Sunday 20th June – John Cope Cup downriver race Race Officer /SB1 Jane SH and Luis (new member) Safety Boat 2 Mike and Angela We had a great turnout of 11 boats and keen competitors for this downriver race – 6 full-rigged Lasers with John B, James C, Henry, Renato, new... read more →
Jun
25
May
17
Sunday 15th May. We had a good turnout of 6 sailors for the downriver race on Sunday - 5 Lasers, with Renato, James, Jakob and Seb with Laser Full rigs and Ellie on her first downriver race with a Radial, together with Peter in a Solo. Jane was in charge... read more →
May
17
Sunday 9th May. Race Officer: Joseph Safety boat: Esteban & Sara With wind from SSW at 13mph gusting 25mph, three buoys were laid in a line on the Fulham bank. The race was to be five laps, with a sausage between the first & second buoys. Seven boats took to... read more →
Apr
27
Another lovely afternoon’s racing with Sara & Allan in Solo’s, Renato in a Laser, Sina & Elaine in a 420 and Esteban jn a Topaz. Ellie & Jane ran short races from SB and tried to match them to the changing winds! Race winners: 1st Sara, Renato, Allan 2nd Allan,... read more →
Apr
25
Results: 1 x Sausage - Henry 1 x Triangle - Jakob (close!) 2 x Triangle - Renato 1 x Reverse triangle - Henry 2 x Reverse triangle - Jakob 1 x Sausage then triangle - Renato 2 x as above - Renato Triangle then race back to the club -... read more →
Dec
23
13th December 2020. It was a cold and relatively crisp Sunday morning, as I drove to the boat club for my first visit since the last round of government ordained hibernation. I was looking forward to it, notwithstanding a slight lingering sense of shame at my only having come to... read more →
Dec
17
What started off as an idea to sail solo around the UK evolved into a 3-week bike adventure from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Although this was meant to be a more manageable challenge, I set off in September, apprehensive at the idea of completing the 880 miles... read more →
Dec
09
Sunday 6th December 2020. This was the first race after lockdown 2.0 with a slightly wonky start courtesy of Henry the safety boat...nevertheless, we got out and drifted down river with little to no wind. Henry, Marc, Renato and Jakob in Lasers, Sara in her Solo and James & Toni... read more →
Nov
30
Watch this video edited by Mike de Selincourt and remember the moments sailing helped take your mind off 2020 for a while... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxrYGsivjw
Nov
02
Sunday 1st November 2020. In the race box: Joseph Cabon & Anthony Wort On the safety boat: Sara Bennett & Toby Hunston The river was showing its favourite grey, choppy surface as the six single-handers launched their boats. The wind was WSW as expected but somewhat weaker than forecast. Everyone... read more →