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CORONA VIRUS UPDATE MONDAY 23RD MARCH 2020

URGENT CORONA VIRUS UPDATE COMPLETE CLOSURE OF SPINNAKER CLUB FOR THREE WEEKS In view of the Government's announcement on the evening of Monday 23rd March it is necessary to completely close Spinnaker Club with immediate effect for at least the next 3 weeks. Please do not visit the Club. We will do our best to keep you updated, but at present we

Published 22:54 on 23 Mar 2020
Solo Open 2020

The day dawned with an exceptional weather forecast: force 5 gusting 7, dying to force 1 later in the day. Race officer Peter May proposed a course with a full gamut of points of sailing was set, with the gybe mark mercifully in a more sheltered corner as far from the spectators on shore as possible. Several people decided to sit out the first race, looking to see how the remainder got on and hoping

Published 17:55 on 16 Mar 2020
Coronavirus and Spinnaker Sailing Club

Obviously this is a fast changing subject but currently it is business as usual at Spinnaker Club. There is a link to the Government's Corona Virus web page on the links section of our website. Advice and information is changing all the time, but at the moment we are running all events including this weekend's Solo training day on Saturday 14th and our Solo Open on Sunday 15th as normal. This may change as

Published 00:00 on 16 Mar 2020
Laser Training Day 4 Apr 11:00 to 17:00

Open to all club members whatever skill and experience level. Not only will this help you get more from your laser but will be an opportunity in an informal day to get to meet the other laser sailors. From the day, we hope to pair off experienced and more novice sailors for the year ahead for the Death Star Super Laser trophy. Please confirm attendance by letting Keith know or by signing up through the

Published 16:27 on 3 Mar 2020
Frostbite series underway in glorious sun

On a 12 degree day, in a pleasant F3/4 the early year sailors were out. At times the racetrack was bathed in sun. Hywel Morris set a windward/ leeward course with a few wide marks to get the boats planing on reaches. And plane they did. It was great to see the beautiful site of a Mirror in between the white sails of the solos and the lasers. Next race of this 8 race series

Published 18:22 on 2 Feb 2020
160 races at Wessex Winter Warmer

The weekend brought the Wessex Winter Warmer 2020 to Spinnaker. 18 of the best alumni and university team racing teams from around the country travelled down to race in one of the most competitive events on the team racing calendar. Saturday morning provided a light fluctuating south westerly and luckily no rain! Teams arrived bright and early ready for a full day of racing and after a quick briefing, racing was underway before 10

Published 17:23 on 29 Jan 2020
Spinnaker Youth Training (SYT)

It may be mid winter now but don't forget that SYT starts again on Sunday May 3rd. This training is open to any member of the club under the age of 17 and is intended for all junior sailors from complete novices to keen racers. SYT is mainly focused on Optimists , Toppers and Laser 4.7s. There are some club boats available to hire. We intend to do some two handed

Published 11:08 on 13 Jan 2020
2020 NEW YEAR'S DAY RACE

Despite a rather grey day and not a lot of wind 10 boats entered the race. This included 2 visitors. In view of the light winds the Race Officer set a simple triangular course. During the race there were frequent changes in the leadership, but eventually the race was won by our new Rear Commodore Sailing Tom Clay in his Firefly with Amanda Jukes in her new Lightning second and Paul Harris in his

Published 19:44 on 2 Jan 2020
Spinnaker Firefly Open 3rd November 2019

Spinnaker Firefly Open Sun 3 November 2019 The second day of the Spinnaker Firefly Weekend for the Firefly Open Meeting dawned as a total contrast to the first. Whilst the Twisted Tube Random pairs had been cancelled due to winds of Force 6 gusting 9, sailors arrived on Sunday to no wind but welcome sun. Fortunately by 11.00 am the breeze had come in and Peter May, PRO, set the fleet

Published 16:44 on 20 Dec 2019
WPNSA, Optimist Nationals 2019

I just competed in my first ever regatta the Optimist Nationals at WPNSA. It was a real adventure. On Saturday 27 July 2019, we dropped off my Optimist at WPNSA. It was amazing to see the facilities and to see the beautiful vessels all around the bay, including The Black Pearl which was moored in the harbour. Unfortunately, we just missed the opening ceremony, but we quickly found the group from Spinnaker, unloaded

Published 10:44 on 12 Aug 2019