South Bank Sailing Club Blog

It was the last day of the year 2017 and while many people were getting ready for the last moments of a fantastic year, a selected group was determined to ensure they ended up the year even better coming down to sail. Ms Sara Bennet CAMBPELL decided to stay in the safety boat and enjoy her well-deserved triumph on the homonymous trophy. Congratulations VC.     The course wasa3 lap triangle +  sausage which always makes it interesting and can open the race using the tactics of the river. Ben and Sina in the Albacore had a good start and were followed for a while by a GP14 helmed by Allan and with Steph and little James in her tummy as crew. The race was close for one lap butBen and Sina made the most of thespeed of the Albacore and had a commanding lead at the end of the race.   Henry Cook and Hugh Spalding had also a good battle for a couple of laps but Henry managed to put distance after the 2 nd  lap and secure the third position in the race. Final results : Ben and Sin...

The end-of-year supper was a great event as always. Here are the results! Trophy Results Goodwin (Spring) Series: Renato, Allan, Amy, Henry C, Johnny, Ben, Jamie, Jane D, Joe Bevington (Summer) Series: Renato, Sara, Johnny, Ben = Jamie, Allan Campbell (Autumn): Sara, Renato, Allan, Ben, Amy, Henry C, Jakob Overall: Renato (18), Allan (30), Sara (41), Amy (62), Ben (66), Henry C (75), Johnny (91), Jamie (98), Sally (136), Jane D (159) Crew Trophy: Steph, Sina, Bob, Jane SH, Rita, Matthias, Digby = Josh Single Handers: Renato, Sara Double Handers: Allan, Ben Downriver: Allan, Renato, Sara, Amy, Johnny, Ben = Jamie, Sally Ruby Bell Trophy: Sara, Jamie, Ben + Sina, Jacob, Henry C, Armand + Rex, Elaine, Ana G John Cope Trophy: Carla + Sina, Ben + Josh, Henry C Bernard Driver: Race cancelled due to lack of wind Extras Thanks to Sara, Jane SH, Ray, Allan and Emma for covering many extra duties. Thanks to Sina and Andy T for helping with race spreadsheets and attendance reporting. Well done to...

Sunday 7th Jan 2018  John Cope Downriver Race  What better way to start the New Year than the John Cope cup!   As well as being the 1 st race of 2018 it was also the 1 st race using the revised calculations moving OTW times closer to the predicted high/low tide times. As forecast it was a very cold day with 3-5C temperature with NE winds 16-19mph gusting 33 but we did have some sunshine and lovely blue skies for a while. Six intrepid sailors turned up to compete in 5 boats; Matthias in a club Laser 4.7, Henry in his Laser Rad, Johnny in his Solo, Carla visiting from Singapore reunited with her teammate Sina in their 420 and Ben with Josh in his Albacore.   There were delays launching our boats partly because of a busy ramp with several rowers coming and going!  However at 12.50, with Steph’s help, I started the race from the beach. Making the most of the strong winds and gusts our gallant sailors moved over the start line at high speed followed by Jane D and Simon in the Safety Boat....