Budworth Sailing Club

Do you want to progress to racing?        Brush up on skills and knowledge
Get top tips and handy hints from experienced, friendly race coaches?       Build your confidence?

Then this is the thing for you!

We will be holding a ‘Start to Race’ progamme for members who can sail a triangular course this summer. It will be held on Saturday mornings (11am – 2pm) with the expectation that folk will then join in the 1st race on Saturdays (2ish-3pm )for which the coach will be in attendance to give on-the-water feedback (you can stay for the other races too , of course).  It is every week 30th June – 4th August.

Attendees will sail their own boats but the club GP, Laser(s) and Toppers are also available for hire (first come first serve).
Cost = £40 plus £5 per session for boat hire.

Topics covered are:
• Sailing Upwind and Downwind
• Effective Roll-tacking and gybing
• Mark rounding
• Maximising boat speed
• Starting
• Tactics and rules

Ted Garner will hold an evening seminar on a Tuesday to cover some basics before you get you started (date TBC)

To book a place please complete the enrolment form (pdf ched below) and send it and a cheque to Sarah Tyson at 49 Seal Rd Bramhall Cheshire SK7 2JS. A place is not secured until the cheque is received! Any queries or for further details contact Sarah on bsctraining@budworthsc.org.uk
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Racing today was pretty wild, with a strong N.E. wind, heavy gusts. The 12:30 Handicap had no takers, and 3 GP14’s braved the weather for Race 1 of the Spring Points. Helms Bill Kenyon and Fred Ardern battled for first place, whilst newcomer Mark Cleary sailed on valiantly a little behind. A few capsizes were the order of they day - watching from my armchair, Mark got  a good dunking, and even Fred/Andy enjoyed a quick bath, but it looked like Bill and Ben sailed onwards and remained dry!

At 3pm the O.D. and/or helms  decided that was enough - probably the next race did not have a quorum, but well done to those who got out there in pretty difficult conditions, and enjoy your well-earned drink in the bar!

The Northwest Tavellers Topper Open was held at Budworth on 21st April.

A great event, enjoyed by all! To see the results click here:  Read more… »

Welcome to the Clubs Open day page.

The intention of our day is, whether you are a sailor or never sailed before, to come and have a look at us, the boats we sail, the facilities that we have, what we can offer you and if you want,  be taken out to experience dinghy sailing first hand. Weather permitting of course! Remember this is one of the sports at which Team GB excels and for which there are hopes for many medals at the Olympics!

Budworth is unique in that it owns parts of the water on which we sail, the beautiful 100 acre Budworth Mere. We are also different to many clubs in that our sailing is based on fleet sailing which means you only race against boats in your fleet , rather than racing in mixed fleets with the result decided on timed handicaps.

What do we sail?

Well we have fleets of Lasers, Snipes, GP14s, RS200s, Fireballs, Fireflys, Raceboards and, new for this year Solos. Rather than try and describe each fleet to you, you can go back to our home page and click fleets and they will appear in the drop down so you can then have a read about them in a lot more detail.

At the open day every type of boat we sail will be available for you to have a look at and there will be someone from each fleet to talk to you about their boats.

Our junior section will also be prominent with the boats that they sail, learn to sail in and the team who train them will be on hand to talk to you about learning to sail.

Finally our Galley will be open selling a selection of hot and cold drinks, cakes etc. and Great Budworth Farm ice creams.

We look forward to seeing you.

Andrea Morgan, one of the RS200 crews at Budworth, is running in the London Marathon on 22nd April to raise money for  Anthony Nolan, who work to save the lives of people with blood cancer. She would be very appreciative of any member who would like to sponsor her.

Just click on the link to find out more and help this good cause http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/andrea_morgan

As a start to this year’s adult training programme we’re offering a series of workshops/ sessions for folk to familiarise themselves with the power boats and to get to grips with rescue duty. Perfect for beginners, new members and/ or any salty seadogs who are feeling a bit rusty and want a refresher.
Flyer with dates attached. There will be sessions every month on a Saturday afternoon (1.30-4.30pm, April - October ). The sessions are very practical so come dressed to be on the water.   For further details and to book a place contact STEVE KELHAM by email or phone. Details on the flyer or in handbook

Race report 25 March 2012

Sunday saw the last 3 races in this years Scott Trophy Open Ice Breaker Series and whereas the first 3 races of the Series saw strong winds, hail storms and multiple boat capsizes yesterday was blessed with a modest zephyr and much slapping on of sun cream!

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Race report 18 March 2012

Yesterday at Budworth saw another glorious sailing day but perhaps the demands of Mother’s Day kept the numbers down?

None the less 14 boats made it out on to the water including Nic Deveraux, fresh from winning the previous days Topper Open at Winsford Sailing Club and coming 2^nd in the yesterdays first race.

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