Weymouth
Sailing
Club

I have just returned to a Grey cold Blighty after two fantastic weeks in Antigua. The Hotel I was staying at was just 400 yards from Jolly Harbour Yacht Club (JHYC), so on day one I decided to check out the club and the Harbour. The Harbour area is about the size of Weymouth marina and is filled with hundreds of Sailing boats of all shapes and sizes many still situated ashore awaiting to be craned back into the water for the Winter season. I viewed the JHYC notice board and to my delight the annual club regatta "Notice of Race" was displayed & being held on the 20-21st Nov and crew wanted notices were also on display - I applied to one of the notices.

The Commodore and members of WSC wish to express their sympathy and support for the members of Cherbourg Yacht Club and all those people affected by the attacks in Paris on Friday.

Many YCC members live and/or work in Paris – when I rang club secretary Anne Mataguez she told me that a cousin of hers had been in the Stade de France, and that many people in Cherbourg would have had family in Paris at the time.

The tricolore will fly at half-mast at the club during this week to demonstrate our support at this difficult time.

Steve Fraser

Remembrance Sunday saw a late start in blustery conditions for the final race of the YCW Autumn Series for cruisers, hosted by Weymouth SC.
In all, 24 yachts competed in the series which saw a wide range of conditions; from sunny light airs through to yesterday's showers and gusts of 30knts!

Some video footage of Jammy Dodger sailing on the reaches can be seen here

Twelve WSC Squibbers visited Rondar, the new official builder, to view a prototype of the proposed new Squib. The hull and deck are the same shape (taken from the existing moulds) but the internal layout has been modified to make the cockpit self draining, and most of the internal structure is a single moulding which greatly ...

It’s official – we like Weymouth so much we’re adding a day to the Transmanche weekend, so that we have a day to enjoy Weymouth and meet friends at Weymouth Sailing Club! Such is the feeling at Cherbourg Yacht Club, and it will be up to us at WSC to add to the traditional culinary reception organised so admirably by Steve and Josie and Cheryl, maybe with an inter-club sailing event in the Bay – I favour an event with the results of every boat from each club counting! Or a duel in Grand Surprises, perhaps..

James Dadd and Charlene Jackson from the RORC Rating office in Lymington braved the downpour on Tuesday evening to visit Weymouth SC.
Over three hours, they shared some key information about the rating process and gave advice to owners from both WSC and CCSC on improving their yacht's performance and getting a more accurate rating for racing. Many thanks to everyone who attended this fun and lively Q&A!

Congratulations to Megan Pascoe and Adrian Patterson who have received Maritime Hero awards from the Old Pulteney Whisky Company. These prestigious prizes are awarded to people who have shown outstanding passion and commitment to sailing.

The Weymouth Sailing Club Open Pursuit Race is this Saturday, 26 September. First start (slowest boat) is at 1430.

Click on these links to see the sailing instructions and start times. Will the Weymouth Dinghy fleet please ignore the start times on above list - they appear in the table below and will be communicated to you on the day by the Class Captain - Phil Ashworth.

Beautiful weather and great race management by Nick Frampton and team delivered an amazing Bart's Bash experience for competitors from WSC, CCSC and Poole Yacht Racing Association.

Click here for Barts Bash Results

On Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September Weymouth SC hosted the National Squib South Coast Championships. Visitors came from as far north as Merseyside, as far as west as Plymouth and Suffolk in the east – a sizeable armada even came from overseas, well, the Isle of Wight.

The weather forecast had been looking dodgy for quite a few days so we all expected a lively wind with some rain – fortunately the latter didn't materialise. Two days of superb sailing were enjoyed by all.