Jane's phophecy that we'd never be ready in time of course came true, but just after 12:30 a fleet of happy sailors set off in 7 boats; Ben and Sina in Ben's Albacore, Sara in her Solo, Renato testing out his new Sunsail on his Laser, Gary in his (Full)... read more →
Jan
13
Jan
04
The second to last race of the year. Sally was race officer supported by a very talented off shore racer and former iso champion so all competitors were warned, no bending of rules! 5 boats on the water, 3 lasors, 1 xenon and an enterprise. A triangle race 5 laps.... read more →
Dec
30
'Twas the last Sunday before Christmas when 6 hardy sailors and 2 even hardier Safety Boat / Race Officers / General entertainers took to the water to do festive battle in a team sailing contest, Westerly wind 5-6, gusting 15, made for near perfect mucking about sailing. Safety Boat Team... read more →
Nov
28
Wow - the word of the day ! Wow ! What a transformation of our lovely club’s tired old kitchen and dreary race-box office into stunning state of the art facilities. Gone are the dreary hand-me-downs replaced with modern bright welcoming fittings. Allan and his helpers have done a fantastic... read more →
Nov
05
When I arrived at the club at some ungodly hour for the Ikea delivery the rain was bucketing down and the wind was whistling around the club house. I was seriously wondering who would turn up on a day like this..... At 9.15, hey presto, Leo arrived, looking keen to... read more →
Oct
14
I just watched Molly's game last week, not by far the best movie I have seen, but it inspired the report... A northerly light wind caressed the Thames on this gorgeous day, the players sat on their boats ready to gamble on the rectangular table set by the dealer using... read more →
Oct
14
Sunday 14th October Ruby Bell 2018 RO and SB1 Jane SH and Elaine, SB2 Mike de S and Ian P The Ruby Bell was first raced in 1992 to celebrate our club’s 40th anniversary. It's a downriver race with a twist because sailors choose their own start times! Today, the day after... read more →
Oct
06
30 September 2018: The Campbell Downriver (aka The Campbell Upriver) Sunday was a perfect day for sailing, with the sun out at the start and a good wind of 6-10 mph. We had six boats, with Henry, Alexei and Allan all sailing fully rigged Lasers, Sara in her Solo, Ollie... read more →
Oct
06
Race Report for the Bernard Driver Trophy 2018 It was an overcast, blustery day as we gathered at South Bank Sailing Club for the illustrious Bernard Driver Trophy Race. Surprisingly, there was not a large field of competitors for this event, not withstanding the prize on offer. Ben and Elaine,... read more →
Oct
06
Report on the Strand Challenge In fact only six people turned up, Sara and Jane who took a GP and Elaine and Leo who took a Xenon, Stephanie had driven up to SotG with James. Allan helmed the SB with John as no.2. We towed Enfin for Allan and Steph... read more →