Today was a lovely day for going to the beach – or even a lake – but there wasn’t really sufficient wind for serious sailors, let alone the Baker’s dozen of WS Racers who pitched up at Chipstead Sailing Club to do battle in Race 10 of the Spring Series. The start of the race… Read More

Another brilliant day for sailing greeted the volunteers who arrived as early as 8am to start launching and rigging the fleet of Access 303s, 2.3 and Liberty’s and the Martin 16s for the WS Racers as well as the rest of the WS fleet including the Stratoses, the Venture, the Lugger, the Longboat and the… Read More

What a superb day we had :). A surprisingly consistent robust wind from the West – backing SW at times – enabled the twelve of you who came to race to have a very enjoyable time in the sunshine and on the water. It was great to see Jake Jones back on the water, taking… Read More

Result Martin Norman Martin Sail #125 Peter Gregory 2.4m #102 David Mason 2.4m #108 Peter Wagner 2.4m #109 Mike Blatchford Martin Martin #126 Mark Cayzer and his crew 303 #5 John Beck and his crew Mark Skipper 303 #4 Steve Farmer 303 #9 Edward Florey and his crew 303 #3 Trevor Monk Liberty #22 Tom… Read More

Firstly, apologies for the delay and short report. I went camping over the weekend with mixed results. Sadly the wind that greeted us for the race on Thursday didn’t remain and at 4am our tent tried to blow away with us in it, leading us to de-camp and head home! I think I’ll just stick… Read More

Altogther, it was a great day to be on the water. A lot less wind than in recent weeks but nevertheless enough and very challenging. Here is a short video clip of the start of the race – watch in amazement at the advantage David Mason gets starting from the top of the Start Line.… Read More