A relatively small field of 5 local boats and 4 visitors competed for the TSC GP Open. Despite the poor forecast sailing conditions turned out to be pretty much perfect with a steady easterly. Racing was extremely close throughout. James Ward (Papercourt) took all three races, after a navigational error by Richard Ham in the first race. James and Richard…
Tollesbury Sailing Club has been successful in obtaining a grant towards the cost of a new boat store, changing rooms and showers and a ‘wet’ classroom facility for their cadets. The club is setting up a dedicated team to manage this exciting project which they hope to have completed ready for the start of the 2017 sailing season. With…
The club’s new RIB is currently being built on the south coast. Below are some pictures of the progress so far. The club has also purchased a Whaly boat to help support the other safety boats:
The draft programme for this year has been prepared by the various fleet captains and discussed by the committee. There will almost certainly be further changes, but we thought it might be helpful for people to see the draft to help with planning for the season. Follow the link below to have a look at the Excel file. 2016_draft_programme…
At 0500 eleven cruisers left Tollesbury for a long weekend 20 miles up the coast and with lengths ranging from 19ft to 36ft we all had an interesting or challenging sail up the Wallet, depending on your point of view. The cruise had been promoted to Tollesbury Cruising Club as well and three members joined us, I hope they…
The Tollesbury Sailing Club 13th Annual Sloe Gin Competition was held on Saturday 11 March. Nine Members entered, pitting the quality of their Sloe Gin against the competition. There was a period of intense concentration as the entrants tasted, studied clarity and colour of the entries and finally arrived at their score. The fabulous blood red trophy was awarded…
Winter Boat Parking Sadly another season is drawing to a close. Thanks to those cruiser owners who have already completed their winter boat parking forms and handed them along with fees to Kevin Barber. Cruisers Please can you ensure you complete the Boat Parking form (or Microsoft word format) Dinghy/cruiser boat parking application form and return it with payment…
The club Harvest Supper is coming up. See the event details on the website for more information. Thanks to Will porter and George Barber for collecting the Yo-Boy beer by boat. Please book your places before Thursday 18th September with Carol Collier on 07748 153634 or add your name to the list behind the bar.
Cadets & Adult Sailing Saturday 16th August + BBQ The weather didn’t play ball this Sunday and so the Summer Trophy was postponed until Saturday 16th. So, on Saturday 16th, there will be a ‘Trophy’ race for the dinghy fleet, start time 1600, alongside Cadet sailing this coming Saturday. This will be followed by a ‘do it yourself’ BBQ…
MIDSUMMER’S DAY EVENT – TOLLESBURY SAILING CLUB 21st JUNE 2014 A fantastic day for the Sailing Club and village alike. A lovely sunny and warm day helped to make the day an unqualified success. Along with the great food and drinks, we had some good stalls keeping the old and young occupied, as well as great music with Force Four…
The Clubhouse and Bar will be closed…
The Cadets had a last slightly chilly…
