Author: Rebecca Owen

  • Y&J Committee

    Y&J Committee

    We are delighted to announce that details to form a Y&J Committee have been finalised, and we are very keen to hold the election for the inaugural commodore and committee in the next few days. The aim of the commodore/committee is fundamentally about promoting youth and junior sailing at Draycote.   You’ll have a huge say in developing…

  • Late April news

    Late April news

    MEMBERSHIP RENEWALJust a reminder that membership renewal has been delayed until 1st June.  We will be sending out specific reminder emails in early May with all of the details.  CLUB RACE DUTIESPlease remember to update DutyMan with whether you are able to do a duty or need to swap, we have quite a few duties in May…

  • Mid April news

    Mid April news

    Dear Member How wonderful it was to open the Club site on 29th March and welcome our members back! There was great weather for the first few days, but it turned pretty brutal by the bank holiday Monday! We have had windsurfers, cruising sailors, racers, training groups and an open meeting! We are well and truly…

  • Late March news

    Late March news

    It was great to see the club busy again yesterday as lovely weather welcomed our reopening.  We had 25 windsurfers, mainly in the morning with the good wind, and  throughout the day there were 11 boats, 6 paddleboards, 1 sea rowing boat and 18 kayaks from Rugby Canoe Club! CLUB RACING Wednesday 31st MarchWednesday evening racing…

  • Y&J News

    Y&J News

    Hello everyone! After an enforced winter break of 3 months, we can finally get back out on the water. At last, you can try out all that great new sailing kit you got for Christmas! Sailing starts again this week and there is plenty of club racing over the Easter weekend. In the early stages…

  • Reopening Details

    Reopening Details

    CLUB REOPENING – 29TH MARCH It’s less than a week to go until we can welcome you back to the club for casual sailing and club racing with water opening from 10 am til 7 pm. We do anticipate that the Draycote site will be busy at weekends, especially over Easter and more so if…

  • Club Reopening

    Club Reopening

    Dear Member, We are very excited that, in less than 2 weeks (assuming the government does not introduce any delays) your Sailing Club site and water will be open again! Yes, Monday 29th March is the scheduled date for re-opening, and we are planning a bumper first week back on the water! It’s easy to organise…

  • Club Reopening

    Club Reopening

    I am sure you were all as delighted as we were to hear the government’s plans for a slow exit from lockdown, and particularly the fact that outdoor sports facilities can open from 29th March. We can confirm that your Club will be open from that date providing there are no delays to the government plans. As…

  • January News

    January News

    In our last newsletter we mentioned that we would be furloughing staff. Dave, Matt and Rebecca are now on part-time furlough and are in just to keep things ticking over, while Mark is on full-time furlough. We continue to keep up to date with the Government announcements and are ready to go as soon as…

  • End of Year Newsletter

    End of Year Newsletter

    LATEST COVID-19 REGULATIONS & GUIDANCE The RYA have issued their latest guidance and it can be found HERE The Club remains in Tier 3 and the activities that we have planned can continue. Those living in Tiers 1 & 2 ‘should avoid travel into Tier 3 areas unless this is necessary to enable individual [& bubble]…

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