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Sailing Section Working Party - Sunday 14th Aug @ 10:00am
Dear Member, As ever, there are jobs to do to keep our facility tidy, functioning, and safe. We are all volunteers at the club and more hands make light work so please come and help at our next working party on Sunday the 14th August if you can. There are many smaller lightweight tasks that can be undertaken by many. The lake is shut to sailing as it is a Powerboat weekend so More »
Published 18:55 on 2 Aug 2022
No sailing this weekend
Dear Sailing Member, After a major incident at the lake on Friday night, the site is now open. However, the Sailing Committee have agreed that no sailing should be happening this weekend. The red flag will be raised shortly to notify all members, and all scheduled events (Powerboat 2 course and Sunday racing) are cancelled. No craft should be on the water this weekend . Access to site, More »
Published 10:52 on 30 Jul 2022
Discover Sailing Day - Saturday 21st May
From 11am on the 21st of May, the Sailing Section will be running our annual Discover Sailing day! We will be opening up the club to the public to give people the opportunity to get out on the water and experience, not just sailing, but all the things the Sailing Section has to offer. The day promises to be very busy this year with almost 100 people already signed up to attend on our More »
Published 08:03 on 1 May 2022
Sailing Spring Update
Dear Member, We hope you are enjoying the long bank holiday weekend! The lovely weather has got us thinking about all the things happening at the club over Spring, so here's a brief update for you. Members Handbook and Renewals As member renewals have mostly been wrapped-up, your Members Handbooks are now ready! These pocket-sized handbooks provide some great reference material about all the things happening at the club, More »
Published 22:35 on 16 Apr 2022
Fastnet 2022 Series and Wednesday Racing
The Fastnet 2022 racing series will begin on the 10th April and continue until the 12th June. There will be 3 races on each race day, starting at 10:45, 13:00, and 14:30. The schedule of races is as per the online calendar - in the event of a discrepancy between any printed schedule, the timings on the online calendar take precedence. Please be aware that on some days a cup or special race may take More »
Published 20:49 on 7 Apr 2022
Sailing Racing Rules Training
The race committee has managed to to acquire the services of Graham Louth to come down to the club on WEDNESDAY the 30th of MARCH at 19:00 (7pm) to go through some of of the Rules of Racing, with video, whiteboard, and model presentations. He has been to the club before and I for one found him very informative and interesting and he usually had a Q and A session at the end. More »
Published 22:41 on 16 Mar 2022
Upcoming events
| Aug 12 |
17:30 - Squids And Sharks 5:30pm star… |
| August 13-14 |
Powerboat weekend (entire lake… |
| August 13-14 |
NO SKIING on Saturday or Sunda… |
| Aug 13 |
09:00 - Power Closure - whole lake eve… |
| Aug 14 |
09:00 - Power Closure - whole lake eve… |
| Aug 16 |
17:00 - Tuesday evening training - onl… |
| Aug 17 |
18:45 - Evening Race: 20 duty block 2… |
| Aug 19 |
17:30 - Squids And Sharks 5:30pm star… |
| Aug 20 |
MKBSA youth event |
| Aug 20 |
Social Weekend |
| August 20-21 |
Social weekend |
| Aug 20 |
SWSC 50th Anniversary Celebrat… |
