Rutland Rally Anyone?
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:21 pm
Hi There.
There are a lot of Swift 18 sailors on Rutland Water either at the Whitwell Day Sailing Centre or at Rutland Sailing Club. There are also quite a few Swift sailors within an hour or two's drive of Rutland Water.
Hugh and I - who together own Swift 079 Samphire - are based at the Sailing Club and were wondering whether there would be any interest in having a bit of a Swift Rally one Saturday or Sunday during the summer.
RSC has great facilities and we could use the club house for briefings, lunch or even an evening meal. And for those coming from elsewhere slipping is easy using one of our three cruiser slips. Use this link to have a look: The Water ... http://rutlandsc.co.uk/cms/index.php; and the Club House ... http://rutlandsc.co.uk/cms/index.php?op ... &Itemid=80. For those who didn't want to sleep aboard, there are good value rooms in the clubhouse.
As for the format - well if there is interest, I'd put something forward for discussion but say something like this:
>> Assemble at 10.30 on Saturday for briefing
>> Then a morning sail of some sort (Southern leg and church?)
>> Lunch
>> Afternoon sail of some sort (Northern limit and back?)
Some attendees could even (while cruising colleagues were doing something else?) indulge in a little light racing if anyone was so inclined.
>> Anyone who wanted to could stay overnight could do so and also have another sail on the Sunday morning before leaving mid afternoon.
If there is interest in this idea - even from only 2 or 3 boats - I'll approach the club and get a few suitable dates when there are no large Open Meetings for racing dinghies.
Comments? Suggestions? AOB?!
Cheers,
Tony Gray
There are a lot of Swift 18 sailors on Rutland Water either at the Whitwell Day Sailing Centre or at Rutland Sailing Club. There are also quite a few Swift sailors within an hour or two's drive of Rutland Water.
Hugh and I - who together own Swift 079 Samphire - are based at the Sailing Club and were wondering whether there would be any interest in having a bit of a Swift Rally one Saturday or Sunday during the summer.
RSC has great facilities and we could use the club house for briefings, lunch or even an evening meal. And for those coming from elsewhere slipping is easy using one of our three cruiser slips. Use this link to have a look: The Water ... http://rutlandsc.co.uk/cms/index.php; and the Club House ... http://rutlandsc.co.uk/cms/index.php?op ... &Itemid=80. For those who didn't want to sleep aboard, there are good value rooms in the clubhouse.
As for the format - well if there is interest, I'd put something forward for discussion but say something like this:
>> Assemble at 10.30 on Saturday for briefing
>> Then a morning sail of some sort (Southern leg and church?)
>> Lunch
>> Afternoon sail of some sort (Northern limit and back?)
Some attendees could even (while cruising colleagues were doing something else?) indulge in a little light racing if anyone was so inclined.
>> Anyone who wanted to could stay overnight could do so and also have another sail on the Sunday morning before leaving mid afternoon.
If there is interest in this idea - even from only 2 or 3 boats - I'll approach the club and get a few suitable dates when there are no large Open Meetings for racing dinghies.
Comments? Suggestions? AOB?!
Cheers,
Tony Gray