Yesterday, Wealden Sailability were very happy to accept a donation of £1000 from the Paddock Wood Freemasons. (following text as published by Paddock Wood Freemasons). Paddock Wood Freemasons were delighted to give a cheque to Wealden Sailability for £1000 to help in the excellent work that they do in taking disabled children and adults sailing… Read More
It was good to be back on the water at Chipstead but feeling slightly tired after watching lots of late night/early morning TV of what was has been an incredible Rio 2016 Paralympics. Team GB having broken through 100 medals today!! An amazing performance by all the 4000+ competitors and their supporters which will create… Read More
What a fantastic day we had for racing on Thursday, with lots of sunshine, and for a change lots of wind too..!! The forecast for the wind (which seemed to be quite accurate this time!) was 16mph, gusting into the 20’s….that’s force-4, gusting force-5, maybe even force-6..!! But, throughout the morning, just to show how… Read More
Today was a beautiful summer’s day and after a very quiet start to the day, sufficient wind filled the lake at 1045 which enabled the fifth race of the summer series to be confirmed and 14 entrants began milling around the start line ready for the off at 1130! It was great to welcome some new WS Racers: Andy… Read More
I got down to the lake at 8.30am to help to rig and launch the extensive fleet (of dinghies, the Lugger and safety boats) now available to Wealden Sailability and was hoping the NNE/NE wind would pick up at least to the speed forecast by Windguru for Chipstead for the morning – namely 5 to 7… Read More
When I arrived at Chipstead at 8.45 to help rig and launch all the boats which Steve had asked the volunteers to prepare, there was the same degree of wind as had been the case on Guanabara Bay in Rio on Wednesday! There was insufficient to hold the final Medal Races of the AMAZING SAILING OLYMPICS. I… Read More