Racing today was enjoyed by 10 clients. Actually it was 11 if you include Pippa sailing with Mark Cayzer’s dad, but as neither is a Wealden client…sadly it doesn’t count! Thanks to Allan and Eileen for helping with the marshalling and scoring. What started as an encouraging morning turned into very difficult sailing conditions, with the… Read More

Last Thursday (12th May) was another fabulous day for sailing at Chipstead. Lots of sun and good to very good wind!! So it was great to welcome ten WS Racers eager to get on-the-water and be ready for the Start at 11.30.  The usual suspects came along but without Peter Gregory who is competing in his… Read More

Yesterday (5th May) was by far and away the warmest day so far this year for WS Racers sailing at Chipstead and we had sufficient wind for 12 entrants in Race # 2 to cover 6 laps of the course.  The Start  Line was between the Committee Boat and Mark C with the first leg being… Read More

Last Thursday (28th April 2016) was a lovely sunny day with a keen wind blowing mainly along the length of the lake, initially from the NW and then backing through W to SW by the afternoon.  The wind was forecast to increase in strength  during the morning but although there was a gusty 10 – 12 knot… Read More

As I mentioned in the Welcome to 2016 Season post to this website, we will continue this year offering WS Racers Training Sessions. We plan to start them  at 10.45 on alternate Thursdays to fit in with the revised Race Start time of 11.30. These are our initial ideas but PLEASE tell us when you see… Read More

As those of you who have been dinghy racing with WS Racing before will know, we start our races using a WHISTLE BLAST from the Committee Boat (or sometimes from the pontoon ashore).  We ensure that all the helms are clear where they are in the sequence of blasts by shouting out after each blast… Read More