Author Archives: Hilary Talbot

It’s that time of year again where cars get stuck on the grass.  Please don’t risk it.   As the Coxswain and Tractor are vital for Club activities, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to recover you if you get stuck – most of the grounds are now too wet even for the […]

Team Grafham Triumph at Cambs Youth League! The final event in the Cambs Youth Sailing League took place at Hunts SC on Saturday 14th October. Another fantastic turnout by Team Grafham saw Adele Burbidge sailing her Laser Radial and Thomas Macfarlane, Lewis Tinkler, Lucas Rooke and Mushui Zuo in Toppers. Team Grafham came into the […]

The club has large grounds to support the range of activities we offer and these require continuous improvement and maintenance for the benefit of members and visitors. We are very fortunate to have a group of 10 regular volunteers who turn up every Tuesday to help with these activities and allow us to undertake some bigger […]

Regular Saturday Activities All our regular Saturday activities are now underway. See below for more details: Taster Sessions Would you like to find out if sailing is for you? Or perhaps you sailed a very long time ago and want to see if you’d like to get back into it? Then our Taster Sessions are […]

Andrew Lawman, aged 35, died in a tragic farming accident on Wednesday 3rd May 2023. He had been associated with Grafham Water Sailing Club since he was a pupil at Kimbolton School. His contribution to the club was huge and centred around the Safety Fleet. He worked as a part-time Coxswain for a number of […]

Good Turnout for the Peter Waghorn Regatta Report by John Aston On Coronation Bank Holiday Monday, Grafham Water SC ran a special regatta to commemorate Peter Waghorn and his huge contribution to the Club. Peter Waghorn passed away on Sunday 15th January 2023 after a brief illness, just short of his 90th birthday. He retired in his […]

To commemorate Peter and his huge contribution to the Club, we will be running a one day regatta on Monday 8 May (the Coronation bank holiday).  Please put the date in your diaries: more details, including how to enter, can be found here. Peter sadly passed away on Sunday 15th January 2023 after a brief […]

The Wednesday Evening Series, sponsored by Gill Marine, finished on 31st August and was rounded off by a Pursuit Race followed by the Prizegiving dinner on 7th September. The prizes for the series, generously donated by club sponsors Gill Marine, were presented by Rear Commodore Mark Rushton. The pursuit race was won by David and […]

Sue and Andy Rhodes (Flying Fifteen fleet captains) are on a 7 week venture sailing around Britain on a Sigma 38 raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, the background to which is at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/premier-sailing2. Final Report A different type of week again for leg 6. We started early from Milford Haven with a full crew of […]