Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 21/10/25

Published 08:57 on 21 Oct 2025

Wetsuit/Drysuit Rule

Cooler autumn/winter weather is well and truly here now! Please consider how to keep yourself safe and comfortable whilst out on the water. From 1st November until 31st March each year it is a club rule that anyone on the water (other than in a powerboat) must wear a wetsuit or drysuit in addition to their buoyancy aid. However, just because we don't require a wetsuit/drysuit for another few days it may be worth starting to wear one before that!

We would also take this opportunity to urge any duty volunteers to ensure they are appropriately clothed for duties. If you speak to our instructor team they will say they get coldest when sat in the safety boat (not when they're sailing).

ITCA Open Coaching

Calling all Topper sailors. This winter's ITCA Open Coaching can now be booked. There is a slightly different format this year with coaching running across five weekends at five different clubs! There are options for booking Saturday or Sunday sessions. The first weekend is 1st/2nd November at Warsash Sailing Club.

For more details please look at the ITCA calendar or speak to Sally or James.

Extra RYA Safetyboat Course

We have added another RYA Safetyboat Course to our training programme, this one is slightly different to normal in that it is running across two Saturdays!

You can see more details and sign up here.

Firefly Weekend

Our annual Firefly Weekend is not far away on 1st and 2nd November. Saturday see's the Twisted Tube, an incredibly fun Random Pairs Team Racing Day, whilst Sunday is our Firefly Open Meeting, always a great day of close quarters racing.

Club boats are available to hire on both days so come and join the fun!

2025 AGM

The Notice of Meeting has now been published for our 2025 Annual General Meeting. We would love to see as many of you as possible at the AGM, remember this is your club, and this is one of your main opportunities to have input to the club's management!

You can see the Notice of AGM here, and other relevant documents will also be hosted here in due course. (You will need to be logged in to the website.)

Last updated 08:57 on 21 October 2025