Youth & Juniors
As the summer season draws to an end, we can celebrate huge success at all levels by many of our Youth & Junior sailors competing in National, European and World Championships. As well as competing on home turf, often in Weymouth, Draycote sailors from our fleet headed to Greece, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Ireland and […]
Summer News
The summer training courses and sailing groups will gradually be coming to an end soon and we turn to Open Meeting season instead. Many of these are smaller events but a couple are larger and a much needed income source for the Club. keep an eye on the Club calendar too for events at the […]
August News
Sailing Successes It’s been fantastic reading how well Draycote sailors have been doing at national and international events. It’s hard to click on a set of results and not see a Draycote member at or near the top. We have seen events in the UK including the RS games incorporating many world championships as well […]
July News
HELP PROMOTE THE CLUB IN JULY There are two opportunities which are coming up in July for us to promote our Club at local events and we are looking for a few volunteers to help with these. Thursday 21st July – Queen’s Baton RelayIn the lead up to the Commonwealth Games, the Queen’s Baton Relay […]
Mid June News
RIB Engine Theft Back in the middle of May we had 3 RIB engines stolen during the night. The thieves used angle grinders to cut the engines off and thus avoided the boat alarm system. Despite being caught on CCTV there wasn’t enough the police could work with. Many thanks though to AC Outboards and our insurance […]
Early June News
RACE TEAM INSTRUCTIONS Following input from ODs, the Race Team Instructions have been tweaked as follows: When starting the sequence: – Start the stopwatch at -5 minutes (there are instructions how to adjust this) – Start the automatic start sequence when the stopwatch is at -4 minutes (This procedure is much easier if you are doing OD […]
Y&J Summer Events
We hope everyone has settled in the the sailing season and managing to get some time on the water. We had a fantastic start to the year with the Friday evening racing and BBQ being very popular on and off the water. Saturdays have seen very encouraging numbers getting out enjoying the sailing and trying […]
Mid May News
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We are in urgent need of more sailing and windsurf volunteers this Saturday for the Discover Sailing & Windsurfing day. Even if it’s just for a few hours, please do contact us asap: office@draycotewater.co.uk Thank you to everyone who has shared details of the event and encouraged friends & family to come along. […]
Discover Sailing Day
Please send the below invitation and booking link to friends, family, classmates, colleagues, clubs/groups etc. to book their places. The day is a fantastic opportunity to share your love of sailing and get more people involved! Open to all ages from 8 years old.Pre-booking here: https://bit.ly/DWSCDiscoverSailing VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE To make the day a success and run smoothly, we […]
Early May News
TRAILER TAGS The first survey of the trailer park has been done and there are still lots of expensive trailers with no tags to identify the owners. Please ensure your trailers are labelled – tags available in the shop – as any unidentified ones will be removed. DISCOVER SAILING DAYS The Youth & Junior Discover […]