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Weekly Club News - 14th May 2024
Solo & Byte Open Saturday saw our annual combined Solo & Byte Open Meeting. 14 Solos and 3 Bytes took part, including 6 visitors who joined a number of our regular faces. 4 races per class were run in glorious sunshine, with not even a fickle easterly wind stopping the enjoyment of the racers. It was a double home victory for Spinnaker Sailing Club as Ian Matthews took the overall win in
Published 09:39 on 16 May 2024
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Weekly Club News - 7th May 2024
Fish & Chips Tomorrow Night! This Wednesday (8th May) we have two dinghy races, followed by fish and chips! The Wednesday A Handicap Race 5 will start at 17.45 (with a separate Junior Fleet start). The Holman Bowl Race 5 will start at 18.53. Following racing we will be having fish and chips at around 20.30, and of course the bar will be open! Fish and chips must be pre-ordered
Published 08:43 on 7 May 2024
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Weekly Club News - 30th April 2024
Discover Sailing at Spinnaker Sailing Club On Monday 6th May we will be holding an Open Day to show the local community what goes on at Spinnaker Sailing Club, give people to try sailing free of charge and find out more about us! You can see more information, and sign up for the taster slots here! Please do spread the word about this day as we'd love
Published 07:07 on 30 Apr 2024
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Weekly Club News - 23rd April 2024
Discover Sailing at Spinnaker Sailing Club On Monday 6th May we will be holding an Open Day to show the local community what goes on at Spinnaker Sailing Club, give people to try sailing free of charge and find out more about us! You can see more information, and sign up for the taster slots here! Please do spread the word about this day as we'd love
Published 20:50 on 23 Apr 2024
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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