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Winter Series News

The Gill Winter series starts on the 1st of December and we have some changes to announce. First, all of the new high visibility buoys have now been laid.  These include a re-positioned old buoy and two new ones.  The old one is T, which used to be tucked round the back of the water […]

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Winter Membership: Come and join us for your winter sailing and windsurfing. We are offering winter membership for the four months from 30th November to 31st March 2025. Fee is £100 for single-hander/windsurfer and £120 for double-hander. There is a 50% discount for under 25s. This includes club racing on Sundays (three races), dinghy park […]

Coming Up at GWSC

Christmas Lunch and Pursuit Race Tickets are now on sale for our biggest and best social event of the year- the club Christmas lunch. This year it is being held on Sunday 15th December and as always it will follow the annual pursuit race. There are 100 tickets available. A choice of menu options are available including […]

Tony Wakefield: RIP

We were deeply saddened to learn of the death on 31st October of long-standing club member Tony Wakefield. Funeral details : St Botolph’s Church Stow Longa, Monday18th November 1.30pmAnd afterwards at Avalon, Kimbolton Road. Stow Longa The following tribute is from past Commodore, Jim Hibbert: I was saddened to hear of the death of Tony.Tony […]

Training School News

Team Grafham News Saturday 31st August saw an epic turnout of 21 young sailors for Team Grafham. The group were split into two, with 3 Oppies, 3 Teras and 2 Toppers joining Nige and Skye in the intermediate group while the rest, sailing Toppers, Picos, Lasers and the double-handed Magno joined Matt and Reece in […]

Youth Sailing News

Congratulations to club member Julian Bosch for being crowned Youth World champion at the A-class (foiling) Worlds recently held at Punta Ala.

Working Party News

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 […]

Andrew Lawman 1987 – 2023

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 […]

Peter Waghorn Regatta

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 […]

Bar/Office Staff Vacancy

We are looking for a person to run the club bar on Wednesday evenings and some Saturday afternoon/evenings – timings as follows: 6:30/7pm to 9:30/10pm every Wednesday from 10th April until 4th September. Some Saturdays from 4pm until close. We are also looking for someone to work in the office on Saturdays and/or Sundays as […]