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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →