Author Archives: Hilary Talbot
39th Grafham Grand Prix
The 39th Grand Prix, sponsored by Sailing Chandlery, took place on Sunday 29 December. 197 boats entered, including an impressive 65 from Grafham. Racing was over three separate tracks, a fast and asymmetric fleet with 42 entries, including 10 catamarans; a medium fleet with 74 entries, and a slow fleet with 81 entries, including 5 […]
Ladies Changing Room
We are very grateful to Jonathan Knight, Flying Fifteen sailor, who has very kindly made and donated some new benches for the ladies changing room. The alcove by the showers has now become a useful changing space. Thank you very much Jonathan!
New A14 Opens 9th December
Graphic © Highways England The new Huntingdon Southern Bypass, which is part of the A14 improvement scheme, opened on 9th December. The new 12 mile long bypass runs between Ellington and Swavesey and is part of a £1.5 billion project to upgrade 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. What does it mean for members […]
Great Open Meeting Feedback
Photo © Tim Olin www.olinphoto.co.uk We have had lots of great feedback from the recent open meetings hosted by the club: From the Ovingtons Quick note to say thank you very much for the weekend. In the 10 or so years I’ve been involved with these events this has been the most enjoyable. The mix of classes […]
Autumn Series Prizegiving
The prize giving for the Autumn Series will take place after racing on Sunday 1st December. The winners are: Morning FF15 1st Flying Fifteen 3789 Allen Cave Ashley Painter 2nd Flying Fifteen 3794 Dave Philpott John Forsdike Laser 1st Laser 215157 David Summerville 2nd Laser 202072 Barrie Holden 3rd Laser 215416 Peter Gee 5th Laser […]
The Story of ‘Stirling’
On Wednesday 30th May 2018, M.V. Stirling arrived at Grafham from HMS Stirling Sea Scouts in the West Midlands. Although the hull and superstructure were sound, the floor, fittings and electrics all needed replacing and it had no engine or trailer. The maintenance tent was already occupied by the newly-arrived Searider 7, […]
Catamaran Open 2019
The 2019 Grafham Cat Open took place over the weekend of 19th & 20th of October. For once the weather gods supplied us with a lovely bright day with a nice force 3-4 from the SW on the Saturday and slightly less wind on the Sunday but from a northerly direction which made the temperature […]
RS Inland Championships 2019
Photo © Tim Olin www.olinphoto.co.uk On Saturday 5th October Grafham Water Sailing Club welcomed 216 RS sailors for the very successful RS200, RS400 and RS800 Harken Inland Championships. Although racing wasn’t due to start until 1pm, many England rugby fans arrived by 8:45 to watch the England-Argentina world cup match. This was shown in both the cafe […]
Wednesday Evening Blog
Welcome to the 2019 Wednesday Evening Series. Joe’s blog is back! Final Series Results Best sailor new to the series D-Zero 110 Joel Walker Overall 1st Slow Single D-Zero 110 Joel Walker 2nd Slow Single Phantom 1457 Dan Wigmore 3rd Slow Single D-Zero 71 Neil Washington Fast 1st RS500 659 Peter Curtis James Curtis 2nd […]
Summer Camp Blog
Friday 9th August The last day dawned pretty windy, with everyone looking forward to the Regatta with some trepidation. After the briefing and getting the boats ready, the sailors set sail in nine boats. The winners managed three laps and all finished the race in very challenging conditions. 1st Josh, Lloyd and Owen […]