Notice of Change to the Sailing Programme.

Due to the cancellation of the rowing event on the 1st of September, we are going to bring the final races of the Marine Autumn series and Sumner series forward to the 1st of September. Then on the 8th September we will hold some sprint racing. for the RNLI Trophy which was not run earlier in the year due to poor weather.

For those who have not done sprint racing before it is a series of very short 1 lap races (under 10 mins) and the idea is to get as many races completed in a 2 hour period as possible. It is a great way to learn how to start well. The start sequence will be reduced to 3 minutes and will be as follows:-

3 mins to start the Y flag hoisted with 1 blast of the horn.

2 Mins to the start the P flag hoisted with 1 blast of the horn.

1 Min to the start the P flag dropped with 1 blast of the horn.

At the start time the Y flag is dropped with 1 blast of the horn.

Hopefully we should get 10 races in. It will be fun and quite a suprise who comes out on top.