News: Sailing Club
Gill D-Zero Open Meeting
Mixed conditions for the Gill D-Zero Open Meeting at Grafham Water Sailing Club 14/15th May 2022 Glorious sunshine but very little wind welcomed the 14 D-Zeros for the first day of the Gill D-Zero open at Grafham Water SC. The event was being shared with both the RS600s and the Streakers for their respective Inland […]
Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022
After 20 Open Meetings and 3 Championships, the 2021 open meeting season at Grafham Water SC is finally over. The season started shortly after lockdown finished in April with the Youth Regatta and Optimist Easter Egg and finished with the 420 End of Seasons in November. 1,500 boats have visited the club in this […]
Working Parties
The first of our series of four working parties took place on Tuesday 19th October for grounds maintenance; clearing the bramble that had taken over a row of berths in M-block (the cat park and windsurf area). The day started at 10:30 as our team of hardy volunteers took up secateurs, shears, trimmers and strimmers […]
Changing Room Operation
Please note the changing rooms are currently closed. This page will be updated when we are able to reopen them. From Sunday 6th December we are reopening the changing rooms. There will be limited space, with room for 20 in the Gents’ and 10 in the Ladies’. We continue to ask members if they can […]
Cat Open Success
Report by Cat Fleet Captain Neil Klabe. The A class National Championship was held over the weekend (19th-20th September) at Weston Sailing Club. It was split into two groups: the Foilers and Classics. Day one on the Saturday was raced in very gusty and shifty conditions and saw our own hot shot Julian Bosch show […]
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 […]
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 […]