Author Archives: Hilary Talbot
Stand Up Paddleboarding
The club has just taken delivery of six brand new Stand Up Paddleboards and these are available to members to hire. If you have not previously tried paddleboarding, we recommend you watch the introductory video by the manufacturer first. Please note the following important points: fasten the ankle strap to your ankle do not drag […]
Coaching Restarts
Photo: Sara Collard. On Saturday 11th July we restarted Saturday coaching. In the morning was the adult session, attended by 10 of the Saturday stalwarts. Here is Wendy’s report: Wow, it was fabulous to be out with our lovely coaches, Matt and Mandy again. We split into 2 groups of 5 to be socially distant. […]
Restarting Coaching for Club Members
We are very pleased to announce that we are planning to restart club coaching for adults and juniors with two experimental sessions, on Saturday 4th July and 11th July. Lessons learned on 4th July may lead to us amending the plans for the 11th. If the format is successful then we intend to extend the […]
Refurb-Blog
After (above) and before: Male visitors and club members are probably unaware of what the ladies’ changing room in the clubhouse is like. Firstly it is much smaller, as the whole clubhouse width area at the back of the gents does not exist in the ladies, who have only the area excluding this section. Secondly […]
Tower Dash Special
Wednesday 3rd June competition – if you accept the challenge. Use the round the Tower Dash rules for 2020 published today, the starting gate will be open all day but will close at 18h00. Please note the water closes at 18h30 and the Club site will shut at 19h00. You should apply social distancing rules […]
eSailing
Missing your racing fix? Then eSailing is the answer. Several Grafham fleets are now running eSailing races using Virtual Regatta. Click here to access the eSailing Guide. eSailing Schedule and Contacts eSailing is now in abeyance as real sailing has restarted. Look out for more eSailing in the autumn. Newly appointed eSailing fleet captain is […]
Safety and Support Day 2020
35 people and 6 instructors participated on Saturday 14th March in the day which was aimed at Safety and Race Management teams and run by Andrew Lawman and Nigel Denchfield. It was quite a calm day weather-wise, in fact the green flag was up for a change! We covered some Pico and Laser 2000 rescues, […]
Storm Ciara
Storm Ciara hit Grafham in the early hours of Sunday 9th February. Winds gusting to 55kt means that the water is closed. George’s hut was blown off its base and is currently anchored down by the Landrover. The safety team have re-tied one boat that had completely blown over in […]
BUSA Qualifiers
On 1st-2nd February 2020 Grafham welcomed 15 teams of students from 7 universities across the area for the Midlands area Qualifiers for the British Universities Sailing Association (BUSA) team racing championships. This was hosted by Cambridge University, who are members of GWSC and was sailed in Fireflies. The event consists of 90 six-minute races between […]
David McNamee
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of David McNamee, after a short illness. David was a member of the Club since 2005. He was not a sailor himself but came to the sport through his son Jon, a keen Laser sailor and also a Club member for a number […]