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  Family Week

  Family week 2026 Family week (Monday, 10th to Friday 14th August) is fast approaching and with the success of regatta week thanks Julie and team. )>2161621<( The Plan and timings for the week. All week On the water at 1030 Lunch around 1230-1330 Afternoon session 1330-1530 Wenesday first evening skill builders Thursday evening Jacob's join-bbq Friday

  Published 18:51 on 30 Jul 2026

• Summer events

  Regatta Week Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th July plus 6 races over the Anniversary Regatta weekend of the 1st and 2nd August. Racing is for all levels and abilities. In the mornings very short races with a focus. In the afternoon 2 slightly longer courses that will be appropriate for the sailors there. 10:15 briefing and focus points. 11am first start of the day. 13.30 will be the first afternoon race. If

  Published 08:52 on 20 Jul 2026

• Commodores Day Picnic Cruise, Pursuit Race and Barbeque

  Commodore's Day and BBQ Saturday 11th July 2026 This is a fun day for all members, family and friends no matter what sort of a boat you sail! It involves a picnic cruise to Tower Wood followed by a pursuit race using an unusual handicap system. It will be an advantage :- * to have a young person in your boat especially if they are helming. * to

  Published 15:59 on 1 Jul 2026

• Farewell Helga

  Our race officer's boat Helga left the club today for her new home in Peterhead. With thanks to our bosun Tim who procured the sale and the team who cleaned her up to look her best.

  Published 23:17 on 20 Jun 2026

• Advanced Training this Sunday, 21st June

  Looking forward to our next training session? I'm afraid I wont be around for video, but Mark and Brett will go through some planning with you - and cover anything that you want, but the outline plan is: Starting : Holding station and slow speed manoevers, then timing and pulling the trigger. Beating parctise and perfecting tacking. Saving a second tack. And if time allows a tech talk on spreaders.... Current forecast

  Published 18:45 on 18 Jun 2026

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  Chew Valley Sailing Club visit

  Late in May on a fabulous sunny day, several members of Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club called in to the club for a picnic lunch. Julie Tomkinson and I made pots of tea for our very appreciative visitors. They thought our club was in an idyllic setting and were quite envious of our vast race area. )<2129113>( Chew Lake, at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills is the fifth largest man

  Published 15:47 on 13 Jun 2026

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  RYA Training offer

  Dear members, I was contacted recently by James Watts, Head of Windermere Outdoor Activity Centre located on Rayrigg Road just north of Bowness. This water sports centre is run by Greenwich Leisure Limited on behalf of Westmorland and Furness Council with the purpose of encouraging community access to the lake and improving water safety. SWSC is part of that community. James is offering a variety of sailing opportunities including RYA courses all

  Published 15:14 on 3 Jun 2026

• Waterhead Race 2026

  Come to South Windermere SC for our annual Waterhead Race on Sunday 7th June, starting at 1100. The one race a year that takes in the whole of Lake Windermere with a course length of approximately 20 miles, all of which give stunning views of the fells whilst practising dealing with wind shifts, dodging ferries and tourists in hire boats. There's a forecast for pleasant winds and only a little water coming from

  Published 13:33 on 1 Jun 2026

• Eiger Race and More this Weekend

  Join us this weekend for more Saturday morning Messing About and a short Saturday afternoon Eiger Race, a short race held at a time when we expect a good breeze. Like all races it is just fun racing with your mates. The trophy is a lump of the actual Eiger North face. Longer races continue into Saturday afternoon and Sunday when the weather is forecast to be warm (perhaps happily cooler than at the

  Published 06:45 on 26 May 2026

• Bank holiday weekend racing

  We have rescheduled the racing programme for the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend to ensure everyone who wishes to race is able to do so. We have combined the Saturday and Sunday race programme, and will run the Saturday B Series ( 2 x Average Lap time races), in combination with Whitsun Meeting that was scheduled for Sunday 24th May. The first race will start at 13.30hrs on Saturday 23r, and subsequent races will

  Published 16:56 on 17 May 2026

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  Discover Sailing day, Saturday 16th May

  SWSC will be holding an open day with taster sails on Saturday, 16th May, 10am to 3pm. This is part of the RYA's Discover Sailing initiative! Club members will be on site to share more information about all things sailing and our club community. No advance booking is required. Buoyancy aids are provided for sailing and being on the jetty. We recommend wearing comfortable clothes and footwear that you don't mind

  Published 07:06 on 8 May 2026

• Does your sail have a number?

  Once again we have a great forecast for sailing this weekend... Messing about is fully crewed, but we need some help on Saturday afternoon to run races, and also on Sunday when we currently need three more volunteers. Getting the results from racing on to the web site does sometimes present some challenges, whch is why we have a set of forms to be completed for each race. The sign on sheet allows

  Published 07:19 on 7 May 2026