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This talk will be pitched to appeal both to those that are relatively new to racing, through to experienced Race Officers who will be able to benefit from a debate on the best courses to set for different wind directions and strengths and the finer details that sometimes catch us all out, as well as the basics of the start sequence and what the flags signal. The session will also cover the use of SailWave which is being encouraged at the club this season. The aim is to give everyone greater confidence in race management.

To attend reserve your place at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-officer-essentials-tickets-33000500385?aff=es2

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Armchair Sailing

A great attendance at the Sailboat Racing Rules Clinic last night. It seems as though members are really getting into the swing of making Thursday their sailing club night. Thank you to everyone that supported the event.

Watch out for Eventbrite invites for the next two events; “How to get around the Racecourse faster at Sutton Bingham” and “Race Officer Essentials” which will be hitting your inboxes very soon. Please pre-register so I know how many will be attending.

Here’s the link to the online rules quiz I used, which is a great tool to brush up on your sailing rules knowledge: http://game.finckh.net/indexe.htm

Chris

The season kicked off for Sutton Bingham Sailing Club with first leg of their annual three way challenge with neighbouring sailing clubs, Lyme Regis and Castle Cove. The event attracted the best entry for many years with 28 boats including representation from 19 different dinghy classes. Both visiting clubs fielded teams of six with the total points from the best five carrying forward to the team scores.

The lake was as glassy as a millpond as sailors arrived to rig up, but after a short postponement racing got underway in a light, shifty 6-8 mph breeze, which gradually increased and veered northerly throughout the day. The victors in each race were those that extracted themselves successfully into clear wind from a busy start line and used the wind shifts and patches of strongest wind pressure to their advantage.

Young local sailor, Andrew Frost, who has recently been awarded a bursary by The Rotary Club to support his sailing and  competition this summer at the inaugural RS Aero World Championships, won the first two races to secure overall victory and win the Icicle Trophy. Runners-up were Sam and Megan Pascoe form Castle Cove sailing a Merlin Rocket and third Jerry Rook and Fraser Earle in an Albacore.

Sutton Bingham had strength in depth and so took a convincing win in the Triangle Challenge between the three clubs: Sutton Bingham 92 points, Castle Cove 137 points and Lyme Regis 235 points. The next leg of the Triangle Challenge takes place at Castle Cove Sailing Club, Portland Harbour in June.

In the head to head between Sutton Bingham and Lyme Regis for the Banbury Chaser Cup Sutton Bingham won 63 points to Lyme’s 143.

Full event results are available at http://www.suttonbinghamsc.net/w/race-results-2017/

We have received an open invitation from Bristol Corinthians YC for an Evening Talk & Social at BCYC, Cheddar Reservoir to look at the new 2017-2020 rules. Anyone interested should contact Sally Campbell at communications@bcyc.org.uk. The event is 7-8.30pm on Wednesday 22 March. More details on the BCYC website.

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that my 3rd Winter Race Training session is this Saturday, 11am-4pm.

The focus will be on boat-handling in breezy conditions, mark rounding and starting skills.

I still have a few spaces remaining, so if you’d like to join us email me at chrisjonessailingcoach@gmail.co

Chris

Thursday evening summer sailing starts early this year with a series of talks running throughout March.

The Sailing Committee hope they we have chosen topics that will be of interest to everyone that races at the club. The talks will be held in the clubhouse with each talk starting at 6.30pm and running through to about 8pm, whereupon those interested can decamp to a local hostelry for a drink or late supper.

Adult Course dates and booking information are now on the ‘Learn to Sail’ section.

Youth Course Dates for 2017 starting with the Easter holidays and then a full programme right through the summer holidays are now on the Learn to Sail section.