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Calendar

Thanks to Tom for compiling this.

James Shuttleworth the RYA regional coach has passed on details of a course being run at Weymouth Sea Cadet centre. See attached file for details

18th Feb – Boat setup (Dynamic and Static sail controls
25th Feb – Dinghy Cornering – Tacking and Gybing
4th Mar – Spinnaker Skills
11th Mar – Racing Rules: What do Club racers really need to know?
18th Mar - The Sailboat Race, Discussed from start to finish

Each session costs £1 and the bar is open afterwards.

The events page has been updated with some of the already confirmed events at SBSC for this year. There are more to come and this will be updated as they become available

A few photos of the weekend showing Chris Jones & Tony Cumberbatch have been added to the gallery

RNLI Open 2009

The day dawned with howling winds, rain and cold conditions and there didn't appear to be much prospect of sailing, let alone competing. However this being Sutton Bingham meant that the prevailing conditioning around the country could not be taken as gospel for the conditions at the lake. The first race was a warm up for the main event, the pursuit in the afternoon and 6 boats managed to summon the enthusiam to race once the sun had come out. In parts it was only a force 3 and Simon Hawkes (Phantom) from Chew Valley romped away in the manageable conditions to secure the win that suggested he would retain the main trophy in the afternoon race. Ian Jay (Phantom) took second despite a capsize. In fact Phantoms filled the top places.

The winner of the pursuit race - Ian Jay

The wind had increased dramatically for the pursuit and with the competitors agreement the race was shortened to a half pursuit, though the 50 minutes for the Phantoms looked like hard work. The Laser 4.7 of Rob Dyer set off in goos style and retained his lead for half of the race. Jenn Botterill's Laser Radial had problems with the outhaul meaing that she would catch Rob until 5 minutes to go. Hawkes and Jay battled it out behind, but with Hawkes outhaul breaking meant that Jay could escape. Luckily Hawkes was very close to the landing area by the club and popped in for repairs before chasing down the Lasers. The wind dropped off to a nice 2-3 with the odd hairy moment but of course this just paid into the hands of the Phantoms. Jay still maintained the gap over Hawkes who had just nudged in front of the two Lasers prior to the end. It was the battle between Dyer and Botterill that caught the imagination of the spectators.