It was a busy day on the river because of the rowing 8’s Head of River Race.     This meant we had to get our boats off the water by noon so RO set a triangular course with only 4 laps. The wind was ENE 12 mph gusting 19.... read more →

Storm Freya loomed and the Thames was battleship grey. We planned a brief “round the buoys” with thoughts of early retirements. Five boats began to rig, not foolhardy but certainly hardy, reduced rigs all round for the Lasers. Allan & Steph’s acknowledgement of the weather was to take the Wayfarer... read more →

Race report - Goodwin 7 - 17.2.19   Ten boats took to the river for this race, no doubt drawn by the mild temperature, sunshine and steady southerly wind. Ben & Elaine were in the Albacore, Allan & Steph in an Enterprise, Sara, Graham and Johny were in Solos, and... read more →

Despite incredibly strong winds all through Saturday, Sunday mercifully seemed calmer and the wind was doable for a downriver race.  With a lot of the usual suspects not able to come, I half thought we might not get enough people to sail but sure enough they eventually started to drift... read more →

After some gentle snow fell during the week it turned out Sunday was a beautiful sunny day with enough wind to sail a four lap sausage on the north bank. Six boats started at the usual 5,4,1,0 minute sequence. But suddenly a seventh boat appeared with Allan and Steph around... read more →

Campbell 4 – 27 January 2019, Erkka and Sina’s report It was a very windy Sunday, 19 gusting 29 knots from the Northwest and as a result the scheduled downriver race was cancelled and we held a race round the buoys on the rising tide instead. There wasn’t much scope... read more →

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 →

'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 →

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 →