Tollesbury has done its bit to support Mersea Week this year, with three boats in the medium handicap series racing: Andy & Ian Beharrell, George Rogers & Dan Spindler and Rob & Annabel Laurie, all in GP14s. Greg Dunn leads the Classics and Gaffers in Black Diamond. Sunbeam and Charlotte Ellen fly the flag for Tollesbury in the Smacks…
Many thanks to all who helped out for the open with catering, rescue boats, race management and so on. A good day’s sailing was had despite the vagaries of the wind. Follow the link below for the overall results from the open: Tollesbury SC GP14 Open – results To have a look at the Yachts and Yachting report, follow…
If you are not heading down the M5 to Cornwall this August for the GP14 Championships but would like some sea sailing experience a visit to the East coast for 2 or 3 days of very varied sailing is another option. The Blackwater once home to huge GP fleets at Brightlingsea and Stone etc. is a superb dinghy sailing…
In the June 2012 edition of Windward is an article about online sources of weather. The article is repeated below with all the appropriate weblinks, so that you can navigate direct to the websites. There is also an additional section about websites for weather observations. Sailing, great sport that it is, can be a little hamstrung by the weather….
Many members will be aware of the close connections between Tollesbury and the J Class yachts. I will not try here to set out these connections in too much detail as there are many of you who will know the history far better (do feel free to add any history you may know as comments below this post). However,…
Over the Bank Holiday weekend six TSC members (Andy Beharrell, George Rogers, Bob and Jilly Wilkinson and Roger and Sue Palmer) took part in the RYA Passage to Portland rally – one of many events the RYA is organising to mark the 2012 Olympics. Andy and George took Charmary to Portland to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy…
Over the bank holiday weekend, six TSC members took part in the RYA Passage to Portland rally. This event took place at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) – the Olympic sailing venue. As part of the event there was a random draw to get a sail on the Boat Project. This unique project is part of…
The current dinghy race series is for three trophies: Russell memorial trophy (overall handicap winner, PY basis) Laser Shield (highest placed single hander, PY basis) Mirror Shield (personal handicap winner) It’s a series of sixteen races, with the usual discards. Only six have been scheduled so far and races 3 & 4 were abandoned due to insufficient support. This…
We have two new times for sailing this year: Friday evenings and Sunday mornings. This Friday’s races were perhaps a touch early with a 5 pm start; I should have taken advantage of the hour’s later tide on Saturday evening as cadets haven’t started sailing yet. I made another cock-up on Sunday, having set the start time for Saturday…
How well do you know your racing rules? The site below was recently recommended as a way to see how well you know your racing rules. It is a quiz with three different levels – easy, medium or difficult. Why not have a go and see how you get on? Follow the link below to access the main quiz…
UPDATE 30/09/2022 Hi everyone, we have decided that tomorrow’s…
Tollesbury Sailing Club 2021 Smacks and Classics Race,…
