You may well be asking yourself what is this all about, well read on. The Club Council is aware that Club Members are regularly invaded by visiting fleets who want to host events at our beautiful Sailing Club. This brings a lot of benefits but also requires a great commitment from members and can restrict our own racing.… Read full article “Fun Weekend 12/13 July”
Foxy Tales
A mid season edition of Foxy Tales is being prepared but, as ever, we need your input.
All snippets, tips, thoughts and tales will be appreciated and vetted for inclusion.
Just email Robin by 22nd June
Thank you!
Night Jar 6
The 6th race in the Night jar Series was held in a Southerly breeze with some lulls and shifts.
Before the race Robin Dawson held some starting practice for 10 of our Topper sailors and this led to some excellent starts and good results for the younger competitors.… Read full article “Night Jar 6”
Old Habits Live On
Note from Pete Nuttall
One of the things that has survived the move to Chipping Norton is the Easter tradition of the egg dump.
Both Chris and Andrew and family were with us on Easter Sunday with children and my brothers family happily made 16.… Read full article “Old Habits Live On”
Windy Weekend
Blue skies, rainfree, but windy weather was the order of the day for the start of this weekend’s Fleet Challenge which is being run on a pursuit basis.
Altohugh the tops of the waves were not obvious when looking down the wind this week, only five helms put their names down to enter and obtain start times, of which only two decided to start in the first race, namely AJ/Sue and Mike/Kayla, both sailing in F15s.… Read full article “Windy Weekend”
WebCollect NOT vulnerable to Heartbleed.
We have received the following from WebCollect:
Just to reassure everyone, WebCollect is NOT and was NEVER vulnerable to the “heartbleed” bug in OpenSSL, because it never used the vulnerable version of OpenSSL.
Is it recommended that you or your members change your WebCollect password?… Read full article “WebCollect NOT vulnerable to Heartbleed.”
Weekend Racing
Another southerly(ish) breeze, though the air temp was more like an easterly!
Various good gusts on occasions enabled some good planing reaches in the 1st race, but there was a desire to use some of the steadier winds down the lake in the following race.… Read full article “Weekend Racing”
Water, Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink!
A dry sailing club is not what we want to be. The profits earned from the running of the bar help keep subscriptions down and support the Bass Week surplus which is used to maintain, and improve, the club and its facilities.… Read full article “Water, Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink!”
Countdown is on
Is the better weather putting you in the mood for some sailing? If you haven’t already done so, get your boat down to the club, take advantage of next Saturday’s tuning day, and start racing on Sunday 23rd!
Light Working…
The weekend working party tackled various tasks
– Replaced the items salvaged under the Race Office from the Clubroom back in there (and helped to fill the skip with rubbish)
– Sanded the wooded floor to create a key
Then the varnishing began: 3 coats, 7 people each day, only took an hour and a half each coat. … Read full article “Light Working…”