The new website, launched in Winter 2007, contains current information about events and activities at the club. Please click on the links on the right hand side to find out more about the club's activities, its facilities, or about club fleets, club racing and open-meetings, or subscribe to the site's RSS feed to have updates delivered to your PC automatically. Grafham Water provides the ideal venue for sailors of all ages and abilities. There are over 1,500 acres of water, with several slip-ways making access very easy. The Clubhouse itself is well-equipped to make your visit pleasant and memorable!
Whether you are an existing club member, a prospective club member, or a visitor - we hope you will enjoy sailing with us at Grafham Water - the Finest Inland Sailing in the UK.
Please do register or logon to this site - GWSC volunteers will have access to the Rescue and Fleet rotas, and subscribers will have access to online event entry.
Please NOTE: When you do register you will first be taken to a page to amend your details - click on the link at the top of the page to get access to the GWSC site.
Latest news from Grafham Water Sailing Club below ………………
Only a few days left until "May Madness" and the chance to have some fun, meet other members of the club, and raise money for our charities. As I write this (May 7th) the forecast for May madness (10th May) is better that we could hope for - warm, 8-10mph westerlies, no rain!
So please do come along, please do sail (and let Heather in the Office know you are going to take part) and enjoy the various activities we have on and off the water.
Tom Smith
Vice-Commodore
The "Start Racing" training day on Saturday 26th April was judged a great success by those that took part and by the organisers. So much so, that we are going to run two more as soon as possible. Look out for announcements.
We had perfect weather with a good breeze between 10 and 14 mph and bright sunshine and warm temperatures all day. Twenty eight boats took part and there was a big range of everything from Toppers to Dart 18 catamarans.
After a morning spent sailing round a practice course, the afternoon brought four short practice races with proper Grafham start sequences in handicap racing. We were able to run three starts with multihulls off first, followed by two-handed monohulls and last single handers, including six lasers.
Many thanks to all those who took part and who helped. We look forward to seeing you again, along with more members at the next event. Thanks also to Rory Shone who took dozens of photos. Click here to see some of them. I will add more as soon as I can.
Just a reminder to get your Boat Jumble bits and pieces to the office as soon as possible. More info click here.
We are supporting three charities in the Sponsored 6hr Race this year, for more info click here and for a sponsorship form click here.
We are hoping to make this our biggest fundraiser ever so please let us know if you would like to join in by registering with the office.
Are you aged between 11 and 16? Would you like to try sailing a catamaran?
The British Hobie Cat Class Association are coming to Grafham on 5th and 6th July 2008.
More information please click on this link
Take up for the "Start Racing" training day on Saturday 26th April 2008 has been good with 18 boats booked but there are still 12 places available so why not contact us straight away and get signed up!
There is a good range of boats booked including Toppers, Lasers, Sprint 15 and Dart 18 catamarans and others. Keep your fingers crossed for some decent weather!
The Wednesday evening race series started on 9th April, in sunshine and a 6 knot westerly, dropping away to almost calm for a while before returning at 7-8 knots. There were 49 boats racing More…
So Spring is here (you wouldn't have thought it last weekend for the Moths, Canoes and Vortexes - or should that be Vortices), the Black flag is down, the Wednesday races are upon us - yipee….
Coming up soon are:-
Beginners Race Training - April 26th (Open to all - book with the Office)
Topper Inlands - May 3rd - always colourful (and let's hope there's some wind this year)
May Madness - May 10th - you should have a letter and sponsorship form by now + Boat Jumble - the more the merrier - let's see if we can't raise a load of money for our charities.
Optimist Inlands - May 17th - another of our largest events, but we are one of the few clubs who can host it.
There's nothing better than seeing GWSC at its best hosting these large events, and to see the water full - OK it means there are extra bodies around the club and the changing rooms may be busier than normal - but give yourself a bit more time to get changed or to grab a meal and watch the likely UK talent for the future on our bit of water.
If I can get time off from the day job (which seems to be an all-day job at the moment) I might even see you on the Start Line!
Tom Smith
Vice Commodore
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A very wintery Saturday, with winds gusting to Force 6 and some sleet - meant that many competitors didn't do all the races - but none-the-less some exciting and spectacular racing was had by these 3 fleets. Race Officer Steve Carson agreed with the fleets that they would try and get 4 races in on Saturday - as Sunday's forecast was even worse (Snow). As it turned our racing was abandoned for the first day after 3 races - much to the relief of most of those competing!
Results
Photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davas/sets/72157604395081098/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davas/sets/72157604399904621/
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