Author: Pat Shaw

EXTRACT FROM RORC ARTICLE David Annan, crew on McGregor IV, has been dinghy sailing for the past 20 years, but was attracted to offshore racing as an endurance challenge. “Peter Ward and the majority of the crew are from the Marconi Sailing Club in Essex and we are very much sailing under the club burgee. The team has been sailing together for a couple of seasons now, including a Fastnet campaign last year and Round Ireland this year, so we have been sailing as a team for quite a bit. The Cherbourg Race will be our last race of the…

On Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st of September Marconi Sailing Club is Hosting the Dart 16 National Championships & the Junior Catamaran Sailing Championships. Notice Of Race The Dart 16 National Championships Open to sailors of all ages. The Junior Catamaran Sailing Championships Open to all Junior sailors, sailing any class To qualify for the Junior Cat champs crew must be 16 or under on 31st December 2014 Now open to Hobie Dragoons, Topaz 14s, Dart 15s and others where applicable Camping: Camping is available from Friday 19th September until Sunday 21th September onsite at Marconi sailing club, 2 nights…

Saturday 23 August 2014 at Marconi SC Marconi Sailing Club welcomes the Eastern Area Topper sailors and would like to extend a invitation to join us not only for the Topper Traveller Series Event on Saturday but for the whole weekend with camping available on Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th of August, at a cost of £5.00 per entered boat per night. The invitation extends to joining our cadet racing fleet on Sunday for two races  and for a further 2 races on Monday. If you would like to camp or join our weekend racing it would be appreciated if you…

McGregor IV & Woozle Hunter The Marconi SC cruiser racing contingent continue to impress this season with boats very well placed in both the RORC and EAORA series. Woozle Hunter is currently sitting in 1st place and looking very strong, in the over all rankings for the EAORA series this season. EAORA  series 2014 MGregor IV is currently leading the RORC class 4 series and is 3rd overall. To continue to defend their position they are currently making preparations to move the boat from Bradwell to Portsmouth, to contend in the Cowes race this coming weekend. RORC Class 4 Series…

McGregor IV is now preparing for the Round Ireland Race in Dublin. On Saturday 28th June the boat will take to the start line off Wicklow on the East Coast and will race clockwise, non-stop around all the drying rocks belonging to the island of Ireland (apart from Rockall). On board will be Marconi Members: Derek Brown, Tom Clayton and Peter Ward as well as ex members and club friends Rorie Ash, Ann Watson, Dave Annan, Amanda Childs, Lydia Coffey The race can be tracked live on the website which can be found here. http://www.roundirelandyachtrace.ie/

MSC Cruiser Racing contingent are having a great 2014 season BJRC Smith Cup Race 24th May Marconi were represented by Caroline 3rd (Andy Ellis), Blue Moon 8th (Richard Robarts), and Woozle Hunter (RET) The North Sea Race. 30th May (180 miles) Marconi SC were mentioned by Ian Ivermee (Woozle Hunter) when he was quoted in the Royal Ocean Racing Clubs preview of the North Sea Race. Good publicity on the website of the Premier Offshore Racing Organisation in the UK. http://www.rorc.org/2014-race-news/rorc-debut-for-team-brunel.html In a fleet of 32 yachts only 4 UK boats participated and 2 of those were from Marconi’s. In the race…

SUNDAY June 15th June 2014 10:00 in wet kit in the training room. Boats rigged on hard. The next sail training is almost with us :-). Usual drill, except this time it’s on SUNDAY! This time we’ll be alongside the normal club racing… Looking forward to seeing you there!

Oppi Club is a club centred on the Optimist sailing dinghy, aimed at budding sailors who are too young to take part in the clubs excellent sail training programme. Children can join in with  Oppi Club from age 3, we ask that parents stay with the children as they are so small and need quite a bit of help, last time it was not clear who enjoyed the activities the most the children or the adults. Meet in the clubhouse at 11.00  in dry gear. Link to write up of last Oppi Club session

On Saturday 24th May Marconi Sailing Club held its first gathering of Oppi Club. This is a club centred on the Optimist sailing dinghy, aimed at budding sailors who are too young to take part in the clubs excellent sail training programme. During the morning session great fun was had locating and identifying the previously hidden parts of one of the club Optimists after which some excellent colouring skills were demonstrated, colouring in pictures of Optimist Dinghies. After some lunch, wet-gear was donned, more easily by some than others and two Optimist dinghies were “sailed” by the Opi Club participants,…