6 Youth sailors qualify for PB2
Our top PBIs, Jim Thomas and Dave Law, volunteered to take 6 of our keen youth sailors through their PB2 qualifications on 23/24 Oct. Their ages ranged from 12 to 16, all are members of the Race Group or Saturday…
Month October 2023
Keen Youth Competitors!
A keelboat experience at WPNSA for our Youth racers!
It was Jerry’s idea, and Chris worked with Duncan West to make it happen! The Elliott keelboats, as used in the 2012 Olympics at Weymouth, were available for keen youth sailors from 4 local clubs to have a go at…
LRSC Ltd Thanks LRTC for Sponsorship
LRTC sponsored 3 race marks, on a vote of councillors, to LRSC Ltd to enable the OK Worlds to be run on the two courses needed as numbers of sailors increased to an 147 entry . A change from the…
Incredible Bursary opportunities
We hope this message finds you well. At the Boat Building Academy we are offering bursaries for our 40-week Boat Building Course, with the February 2024 course fast approaching we want to ensure that this opportunity reaches the right people.…
Sailing Racing at Lyme 1 October
> Commodore’s Cup Pursuit Race 1 October > > The Commodore’s Cup saw 12 dinghies enter with the unusual format of a pursuit race, sailed over 90 minutes, with handicap calculations beforehand to time starts for individual classes, slowest boats…
THEY NEVER GOT TO THE EXE!
The wildly-hyped but grossly under-subscribed Exe cruise eventually got severely pruned and only got as far as Beer, and several days late to boot. On arrival the swell, so deceptively gentle offshore, made getting ashore in tiny inflatables the inevitable surfing experience. Not…
Last Friday we had a gale
Photos by Dave Beer