Caretaker’s Cup – Sunday 4th March

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

The new sailing season kicks off in style on Sunday 4th March with the Caretaker’s Cup.  This is a great opportunity to get your boat back on the water and hone your racing skills as we look forward to warmer weather and longer days.  After the race the bar will be open, so let’s all get together and get the sailing season rolling.
The Caretaker’s Cup is a single race and ends when the lead boat crosses the line after 2 hours.  Start time: 2.00 p.m.

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DutyMan – our new interactive duty roster

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

For the 2012 season, we have introduced a new interactive duty rota through DutyMan.  A reliable duty rota is critical to our sailing calendar, something we all rely on, and it looks like DutyMan will make the process a lot easier.
Read more about it and see what you need to do to get on board

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Snowball series update

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

The Snowball series is well under way with the first races taking place on 8th January.
Due to the weather (I know it is winter) we have not been able to sail for the last five weeks. There has been too much wind, no wind, snow and ice!
But, there are two weeks left and four races, so it’s all to play for. It looks like a good weather forecast for this Sunday, so see you all on the water.
Ben Ratcliffe, Sailing Captain

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Freezer results added

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

We were treated to favourable conditions this year for the annual Freezer on 27th December. There were 17 boats on the water with quite hefty winds at the start but dropping to a more leisurely pace by the end of the 90 minutes.  John Horwood has promptly published the results as usual (under ‘Opens‘).
Happy New Year.

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Race programme and duty rota

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

The Snowball series of races runs every Sunday from 8th January to 26th February. There are 2 races each Sunday starting at 1.00 pm as normal.  The race is open to non-SWSC members and the cost is a nominal £2.00 per person per session.
On duty: Volunteers on the day. 

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Results updated

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Race results have been brought up-to-date on the Results page.  Series League and Overall Results have been updated and 2 new reports showing Series League results by gender and boat class have been added. Final results for the Sunday Frostbite are also available for download.  Enjoy!
Many thanks to John Horwood for his excellent work in producing these for the benefit of club members.

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Southport 24 hour race

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

SWSC entered 2 boats in this year’s 24 hour race.  The A team managed to hold their own and finish a creditable 26th out of the 67 finishers having completed 75 laps at an average 19.23 minutes per lap.
The B team, equipped with their very sensible storm sails for the 24 hours, finished in 60th place, completing 57 laps at an average 25.10 minutes per lap.

Both boats managed to keep upright throughout the 24 hours through a varied selection of winds.  Congratulations to both teams.  See the photos.

Thanks to flowHIRE and Black 5 Design for their welcome sponsorship of the SWSC entries.

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