15 boats entered the third Snipe Open at Bough Beech sailing club since fleet 545 moved there from Blue Circle. The fleet comprised of 8 local boats and 7 travellers from as far afield as Manchester and Devon. Saturday brought a surprisingly decent amount of wind considering the forecast had looked bleak for the whole weekend, although the consistency was lacking. At its Peak the wind reached around 8 knots however in some of the lulls we had almost [...]
The solo fleet returned to Bough Beech for the 2018 Southern Area Championship which was also included in the Solo Super Series. Thirty eight boats including thirteen from Bough Beech launched in brilliant sunshine in a comfortable F2. Winds built throughout the day upto a F4-5 and participants enjoyed four competitive races against top solo helms. Read the full report in Yachts and Yachting Lawrence Creaser (General) Ian Walters (Vet) Vince Horey (Vet) Andrew Boyce won the grand masters [...]
This year Thursday evening sailing will start on MAY 24th. Race starts 19:00 hrs.
7.30pm SATURDAY JUNE 16TH TICKETS £15 - INCLUDES FOOD AND LIVE MUSIC Tickets must be bought in advance and will be available to buy from the galley during May. Payment by cash or Cheque Cash Bar
Despite relatively small turnouts in the previous two years that this event has been held, it was decided to have another go this year, especially as this is still the only event south of London. In fact there was one more boat than last year with 6 visitors joining 4 club boats. Although the forecast was for force 4 southerly gusting 5, with some sun later, those arriving to sail on the 250 acre reservoir, set in attractive North [...]
A good turnout of 16 boats arrived at Bough Beech for the 2nd round of the Streaker Southern Paddle series and plenty of breeze turned up too. In Race one, a trio of the more experienced pond sailors, Alex Reindorp and Paul Grace from Chipstead and James Dawes from Redditch all stormed to the front and fought each other round the first mark and down the proceeding run. Mark Langston and Brenda Hoult made the most gain down the [...]
1st Allen Burrell 2nd Dan Patten 3rd Richard Sharp Race Results 2018 Finn Open On Saturday 7th April 2018 Bough Beech hosted a Finn open meeting which was shared with Supernovas and Streakers. Visitors arrived from the East Coast, the South Coast and the South West. Upon arrival the wind was light from the East but soon built to a gusty and shifty 12 – 18 knots from the South. This enabled the race team [...]
Anyone with an active racing background and a little knowledge who'd like to join the Race Officer (RO) group to do their duties, or who would like a refresher, please let me know asap. . The course is bespoke to BB and is not certificated. It covers everything you need to know equipment wise, procedurally, the practicalities and limitations of BB before lunch, after which half the group will have a practical session on Wot4 with volunteers as guinea pigs, the [...]
F3 - 4 SSE and nearly dry, perfect conditions for the Easter Monday Pursuit Race bought a dozen boats to the line (though not all on time!) A beat once from Wot4 to the SE corner and a run to just shy of the bird sanctuary then back to the SE corner and then laps reaching almost to the SW corner running to the west point fetching to the pump in point and beat back to the SE corner, simples … [...]
We have arranged a rules evening at the club on Saturday 21st April. The evening will be with Chris Simon, an RYA rules specialist. He will start with the rules about mark rounding and follow this with question and answers. Mark and Tracy will serve a 2 course meal during the evening: Chicken curry and naan bread, with popadums and mango chutney followed by apple crumble and custard, tea and coffee include. Price £15 . Numbers are not limited at [...]
