Weymouth
Sailing
Club

Another successful Winter Club Day with the evening social this week featuring a Curry and Quiz Night!

A Celebration of Chinese New Year, the year of the Rabbit, with a Set Menu of delicious Chinese food.

The club transformed itself with this themed evening - all things Chinese!

Traditional Burns Night, with haggis, whisky, poems, games and scottish music!

The fun started at 7pm........

The January winter walk took place today starting at the Swan Inn , Abbotsbury with 11 walkers and 2 dogs.
A cold SW gale led to a “shorten course” and change in the route . We walked up Chapel Hill then along the Chesil Beach. The recent rains led to floods on the coast path making it rather slow going. A quick walk inland and coffee at Abbotsbury “subtropical” gardens allowed us to finish the walk just before the rain. The Swan did well with a good range of food. Next walk scheduled Sunday 12th Feb 2023 (NOT 5th)
Photo: WSC walk at top of Chapel Hill Abbotsbury,

In 2023 WSC celebrates its 110th anniversary, and with a cracking season behind us in 2022, there’s nothing to stop us getting better and better! We managed a magnificent overall total of 1249 individual starts in club races, led by Joan Whyte in ‘Grey Knott’ in the keelboats with 51 starts, followed by ‘Scoline’ with 43, and ‘Suspicion’ with 40.

We learn with sadness of the death of Don Cutler, a former Commodore and long-serving member of the club. Don sailed ‘Fenix Flyer’ with his daughter and crew Peter Luckett in his later years, and a formidable team they were on the water!

This is why you must check your mooring gear regularly.... also make sure your ridding-lines are man enough for the shock loads!

How's that for a title? On a wet Wednesday in Weymouth, after my recent visit to Alderney, I am moved to recall a couple of incidences of my own nautical hubris which occurred in that neck of the woods; I make no apology for the brief explanatory prelude to my narrative!

The decision to transfer Sundays mornings cruisers race to Saturday afternoon because of Remembrance Sunday meant a busy race programme, with dinghies programmed to have two races alongside Squibs, IRC class 3,4 and 5 also competing out on the water.

Christmas plans are in full swing!

Due to popular demand this year we are offering two Christmas Dinner Events on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th December, so take your pick!

Running two evenings will accommodate more members, maximum of 45 each night, and still leave the dance floor free for letting your hair down at the end of the evening!