By John Wayling Eleven eager Phantom helms arrived at Shoreham Sailing Club on Saturday 3rd August to compete in the Phantom Southern Series event, sponsored by Monkey Marine. Shoreham is the host of our 2013 Nationals in September so a good warm up event especially for the pond sailors like myself. The event was shared […]
Shoreham Sailing club provided the perfect pre-championships training for 32 Merlin Rockets who arrived to glorious sunshine and lifting flags for their annual open meeting over the weekend of 3-4 August. A strong force 6-7 from the south west kept the competitors ashore for a brief time on Saturday, however the wind moderated slightly to […]
Shoreham SC are hosting the 2013 Phantom National Championships, sponsored by Ovington Boats and Seabrook Developments, from the 6th September to the 8th September. We’re delighted to be hosting this event and look forward to welcoming lots of Phantoms for a great weekend of fantastic sailing. Entries Enter online on the Phantom Website Schedule The […]
Thirteen Shoreham Rocketeers went on the annual pilgrimage to Salcombe along with a substantial shore party of Chaplins, Warrens and visiting Whitneys. With a larger entry than normal the nine Shoreham boats (we’ve adopted the ones which included Shoreham crews) battled it out in the fleet of 120 and had what must have been one […]
The Merlin Rocket and Phantom open meeting will be run over the coming weekend – 3-4 August. Racing is as follows; Saturday: Race 1: Merlin start 1400 hrs, followed by Phantom start. Race 2 to follow. Sunday: Race 3: Merlin start 1100 hrs, followed by Phantom start. With race 4 to follow. Entry fees are; […]
We’ve seen them out practicing, but what is it really like. Watch this on board footage of Richard and Pete getting to grips with their new steed!
Video from Richard Bush whilst he was on safety boat duty, looks like a lovely sail;
This Saturday 22 June is the Black Rock race organised by Sussex YC and the Family and Improvers day at Shoreham SC. The Family and Improvers day starts at 10.00 and the Galley will be open from 9.30 on Saturday. If you are recent to boating and have some basic skills but need a little […]
Three club boats went to the Wayfarer National Championship held at Parkstone Yacht Club, Bill and Lisa, Chas and Mandy and Alan and Philip. Top Shoreham boat and sixth overall were Bill and Lisa. For the full report see the Yachts and Yachting report.
We have a bit of a crisis with empty Race Officer duties over the next 6 – 8 weeks, all on Sundays. We have already contacted all those that have done race officer duties in the past but if you are willing to take at least one of these duties on it would spread the […]
If you have been around the club on a Thursday evening you may have seen a number of sea scouts on the water and at the club. These are the 3rd and 5th Lancing Sea scouts who are now affiliated to the club and whilst they are making good use of our facilities, we are […]
Despite the unseasonable weather we have had 44 boats taking part in racing for the Shoreham SC spring series. Full results are available on the results page but the top three for the Spring series and PM series’ are; Spring series Fast handicap Alan Warren and Will Carroll, Merlin Rocket Peter Bennett and Tyler Harmsworth, […]
Now that we have a new lawn-mower, it seems a perfect time to remind you that it is your responsibility to mow the area underneath and around your boat! We are fortunate to have two members (Vernon and Anthony) that do an excellant job with the big mower, but members are responsible for their spaces. […]
The Shoreham SC Fireball Open Meeting once again provided sparkling racing for a top quality fleet from as far afield as Plymouth, North Yorkshire and Belgium. Saturday was set aside for a training session run by Tim Rush. His well planned on the water sessions and astute feedback session were very well received by visiting […]
Bill Whitney finished in a fantastic third place at the Wayfarer Eaterns in Waldringfield over the May bank holiday weekend. For the full report see the Yachts and Yachting website.
We have a new facebook page for the club which will be kept updated with news, events and information from the club. ‘Like’ the page and you can read the latest news as it gets updated. We’ll continue to publish news on the website, but please use the facebook page to share your photos, boats […]
Alex Jackson crewed by Fran Gifford finished third overall in a very competitive fleet of Merlin’s at Starcross SC on the river Exe at the weekend. Alex and Fran narrowly beat fellow Shoreham SC member Alex Warren on count-back – crewing for local boy Olly Turner. For the full report see the Yachts and Yachting […]
Following the safety bulletin issued by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch which says that the driver of the speedboat involved in the tragic accident in Padstow was not wearing a kill cord, the RYA is urging all owners and operators of powerboats and RIBs to remember to wear a kill cord. The kill cord is […]