Reading Sailing Club

Notices:

• Summer Social Evening
  Sailors, come and join your fellow club members for a summer social evening with good food, music and laughter at Reading Sailing Clubhouse, on the 29th June 2013, 7.30 pm – 11.30pm.
  
  Food is provided, please bring your own drinks and glasses.
  
  For tickets at this adult’s only event. please contact sally newlove
  (must be bought in advance, first come first served, and numbers are strictly limited)
  Download Flyer
  
  
• Learn to Sail at Reading Sailing Club
  Last year RSC trained 36 Adults and 17 young people to RYA levels 1 and 2. The Optimist group trained six under 10's.
  Power boat training and advanced sailing courses ran throughout the year.
  
  2013 courses and coaching dates to be announced soon.
  See the Training page for details of typical courses and skill levels.
  
  Details and bookings to Phil at training@readingsc.org.uk
  Download Details and bookings
  
  
• Oppie training night - Every monday during the summer
  Structured training for children. Two sessions: Beginners 5pm, Improvers 6.15pm.
  Series continues until September. (Children must be in school year 3 or above)
  For information about Oppies 2013 email: oppies@readingsc.org.uk
  
  
• Wednesday night is Gillette night
  The series started on Wednesday April 24th. This is a 1 hour handicap race, 19:00 start.
  
  
• Why not start racing
  Those who have learnt the basics of dinghy sailing recently but have never had the confidence to start racing, the Pursuit series is the perfect introduction to start competing and thus enhance and build on your hard won skills, you will find it's seriously exiting, slightly scary but ultimately well worth a try, the experience you gain will quickly bring your ability to the next level.

  Don't worry, you won't be "in the way", the more seasoned hands tend to make allowances. Just remember to observe basic safety rules, port boats to give way to starboard and windward boats to give way to leeward, also rights of way when rounding the marker buoys, perhaps initially give other boats plenty of room to allow them to go round the marks cleanly. No one is going to worry if you get it wrong. Discuss the progress of the race afterwards over a well deserved cup of tea.
  

  
  Water levels at Sonning Lock:
  
  

• A key to the club house is available from Dave Portus if you would like one. £15 deposit. See him at the club or contact via email bosun@readingsc.org.uk.



• Wanderer for sale
  See 'For sale' page
  
  

FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

• Next Work Party - 1st of June:
  

• Next Pink day & Pirates. - Saturday 8th of June.

• Also on the 8th - Team Duration Race.
  5 hour continuous team race.

RECENT NEWS:

• Reading Sailing Club OPEN DAY took place on Saturday 11th May.
  It was an early start for some with Mark setting up the signs at the roundabout and the signs along the road, inviting people to come and check us out and hopefully join us. A few people dropped in during the course of the day, including a reporter from the Reading Post - thanks for that Anne - with a huge camera. The commodore was duly on hand to show him around and explain that the mayhem on the water was in fact a race in progress!! Sales of the Reading Post are set to soar over the next week or so...??
  Members came and went, lending helping hands, here and there - keeping the dishwasher loaded etc - thanks, Sally, Anne, Barbara and many others.
  
  
• Reading Sailing Club AGM.
  
Held at Berkshire County Sports Club, Sonning Lane, Sonning, RG4 6ST.
The RSC committee hosted the club’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 6th December.
Members were invited to join the committee for drinks and a finger buffet from 7.00pm, followed by the formal AGM proceedings and prize giving.
Download AGM Minutes

SERIES WINNERS .

Bit busy on Buoy 6, First lap - Sunday 24th February.










PIRATES. - Every Thursday from 18th of April - 18:30.

Pirates Afternoon. - May

Plenty of youngsters arrived to swell the soggy masses of people in the club house having lunch. Numbers were also increased by a group of youngsters brought along by Chris and Carole for a taste of sailing.

Carole and Gary, our fantastic Pirate leaders, went out in their Rabbit, aka, Wanderer, for a final sail - they take delivery of a new boat very soon.

Due to the strong winds, by now gusting 40 mph, no club boats were allowed on the water, much to the disappointment of some keen youngsters. Only those willing to risk damage to their own boats took to the water plus a couple of old Topper hulls , with paddles instead of sails.

Haidy was having fun in her well reefed Pico, until a hook broke...what a shame. Colm and his mate Ben had fun in their Topper, while Alice, Robert and Craig were just sailing back and forwards at great speed, hanging on for dear life, for all to see - amazing spectator sport - their energy seemed endless......

Kea went out for a 'spin' with Robert in the Comet, but got a swim as well, but he was heard to say it was 'great.' Even little Tane had a sail with Robert and was also thrilled and very wet!!

Hot chocolate was awaiting everyone, and they all pitched in with the clearing up - Chris and Carole did sterling work in the changing rooms, while seeing Gary mopping the club house floor is ...well...quite something....

Well done and many thanks to all the boys and girls Mums, Dads and Grannies for making all day such fun. (Jolly Sailor)

Operating procedures for Pirates