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Weekly Club News - 16th April 2024
Club Improvements Update Members will be aware of our ongoing list of improvements in our facilities this year, including the new Bar which is nearing completion (with just some decorating to finish off), the car park work and the fantastic results of our March work party. On Monday the 22nd April, our contractor will start working on the north west shoreline, creating 3 permanent picnic areas within the grass bank.
Published 07:49 on 16 Apr 2024
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Annual ILCA Laser Open
On Saturday 13th April, competitors to Spinnaker's annual ILCA Laser Open were greeted with that all-to-rare Spring sunshine, warm air and the Spinnaker favourite of a South/ South Westerly force 3; 20 ILCA Lasers including 7 visitors attended the briefing at 1030. The full lake was used with two beats, a long run and a couple of short linking reaches. The 1 st race started at 11.00 and saw all boats cleanly
Published 09:52 on 14 Apr 2024
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Weekly Club News - 9th April 2024
ILCA Open This Saturday Saturday 13th April sees our annual ILCA/Laser Open. Entry is open until Friday lunch time and it's always a great day of racing! It's just £15 to enter, including refreshments after racing! You can see the Notice of Race and enter here. Spinnaker Youth Training Returns This Week! We are very excited that this Sunday Spinnaker Youth Training will restart
Published 08:19 on 10 Apr 2024
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Weekly Club News 2nd April 2024
Wednesday Evening Welcome to New Members and Pre-Season Information Evening This Wednesday is our Pre-Season Information and Welcome to New Members Evening! This is a great opportunity for all our members to come together just as the main sailing season starts. The bar will be open from 6.15pm, fish and chips will be delivered at 6.30pm and then our Sailing Committee will be letting you know how to get involved
Published 19:19 on 1 Apr 2024
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Weekly Club News - 26th March 2024
Welcome to New Members and Pre-Season Social On Wednesday 3rd April we have our annual Welcome to New Members and Pre-Season Social, a chance for all members to meet each other, find out what is planned for 2024, and get some top tips to help make the most of their membership. We will also have several workshops running around racing to allow our members to learn more. You
Published 18:47 on 26 Mar 2024
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Weekly Club News - 19th March 2024
Welcome to New Members and Pre-Season Social On Wednesday 3rd April we have our annual Welcome to New Members and Pre-Season Social, a chance for all members to meet each other, find out what is planned for 2024, and get some top tips to help make the most of their membership. We will also have several workshops running around racing to allow our members to learn more. You
Published 06:50 on 19 Mar 2024
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Weekly Club News - 12th March 2024
Two Weekends of Epic Team Racing Coming Up! Over the next two weeks we have some awesome team racing events being hosted and delivered by Spinnaker Sailing Club! On 16th/17th March we have the RYA/BUSA Women's Team Racing Championships (with this also being the newly named Spinnaker Sloths' first event), followed by the RYA National Team Racing Championships on 23rd/24th March. These events are being delivered by a team of club
Published 07:57 on 12 Mar 2024
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Weekly Club News - 5th March 2024
Thank You! First of all a massive thank you to everyone who came and supported our Spring Work Party on Saturday! Our team of 35 volunteers have made a huge difference to the club grounds through their hard work in beautiful weather conditions. Jobs completed include loading a skip, weeding the patio, lowering the hedge and clearing the leaves behind the clubhouse amongst others! We will be holding two more work
Published 12:41 on 5 Mar 2024
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Weekly Club News - 27th February 2024
Work Party - 2nd March This Saturday is our Spring Work Party! We have a range of jobs we would like to do from lowering/thinning the hedge at the south end of our boat park to pressure washing the decking by the race hut and weeding around the patio. We will be meeting at 10am and carrying on until around 3.30pm. Whether you can come for the whole day or just a
Published 13:26 on 27 Feb 2024
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Weekly Club News - 20th February 2024
March Work Party We are holding our annual Spring Work Party on Saturday 2nd March. This is a day when we ask all members to give a few hours of their time to help us tidy up the club site after the winter and get it ready for the summer sailing season! We have a range of tasks we wish to complete ranging from weeding to hedge cutting to pressure
Published 09:51 on 21 Feb 2024
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Weekly Club News - 13th February 2024
More Site Improvements - Dragons Teeth/Car Park Railings On the 21 st and 22 nd of Feb, we will have a contractor on site replacing the Dragons teeth throughout the northern carpark and boat park. This piece of work will enhance the appearance of our club and provide clear separation from vehicular traffic and the boat parks. The work will involve the contractor using a digger with a specialist
Published 20:40 on 12 Feb 2024
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Weekly Club News - 30th January 2024
Boat Park Stickers Our 2024 Boat Berth Stickers have arrived in a great shade of blue! With our early renewal discounts ending tomorrow (Wednesday 31st January) we will next week be applying stickers to all craft who have renewed their berth. Stickers will be applied either on the transom for boats stored with masts down (such as ILCAs, Optimists and Toppers) or on the front of the mast just above the gooseneck
Published 12:11 on 30 Jan 2024
