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Grafham Water Sailing Club Restart Series Week 4 & Overall

Grafham Water Sailing Club Restart Series Week 4 & Overall
by Nigel Denchfield & Peter Gee 29 Apr 15:05 BST
24-25 April 2021
Dave Philpott and Susie Sonntag won Race 10 and 11 of the Slow Double-hander fleet in their Flying Fifteen in the Grafham Water SC Restart Series © Paul Sanwell / OPP
An icy Force 4 wind greeted the 60 boats who entered the final day of the Restart series at Grafham Water Sailing Club. The discussion in the dinghy party was not about who could win. Instead, the focus was on who would be the first person to surrender to the temptations of the now open, warm (and socially distanced) changing room. That honour went to John Reynolds of the asymmetric fleet. ....

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Grafham Water Sailing Club Restart Series Week 2

Grafham Water Sailing Club Restart Series Week 2
by Nigel Denchfield 13 Apr 15:54 BST
10-11 April 2021
The RS200 of Flynn Davies and Holly Dabson leads the start in Race 5 of the Grafham Water SC Restart Series © Simon Wigmore
Grafham Water Sailing Club s leap out of lockdown has continued apace despite some very chilly temperatures. Midweek saw the first of the Wednesday night races with another big entry. Saturday featured the inaugural event of the new Fox s Great Eastern Tour RS200 open circuit, plus a large number of club boats afloat for adult and junior race training.
Sunday was Week 2 of the Spring Restart sailing series. Although sunny, the brisk 15-knot northerly reduced the apparent temperature to around zero. This didn t deter another big turnout of hardy Grafham sailors. The wind had large fluctuations, particularly on the approach to the windward mark. The big cats and asymmetric monohulls enjoyed the conditions on ....

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A busy Easter Weekend at Grafham Water Sailing Club

A busy Easter Weekend at Grafham Water Sailing Club
by Nigel Denchfield 6 Apr 17:19 BST
2-4 April 2021
Dan Wigmore 211405 leads the start in Race 1 of the Grafham Water SC Restart Series © Simon Wigmore
Grafham Water Sailing Club members emerged from the long winter hibernation over the Easter weekend blinking like dormice in the unaccustomed sunshine. The Club had laid on a fantastic racing programme starting with two separate one-day youth open meetings on Friday and Saturday, followed by the 4-week Restart club racing series on Sunday.
Good Friday saw 60 young Optimist sailors arrive for the 6-race Easter Egg open meeting. The wind hovered around 15kt, accompanied by cool temperatures. The main fleet event was won by Archie Munro-Price from Castle Cove SC, second was Charlie Gatehouse (Bewl SA) with Emma Breeze (Royal Lymington SC) third. The Optimist Regatta fleet was won by Nia (King George SC) with Freddie Reeves (Cam SC) ....

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