The website menus have been tweaked because some of the lower levels were not displaying on mobile devices. This means there is a new section for racing that gives access to the results rather than them being in the News section. Hope this makes sense.
Dorset Triangle
Its time to move the club to the coast – the Dorset Triangle 1st leg is on (at the time of writing) at Castle Cove SC on June 20th. The notice of race is incoming from CCSC with the full details and will be posted as soon as we have it. We would love to see as many of you as possible to join in at this friendly event representing the club on the lovely sunny climes of Portland harbour’s waters.
Club Championship Super Series — 2021
This Sunday is the first of the special Club championship super series, meaning the club champs are spread over several weekends. The format should give a better chance for all types of boats to do well, not just those whose PN suits the conditions of a single day. The notice of race & SIs can be found by clicking on the links below
Covid update
Dear Member,
I expect you are wondering whether the Club has amended any of its restrictions now that the long-awaited and very welcome Step 3 milestone has been passed.
The Club’s Covid-19 Working Group has obviously given the matter some considerable thought, since it is now possible for us to make limited use of the changing rooms, galley and clubhouse. However, we are all still being encouraged to be cautious in how we implement the easing of restrictions and there remain specific limits on numbers meeting indoors, with social distancing and other restrictions to be observed. We also know very well that the risk of transmission outside is very much lower than indoors.
It has been decided, therefore, that we will make no changes to existing operating procedures and arrangements until Step 4 on 21 June is achieved – assuming the rate of infections, hospitalisations and the other Government criteria allow this date to remain unchanged. The restrictions we have had since we re-opened on 29 March seem not to have deterred those who want to sail and it has been pleasing to see good attendances on our sailing days and to experience the camaraderie of our fellow members. In this regard, I would remind you that there is no limit on the numbers attending and no need to book. So, therefore, if you make a spur of the moment decision to spend a few hours at the Club – on or off the water – you can just get up and go. If it’s sailing day, then please be sure to sign in and out as you pass through the boat shed on arrival and departure.
We should know within a week or so whether the Indian variant is going to throw the Government’s roadmap off course. Meanwhile, let’s continue to be cautious in our behaviour and optimistic that we will be able to enjoy all the Club has to offer in a wonderful summer full of sunshine and good breezes.
I think the Government’s message now is: hands, face, space and fresh air.
Merv Clark
Commodore
Onboard – Youth group page
There is a new page on the website for the Onboard Youth Group. Go to https://www.suttonbinghamsc.net/w/onboard-youth-group/ to have a look at the dates and some requirements for attending the days. Looks like fun for the summer.
May 2021 Newsletter
The latest newsletter should have hit your email inbox by the time you read this. If not please check your spam folder to see if its crept in there. Make sure that newsletter@suttonbinghamsc.net is on your list of safe senders to get the newsletter delivered correctly. If you don’t have it you can access from the newsletter page.
Mini Mole
Sunday 2nd May is the date for the 2021 Mini Mole event. Named after one of the club founder’s Mirror dinghy, this is a pursuit race. Slow boats start earlier than the faster ones and whoever is in front at the end, wins. A different format to our usual racing but it makes a nice change.
Website Update
The front page of the website has a little facelift for Spring. Latest news items now appear on it as well as forthcoming events. Check it out at www.suttonbinghamsc.net
Race results working again
Hopefully all race results are available again but please let me know if you have any further issues at web@suttonbinghamsc.net. Apologies for the inconvience.
Website – no downloads available
There is an issue currently with the software that runs all the downloads on the website. This means race results, documents, everything like that, etc, will give you an error saying invalid file type. Please bear with us as we try to get a fix for this.