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Get Racing September
A good breeze of 10-12 knots from the West with a touch of North and the odd gust greeted the September gathering of Get Racing. Amongst the eight boats signed up it was good to welcome newcomers, Arthur Shaw and Grant Topham together with some more familiar faces. Arthur had recently completed a course at…
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Get Racing Continues
The latest Get Racing session was held at the club yesterday Sunday 5 June, and the sunny forecast brought a good number of members to the club wanting to try out racing, only for the sun to postpone its appearance until lunchtime. There was a mixture of returnees and newcomers with 16 sailors in a…
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June Newsletter
Open Day Our Open Day on Saturday 21st May was a big success. Despite an unfavourable forecast and some gusty winds, we got 170 people on the water to try sailing or windsurfing during the day. Fortunately, the forecasted rain only came once we were all packed up and in the bar! A lot of…
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Reminders!
AGM Just a reminder that the AGM is taking place this Wednesday 11 November at the Club. The bar and registration will be open from 7pm with the meeting starting at 7:30pm. Please come and support your club. This will also be Sylvia’s final AGM and last day before she retires so please come and…
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Latest edition of Unshackled is out now!
The Autumn edition of Unshackled is available Draycote Unshackled October 2015
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Winter Racing Schedule & Events
Winter Racing Schedule Following much input from the members and fleet captains, the General Committee have decided to make a slight modification to the Winter Sailing Schedule which starts this Sunday the 25th October: The “warm up” race will continue, but reduced to 2 starts Race 1 will be reduced to 5 starts (with the removal…
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Upcoming Events
Firstly, may I introduce myself. I am Andrea Halliman and I am the new Club Administrator, reporting to Dave Rowe. I will be in the office Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 2.30pm. I will be taking over many of Sylvia’s responsibilities in the next 6 weeks, and I am also taking on more responsibility…
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Draycote Water Sailing Club Regatta and Bart’s Bash 2015 Report
Those arriving early for the first Club Regatta for many a year were greeted with fog over the water and a very gentle breeze, but, the fog soon disappeared and the breeze got up to a gentle force 2 to 3 which enabled everyone to sail happily, except perhaps the catamaran fleet who needed a…
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Staff News | Bart’s Bash | Regulations | Results
Bart’s Bash & Club Regatta: 20th September Last year, Bart’s Bash (in memory of Andrew Simpson and in support of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation) was an amazing experience both worldwide (largest sailing event ever!) and at Draycote where we got record numbers of all standards on the water. This year it is being…
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Get Racing September 2015
The sunshine and prospect of a decent breeze on Sunday 6 September brought a good number of members to the club for the Get Racing sessions. The wind however was slow to turn up, and after a briefing ashore of the course to be sailed, most were not able to get to the far side…