News
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Weekly Club News - 22nd October 2024
Winter is Coming! Last week we spoke about the upcoming colder months, and in particular reminded members of the wetsuit/drysuit rule which kicks in from 1st November. Can we please also remind members of the importance of ensuring boats are tied down to the chains beneath them to protect themselves and the boats around them. Remember most boat insurance policies will not pay out if a boat has not been securely
Published 07:43 on 22 Oct 2024
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Weekly Club News - 15th October 2024
Winter Is Coming! We know it's not what most of us want to hear, but colder and wetter weather is on the way, along with the darker mornings and evenings which have already arrived. As with every year this means a few things change for what is on offer at the club, and what we must all do to continue using the lake safely. Winter Staffing: Due to our full
Published 07:48 on 15 Oct 2024
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Weekly Club News - 8th October 2024
Our New First Aid Courses We are very excited that we are now able to start running RYA First Aid courses! Our first course is on Tuesday 5th November. The course covers everything you would do on a normal first aid course, but with a boating twist, as well as looking at very relevant subjects such as drowning, cold shock, and how to get radio medical advice if you are offshore.
Published 09:10 on 8 Oct 2024
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Weekly Club News - 1st October 2024
Thank You! A big thank you to our volunteers who helped with the work party on Saturday. We achieved a huge amount and the grounds are looking a lot smarter and tidier as we head into autumn! Junior Winter Coaching Now Open For Booking The ITCA (Topper) and IOCA (Optimist) Winter Coaching Programmes are now open for bookings. Each of these programmes has 6 days
Published 08:17 on 1 Oct 2024
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Weekly Club News - 24th September 2024
Fish & Chips Tomorrow Tomorrow (Wednesday 25th September) sees the final race of our Twilight Series! This race will start at 5.45pm, and we expect it to finish around 6.30pm. After racing the bar will be open and we will be having fish & chips delivered to the club for approximately 7pm! After eating we will have a short prizegiving to wrap up our Wednesday evening racing for 2024!
Published 10:54 on 24 Sep 2024
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Weekly Club News - 17th September 2024
Work Party - Saturday 28th September On Saturd ay 28th September we are having our Autumn Work Party. Between 10am and 3pm we will be asking members to help keep our club looking great by spending a few hours as a team to tidy up the grounds, cut back undergrowth and do a variety of other jobs. Without members contributing time on days such as these the club would not be
Published 09:00 on 17 Sep 2024
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Weekly Club News - 10th September 2024
Autumn Work Party - 28th September On Saturd ay 28th September we are having our Autumn Work Party. Between 10am and 3pm we will be asking members to help keep our club looking great by spending a few hours as a team to tidy up the grounds, cut back undergrowth and do a variety of other jobs. Without members contributing time on days such as these the club would not be
Published 09:00 on 10 Sep 2024
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Weekly Club News - 3rd September 2024
Welcome to Sam! Today is an exciting day as we welcome our new Apprentice Instructor Sam! Sam joins the team as an apprentice in conjunction with Channel Training and will be working towards a variety of qualifications during his time with us. Sam started sailing when he was 8 after a friend from school took him on a course, ever since then he has had a great passion for water sports, Sam
Published 19:49 on 2 Sep 2024
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Oppy Open 2024 - 39 optimists
Saturday 31 August saw the return of Spinnaker's annual Optimist Class Open. 21 boats entered the Regatta Fleet and 18 in the Main fleet. Warmish conditions greeted the fleet who had travelled from many of the South Coast clubs, particularly Lymington, HISC and Parkstone, inland waters including Chipstead and Draycote. Spinnaker values its visitors and thanks to all who made the commitment. Even at 8 am a steady Northerly was blowing up
Published 08:30 on 1 Sep 2024
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Weekly Club News - 27th August 2024
Last Week of the School Holidays Sadly this is the last week of the school holidays, and we have had a great summer with members taking part in RYA training courses, Parkstone Youth Week, Optimist and Topper Nationals and many other exciting things! We have another 16 young people on training courses this week before schools start back next week. After a quiet first week of September our team are then
Published 09:00 on 27 Aug 2024
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Weekly Club News - 20th August 2024
Welcome Back to Abi We were very please to welcome Abi Blondell back to our staff team yesterday as our new Lead Instructor! Some of you may remember Abi worked with us in 2020 (the year of Covid and lockdowns). Since her last time with Spinnaker Sailing Club Abi has worked in Malta as Vikings Sailing Club, and more recently at Southampton Water Activities Centre. We are very happy to have
Published 09:00 on 20 Aug 2024
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Weekly Club News - 13th August 2024
It's a Busy Week! This week is possibly our busiest of the summer holidays! We have 19 members taking part in RYA Training courses, taster sessions in windsurfing, sailing and kayaking running for local youth organisations, New Forest Sailability will be out sailing on Tuesday and Friday, and of course there is racing on Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon! With this great weather, why not come down and join in! We
Published 11:34 on 13 Aug 2024
