News
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 01/04/25
Spring is Here! It's definitely spring now, the air is getting warmer, racing is happening every Sunday afternoon again, and soon Wednesday evening racing will restart for the lighter evenings! This also means the wesuit/drysuit rule is being relaxed as of today, and if you so choose you may now go sailing in shorts and tshirt (with a buoyancy aid please). However, the water remains cold, and will not warm up for
Published 14:07 on 31 Mar 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 25/03/25
Welcome to New Members and Pre-Season Evening This is a great opportunity to meet our Committee Members, find out about the training and racing programmes, and hear how to make the most of your membership. The evening will start with fish and chips at 6.30pm (these must be pre-ordered via this webpage), before a welcome from our Commodore Phil at 7pm and the Sailing Committee share their plans for the year,
Published 12:48 on 27 Mar 2025
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See Sailing Your Way at Spinnaker Sailing Club
Brand new for 2025 - See Sailing Your Way! We are very excited to bring this new project to Spinnaker Sailing Club in partnership with New Forest Sailability, and supported by RYA Sailability and Blind Sailing UK! Over a 15 week period we are offering the opportunity for blind and visually impaired individuals to lean to sail, and then consolidate these skills in a supportive environment, with opportunities to continue sailing beyond this
Published 13:49 on 24 Mar 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 18/03/25
Well Done Topper Sailors Sunday saw our annual Topper Traveller, 32 sailors battled it out through 7 races of shifty, gusty wind. There were some fantastic efforts from all the sailors, and the results can now be seen on our website here and a full report from the sailors will be available soon. In particular well done to Spinnaker sailors Lewis and Emily for getting 2nd in the 5.3
Published 11:39 on 18 Mar 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 11/03/2025
Thank You! On behalf of our Main Committee, Sailing Committee and Staff Team thank you to everyone who came on Saturday to help with our work party. A great amount of work was done, in particular the picnic benches were stained, the south hedge lowered and grass strimmed! The club looks a lot better for your efforts, thank you! Schools Sailing As we head into the (slightly)
Published 10:24 on 11 Mar 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 25/02/25
Well Done Max, Sam and Jas! A big congratulations to Max, Sam and Jas who last week passed their RYA Dinghy Instructor course! Look out for all three on the water sharing their knowledge soon. Annual Powerboat Maintenance Next week our fleet of powerboats are having their annual service from BHG Marine. Whilst our fleet are usually very reliable and in great condition, they have
Published 10:06 on 25 Feb 2025
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Job Vacancy - Lead Instructor
We are very sad to announce that our Lead Instructor Abi is leaving us to take up a new role as the Chief Instructor for a children's sailing charity at one of their sites! She has been a valuable member of our team and we will sorely miss her enthusiasm, skills and knowledge while wishing her well for the future in her exciting new role which is a great step forwards for her as she
Published 12:01 on 18 Feb 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 18/02/2025
Good Luck Future Instructors This week our apprentice Sam, along with Jas and Max are training to be Dinghy Instructors with Rockley Watersports. Good luck team! Learn to Sail This Spring We have two opportunities to learn to sail this Spring! On 10th/11th March we are running an RYA Level 1 Sailing Course , perfect for those new to sailing. Alternatively we have a six week
Published 09:00 on 18 Feb 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 11/02/25
Updated Entrance Codes All members were emailed up dated codes for the gate and front door yesterday. if you did not receive these please check your junk mail folder, and if they are not there contact admin@spinnakerclub.co.uk. BUSA Team Racing Championships 2025 We are very excited to be hosting the British Universities Sailing Association Team Racing Championships on 8th, 9th and 10th April! This is a great
Published 21:35 on 10 Feb 2025
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BUSA Team Racing Finals 2025
We are very excited to be hosting the British Universities Sailing Association Team Racing Championship Finals in 2025! This event will run across 3 days (8th, 9th and 10th April) and see 28 teams of 6 sailors from universities across the UK battle it out for the Championship Title! This is the largest event we have run at Spinnaker Sailing Club since 2019, and is being organised by our club in conjunction with BUSA
Published 21:11 on 10 Feb 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 04/02/2025
RYA Dinghy Show The RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show is back at Farnborough this year on 22nd and 23rd February! A number of club members are attending on the Sunday and it has been suggested we meet for coffee at 11am at the Rockley Clubhouse (a central cafe with seating)! See more details and book your tickets here! Clubhouse Decorating/Maintenance The next stage of
Published 09:14 on 4 Feb 2025
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Spinnaker Sailing Club Weekly News - 28/01/25
Membership Renewals, Rules Evening Tomorrow, Team Racing Events, Learn to Sail and more at Spinnaker Sailing Club
Published 08:43 on 28 Jan 2025