Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 17/12/2024

Published 09:00 on 17 Dec 2024

AGM Minutes

The minutes of the AGM are now available to view here.

Last Social Sailing of 2024!

Our final Social Sailing session of 2024 is this Thursday (19th December). Come and join us for a relaxed sail around the lake or join in with the informal racing being run by Abi!

New Years Day Race 2025

As is traditional our first race of 2025 will be the New Years Day Handicap Race starting at 1200 on 1st January! Following this single race there will be mulled wine and mince pies ashore! Thank you to those who have volunteered to run the racing. A few changes are being made to racing in 2025, starting with this race, there are more details below!

Closure of the Office

The sailing club office will be closed from 5pm on Friday 20th December until 9am on Monday 6th January. During this time the "landline" telephone will not be answered (and messages not checked), and the admin@spinnakerclub.co.uk will not be monitored. The training@spinnakerclub.co.uk email address will be monitored throughout the closure of the office, and anything urgent will be responded to, routine emails (including membership renewal queries) will be responded to in January. In the event of any safety or security concerns please phone 07880517110.

Changes to Club Racing for 2025

A number of changes are happening in 2025 which will affect our club racing. One of these is that the new edition of the Racing Rules of Sailing comes into force on 1st January 2025. In addition to this the Club's Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions have been re-written for 2025. Full details of the changes which are being made, why they're being made, and how to find out more is available here.

Help Please!

1st Sandleheath Sea Scouts are a very active Sea Scout Group based in Sandleheath (Fordingbridge) and who sail, kayak and row on our lake. They do fantastic work helping young people experience watersports but are currently short of adult volunteers with the confidence to take young people afloat. If you are a competent dinghy sailor (no need to be a racer) and might be able to help please get in touch with them by emailing tim.ash444@gmail.com

Finally

From the Main & Sailing Committees and our Staff Team we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Last updated 15:50 on 12 January 2025