Author: Andrew Dowley

The weekend of the 17th and 18th August marked the second running of the Junior Catamaran championships hosted again in association with UKCRA (UK Catamaran Racing Association) by Marconi sailing club in association with UKCRA (UK Catamaran Racing Association). This year saw 8 teams with ages ranging from 9 to 16 taking part in a hotly contended regatta all sailed in UKCRA owned and borrowed Dart 16 catamarans. Many of the teams this year determined to show the Multihull sailing skills have spent much of the summer brushing up on the extra skills needed compared to sailing a dinghy. Following…

After two weeks of camping another successful Camping Fortnight at Marconi Sailing Club has drawn to a close. Cadet Week is an annual event that the club has held for over quarter of a century. This year saw no let-up in numbers as over 70 Cadets participated in a week of sailing tuition and fun on the River Blackwater. This year’s event was held from 29th July – 3rd August. On Monday after the traditional photocall of Cadets, Tutors and helpers, Capsize Drill was the order of the day where the Cadets learnt how to right their boats. The younger…

The 26th East Coast Piers race sponsored by Wildwind Sailing Holidays was held over the weekend of 29th and 30th June at Marconi Sailing Club. Once again the race weekend was run with the full East Coast Piers Race (48 miles) and the Colne Point Race (27 miles) on Sunday and inshore racing on Saturday. After the introduction of dinghies for the Colne Point Race last year, fast dinghies were once again invited along. Saturday bought shifty conditions for the two afternoon warm up races. There was a mixture of wind conditions across the course with the shelter of the island providing…