St Catherine’s Sailing Club members are invited to join in with the Marlow Rope Show at ST HYC on Thursday 6th February, between 7pm and 9pm. Please contact the St Helier Yacht Club Office to reserve a space, as we are limited to 50 places for practical reasons. The Chefs are providing Chilli con Carne, Chicken Curry and a Vege option for £8.50 during the break. Please let the office know if you plan on eating when you reserve your space.
Please contact Chris on 732229 or office@shyc.je with any queries.
Don’t delay, the course is filling up fast!
Happy New Year
A very happy new year to all our members, looking forward to some great sailing in 2020. Make it one of your new year resolutions!
Boxing Day Race
Calling all Santa’s, Snowmen and Elves with a dinghy in the boat park . . . . what better way to work off all the excesses of Christmas than a fun race around the bay on Boxing Day, starting at 10:00am. Family and friends are welcome to join us in the Clubhouse for hot drinks, cake and mince pies during the morning, see you all there. Happy Christmas!
RYA Sailing courses for 2020
RYA Sailing courses for younger sailors will start after the Summer half term, on Wednesdays (entry level) and Thursdays (Intermediate and and racing,) booking will be online through Webcollect from February 25th 2020 (see bookings.)
Priority will be those who are fully paid up members for the year, and bookings will go online in the first week after spring half term, followed by temporary members in the following weeks. It is hoped that families will continue to make use of the club, and become active members throughout the year.
Our summer RYA sailing Courses will begin at the end of July, during the summer holidays. The dates are…
27th to 30th July (level 1-4)
10th to 13th Aug (level 1-4)
24th to 27th Aug (level 1-4)
We hope to publish dates of the adult learn to sail courses nearer the time.
Please contact Justin Horton, Principal, TC Training Center at St Catherine’s Sailing Club for further details.
Winter Training dates for 2020
Winter training dates for 2020 are as follows..
Jan 4th and 18th
Feb. 1st, 15th, 29th
March 14th 21st, 28th
April 4th
All are on Saturday from 10am and are over neap tides. Open to all SCSC members with own boats or by arrangement.
Dates and times may change due to weather.
AGM 2019
Notice is hereby given for the 2019 St Catherine’s Sailing Club AGM to be held on Sunday 24th November at 15:00 hrs. Any items for the Agenda should be posted through the club letterbox no less than 8 days before the event. All members are invited to attend.
Condor 1&2 – Sunday 29th September – Cancelled
Due to the high confidence in the local forecast for Force 6-7 winds from the South West tomorrow morning, all racing is cancelled. We will try to reschedule the Condor 1&2 races at a later date.
Condor Series 1&2 – Sunday 29th September
This Sunday heralds the start of the last race series of the season. The ever popular Condor series is the last chance to get some decent competitive racing in before the winter break.
First race starts at 9:00am due to the spring tide dropping fast.
See you all there!
Bart’s Bash 2019
I know it’s looking a bit windy, but please join us at the Club for the Bart’s Bash sail on Sunday. For the first time in the history of this world wide event, we have the opportunity to raise funds for our own club. The Andrew Simpson Foundation recognises the efforts that individual clubs are putting into promoting sailing. Bart would have loved St Catherine’s as much as we do! So please sign up and raise as much as you can, whether you’re sailing on Sunday or not. Many thanks!
https://www.bartsbash.com/sign-up
Class Championships 2019
We are all set to run 3 races back to back for the annual Class Championships this Sunday Morning. Trophies and Shields are awarded to the winners of the Laser, RS200, Feva, Topper, Optimist, Oppie, Pico and a Remnants Class. Racing will start promptly at 10:00am, so please sign on and rig early on the slip.