednesday 16th March we can confirm that at least 6 people have a pretty good understanding of the Racing Rules of Sailing. 6 popular sailors pitted their wits against a quiz-master Karl Pountney’s carefully prepared questions. Focusing on what you might see while racing at Stewartby, the quiz tested everyone’s basic rules knowledge in 3 rounds with over 30 questions being based on animated boat-on-boat situations.

Congratulations to Mark Norman who came first in what turned out to be a very high scoring quiz.

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Sailing Simulator Evening – Wednesday 16th

Following the very popular event last year we are pleased to announce the return of the full size sailing simulator on the evening of  Wednesday 16th.  Last years event was as competitive on dry land as it usually is on the water!  Come along and brush up your skills in time for the new season.

Flotilla Sailing 2011

As part of our Winter Wednesday series of evenings members are invited to come along to the club on December 15th to learn about the joys of Flotilla Sailing and to hear about an a trip for members that is being planned in 2011.

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