The VC Speaks - From the Sailing Committee....

The Club Sailing Committee met last week and finalised the dates for the year. For the Flying Fifteen Fleet, of course, part of the Club's Value Proposition in terms of "special weekends" is very good. On top of the four weekends of the Winter Warm Up, we get a stack of extra events too. I'm told that if you are a Hayling member, not only is there no racing during the Winter, but you also cannot race on about 7 key event weekends during the year. Essentially we have the reverse!!

You will find the VC's key dates for Flying Fifteens in the "Interesting Links" (see on the right hand side of the webpage) download labelled 'DWSC FF Key Dates' . On top of four WWU weekends, we have two Flying Fifteen Opens, a Club Regatta, a Fleet Championship weekend, the Hughes Regatta, and 'mini' events for families in the plethora of four day holiday weekends we have this year (eg Royal Wedding). Then there is the Wednesday series, which is in fact three series. Plus Purple Marine are sponsoring (Hurrah!) a whole weekend of Pursuit Racing in June. There will be a pursuit race on both Saturday and Sunday, with a BBQ on the Saturday after racing.

For those of you who haven't tried the pursuit races, it's where all the FFs join in with everyone else to give all the members in manufacturer classes someone to race against for a change. Essentially the race is carried out backwards, so that we all finish at the same time and drive the caterers to the brink of patience!! Think of it as our way of "giving back".....