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Regatta Blog
Click for Full Results The 2019 Summer Bank Holiday Regatta has been notable for light winds and summer heat. 23 boats ranging from Spitfires through to an RS Tera raced the two Saturday afternoon ‘Sociable’ races. Richard Major and John Aston in Lasers took the top two places. Several of the regular Sociable Saturday (‘cake […]
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 […]
Grafham Sailors’ Success
Grafham sailors have been celebrating success around the country this summer. Cat Sailors at Marconi Well done to the Grafham Cat Fleet who won the team trophy at the East Coast Piers Race at Marconi SC on 6th and 7th July . RS600/Solo Success for Dave Goudie Following his win last year in the 2018 RS600 […]
Taster Day 6th July
Try sailing at Grafham Water Sailing Club on Saturday 6 July. Come along between 1030 and 1530 and we can offer you a great introduction to sailing or windsurfing. Qualified instructors and other experienced sailors will be there to help you. Adults and children (over eight) welcome. Cost is £10 per person. We have a […]
Update to Safety Flags
We have made some changes to the flag system, to reflect our experience since the new system was introduced in 2019. The yellow/red flag now signifies that the water is closed for sailing but with one or more exceptions. The exceptions will be displayed in the Cafe on the monitor or on a map. Flying […]
Cambs Youth League
The first event in the 2019 Cambridgeshire Youth League took place at Grafham on Saturday 1st June. In fact it should have been the second event but bad weather caused the first, at Cam SC to be postponed and that is now scheduled for Saturday 8th June. 35 young sailors from Grafham, Cam, Hunts and […]
Mark Laying
“marks one eight five zero metres two zero zero degrees” Such a VHF transmission is no longer gibberish to four GWSC members who spent May 25 on our club-level mark-laying course. The participants learnt about using GPS to measure distances and bearings and how to use a hand-bearing compass to check angles. They also learnt […]
Friendly Fridays are back!
Friendly Friday pursuit racing restarts this Friday, 3rd May. The race finishes at 1945. Your start time depends on your boat – for instance Toppers start at 1857; Solos at 1903; standard Laser at 1904; Spitfire at 1919. This is very much more relaxed racing than Wednesday evenings or Sunday mornings – a great way to […]
Grafham Easter Egg
The 5th Grafham Easter Egg, held on 19th-20th April, was a great success. 62 young sailors enjoyed warm sunny conditions, with wind that became lighter as the event went on, finally dying just after the finish of the final race. This annual event originally started as an Optimist Open Meeting, but this year was opened […]