Author: Andrew Dowley

Congratulations to all of our 2014 prize winners! The lucky sailors picked up their awards at the prize giving event held after the clubs Annual General Meeting on Sunday 23rd November. Prizes were presented for the following events: Spring Points Series Summer Point Series Autumn Points Series Bank Holiday Series Wednesday Night Series Pursuit Race Series One off races including our ladies series and helm of the year You can view all of the racing results on the website. Jason Clarke was the winner of the Awesome Autumn cadet series which gave our cadet sailors points for taking part in…

Masts down, cruisers recovered and sailing gear hung up. As some hardy sailors vacate the club to take part in Winter Series at other clubs, the majority of members at Marconi Sailing Club may be looking forward to a well earned rest or appreciate the time to pursue other things. Looking back there have been a number of highlights from this year’s calendar at MSC. Club President The beginning of the season saw the passing of the club’s President Tony Benn. Having held the honorary position since 2001, he held a long association with the club and his country seat…

The annual Marconi Sailing Club dinner dance is being held on Saturday 31st January 2015 at the Orsett Hall Country Hotel. Tickets are £40 each which includes pre dinner drinks a 3 course meal and coffee afterwards. The venue has excellent accommodation for those who wish to stay. Book directly with the Orsett Hall reception and mention the event for a preferential rate. e-mail reception@orsetthall.co.uk or telephone 01375 891402. Website www.orsetthall.co.uk The Hotel is set in lovely grounds with good road links to the A127, A12, A13, M25 for those of you who have to travel. The rooms we have…

Report by Dennis Dear The Marconi Sailing Club Solo Open Meeting on the River Blackwater, Steeple, Essex was held on Sunday 7th September when twenty Solo helms signed on. These included five from the host club and four from Fishers Green SC. Burnham SC, Royal Harwich SC and seven other clubs were also represented and warmly welcomed to the event. The pre-race briefing was held in the club house when the course was described as a triangle followed by a sausage and the position of the buoys was highlighted. High tide was given as 11:45 and 5-8 knot winds were…

Marconi Sailing Club’s annual Solo open meeting is being held on Sunday 7th September. Below is the link to download the notice of race for the event. Marconi-Solo-Open-NOR-2014 (PDF) We look forward to welcoming you all for the Marconi Solo Open.

78 cadets of all ages enjoy a week of sailing and learning at Marconi.

Marconi Sailing Clubs cadets arrived in Deal (Kent) today for the annual NSSA Championships. There are 11 cadets sailing Toppers, Lasers, 420 and a Comet Duo in the racing this week. The action starts tomorrow and lasts all week with the last races on Friday. Today was a day of travelling, rigging boats and then setting up tents before some relaxation ahead of racing tomorrow. This is the second year the Marconi Cadets have attended the NSSA championships. After the racing this week next Saturday will be a manic day of packing up, travelling and setting up again for Marconi’s…

East Coast Piers Race sponsored by Zhik On the weekend of the 5th and 6th July 55 competitors took to the water at Marconi Sailing Club for the annual East Coast Piers Race in aid of The Cirdan Trust and Essex Air Ambulance. The event sponsored by sailing clothing company Zhik, sees sailors from across the country take part in a long distance race from the club, out of the Blackwater Estuary and along the Essex coastline. Two consecutive races are held, the Piers Race which requires catamarans to sail as far as Walton on the Naze and the Colne…

Marconi sailing Club was represented by three Sprint 15’s at EUROCAT, Carnac, France from 1st to 4th May, a long standing dream of Nick Dewhirst who sadly passed away last year but would have been proud to see 19 Sprint 15’s lined up on the beach. Peter Richardson and Kevin Kirby took the overnight boat from Portsmouth to Caen leaving a 3 ¾ hour effortless drive to Carnac on the superb French roads, Jon Pearse took the more ambitious route via Dover/Calais leaving an 8 hour drive although he was still there for registration Wednesday evening! Carnac, in The Morbihan…

It is with great sadness that Margaret Harrison and family announce the loss of Chris Harrison. Chris fought a brave battle against cancer but sadly passed away on  25th May. Chris was an active member at Marconi SC for the best part of 40 years before retiring to Cornwall 4 years ago. His Funeral will take place at 11am on 16th June at Treswithian Downs Crematorium in Camborne, Cornwall. A wake will follow at The Watermill Inn, Hayle, Cornwall. It is planned that his ashes will be laid to rest in Chelmsford later in the year