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Shanklin Sailing Club
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Hope Road
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
PO37 6EA
01983 865012
contactus@shanklinsailingclub.com
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Shanklin Sailing Club
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Sailing club situated at the North end of Shanklin Esplanade with most boats being Sprint 15 catamarans.
Racing takes place throughout the season on Tuesday afternoons, Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings.
last updated: Wed, 03 Feb 2010
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Revill race 11
The race on Thursday 9th September will start at 18:30.
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Cadet Cup Race
The Cadet Cup Race will be held on Sunday 12th September at 1.30pm. The race is to be sailed single handed in Picos with mainsail only. The helm must be under 15 years old on 112010. If you would like to reserve a club boat please let me know. The exact format will be decided on the day based on th...
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September Challenge Cup
The September Challenge Cup on Thursday 2nd September will start at 18.30.
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September 4th Fun Day
The tides are perfect for another trip to Luccombe picnic on the beach and cruise back. We need to launch from Shanklin at about 10am. We now have 5 club Picos available for people to borrow. If you would like to use one of these boats please email me first come first served. Simon simonthefami...
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Nationals 2010
Shanklin Sailing Club took a team of nine boats to the Sprint 15 National championships in Netley last weekend. The Sprint 15 Nationals are one of the biggest contested catamaran Nationals in the UK with 61 entries this year. Seven races were planned over three days but due to failing wind on the se...
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Race Change
Fox 2 Up 6 on the 29th August will be replaced by the Juniors Race. Sprint 5 will follow as planned.
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August Fun Day - Date change to Saturday July 31st
The date of the August Fun Day is changing to Saturday 31st July It will run from 11.30am to 3.30pm and is for members only. The theme is Picnic and Picos. Bring lunch and try out the new boats with friends, join in with games and novelty races. Simon
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Race Change - Fireworks Cup
Fireworks Cup on 12th August will now start at 6pm
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Tuesday Afternoon series racing
Starting from the 6th July the Tuesday Afternoon Series will start at 2pm.
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July Fun Day - Swallows and Amazons
Days like this remind us of how lucky we are to live here. Beautiful weather with a gentle force 2 southerly breeze greeted us, Two Picos, two Darts and the safety boat set off just after 10am. The pirate Pico looked great and there was much singing of sea shanties The route to the secret cove took ...
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Family Fun Day Saturday 3rd July
Well the new boats are not arriving for another couple of weeks. So we are going on an expedition Anyone who wants to come, try and be on the beach by 9am so we can launch by 10am and sail to our secret cove. These timings are critical to catch the tides waits for no man etc. Once there we can pla...
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Nationals 2010
The nationals 2010 at Netley. There are only 2 weeks left to get your discount. Book now and save money.
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Family Fun Day 3rd July
Family Fun Day 3rd July Sorry for the late notice I had planned this Saturday to be a come and put together and try out the new boats day However Im not convinced they are going to arrive on time, they were due on Thursday. If this doesnt happen we will try a swallows and amazons style trip to a l...
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Beginners sailing courses
We are now taking reservations for the cadet age 8-18 beginners sailing courses. This year we have 9 places available. The course will be Sunday afternoons from 1-3pm followed by the adult course 3-5pm. It will run for 6-8 weeks and start the first or second Sunday in July depending on when the new...
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Open Day
Shanklin Sailing Club hosted an open day on Saturday 4th June. This was held to raise awareness about how accessible dinghy sailing at a local club can be and the beauty of sailing in such a location as Sandown Bay. Despite the lack of wind the day was a great success, with 52 people having a go on ...
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The First Fun Day
The First Fun Day will take place between 1pm and 4pm on the 5th June.
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First Fun Day
The first fun day will be in a couple of weeks on the 5th June and will basically be all afternoon. The theme of this one is a try out day, Have a go at: Sailing a Pico Sailing a Sprint 15 Catamaran Having a joyride on PicoSprint 15 Try Trapezing Have a go at crewing a Sprint 15 amp; sign up for a ...
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Capsize Drill
Stuart is wanting to run a capsize day at the Club on Sunday 16th May, please check the forum and and contact Stuart if you are interested.
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Lottery Award
Great News Shanklin Sailing Club wins Lottery Award I heard this week that we have been successful in our application for match funding from the National Lottery. A selection of commercial and charitable sponsors have contributed generously this sponsorship once matched by Sport England gives t...
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The First Cup Race
Keith won the first Cup race of the season, the prestigious Yaverland race, sailing Dart 1150 Bless its pointed little head and slowly beating heart. quot;What a namequot;. He also managed to win the second race of the day, he stole it from Strevens who ended up in second place, with Geoff in 3rd ...
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Start lights
For a normal start you039;ll get the following lights in order: 5 min plus class flag plus horn, 4 min plus P flag plus horn, 1 min P flag removed plus horn and then start class flag removed plus horn. For a 10 min start you039;ll get:- 10 min you will also get the flashing amber beacon in fron...
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Alexandra Palace Dinghy Show 6-7 March 2010
Sprint 15 Association If you are planning to visit the Alexandra Palace Dinghy Show on 67 March don039;t forget to visit our stand. As well as the boat kindly supplied by Windsport we will be showing a number of videos which is a first for our class. Over the weekend the stand will be manned by vir...
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Newsletter
WELCOME to all members of the club for the 2010 season from all committee members. Let039;s hope it is a successful and enjoyable one. The start of the season will soon be here, and so now is the time to repair the boat, order those parts, find the drysuitwetsuit and check the sailsbattens. Remember...
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Instructor Training Dates
Power Boat 2021st Feb and 2728th Feb First Aid Training 13th March Dinghy Instructor Training 7-11th May
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Cadet Group
Goal: To offer high quality sailing tuition to the local youth community in the supportive environment of Shanklin Sailing Club. Also to enhance adult participation in sailing and develop their skills. Where are we now Shanklin Sailing Club was founded in 1931 and is a small happy family club, w...
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Fitting out Supper
The Fitting out Supper is going to be on Saturday 20th March 2010, venue to be the club house. American supper similar to last few years. Stuart will provide hot jacket potatoes. Arrange to bring salads, meats, rice, pasta, breads, puddings etc and beverages as last year with Stuart. A quiz of som...
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RSS feeds
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication is a way of keeping check of the changing content of a web site without having to visit it directly. At the top of your browser - if you have an up to date version - you may see an orange icon with a dot and two arcs. This is a link to the RSS feeds on this site. ...
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Scoring codes
DNF: Started but did not finish the race. Scores points equal to the number of competitors in that race plus 1. DNS: Came to the start but did not race. Scores as DNF. DSQ: Disqualified. Scores as DNF. OCS: On the course side of the start at the start of the race. Scores as DNF. AP: Average poin...
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Ownership of jobs
This is a new idea to try to get members to take on individual jobs, you can do the jobs when you please.
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Nationals 2009
The Windsport International Sprint 15 Nationals were held at Pentewen Sands Sailing Club from the 23rd to the 25th August. Shanklin made a good showing, well some did not Me. The Team Trophy was won by Shanklin Sailing Club, mind you Grafham Water Sailing Club will retain the prize as they forgot to...
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Brian Phipps Training Master Class at Shanklin
Have you noticed, or is it just me that I have often thought that the Sprint 15 mob from the light side of south island are a little bit off the wall Individually they are affectionately peculiar, collectively they are a pack of hyenas on nitrous oxide waiting to pounce and insult any poor innocent...
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Margaret Thompson Memorial Trophy
After the sudden sad loss of Margaret Thompson in November 2008, Ventnor Yacht Club has decided to remember her through a silver plaque to be placed on the wall in the Spyglass Inn above the Shanklin trophy. Margaret and her husband Roy were founder members of the Ventnor Yacht Club and keen sailor...
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Boat repairs
Contact Andy Barker on 0797 1298317.
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35 minute rule
New Race Rule As well as the 2 hour limit, there is now a 35 minute time limit for getting to the first buoy, if the first boat hasn039;t rounded within 35 minutes the race will be abandoned.
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The start
STARTING RACES Races shall be started by using the following signals. Times shall be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal shall be disregarded. Signal Flag Sound Min...
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Heavy weather sailing
By Paul Tanner On the beats I had the traveller about 1 foot from the end of the track and the main sheeted block to block. I concentrated on driving the boat through the waves and hiking out hard in the gusts. When the gusts were really strong I tended to point up higher and wait for it to pass, t...
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Measurements
A B C D E F G H Name Sail No Chain plate holes Down Measurement of the Hypotenuse Imperial Measurement of the Hypotenuse metric Forestay tension in LB Mast Rake in degrees Bow toe in in inches Keith 1150 3 22 7 6.88 8 89.5 II 22 6.5 6.87 ...
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Batten ends
Batten Ends from Keith The batten ends that I use for my sail are now available from Spinnaker Chandlery, price pound;3.37 each, although quite expensive I think they039;re excellent. For more information talk to Keith at the Club
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The new trapeze hook
New quick release trapeze hook It039;s innovative, it039;s simple, it039;s effective and it will save lives. A new Quick Release Trapeze Hook has been invented by international skiff sailor and sailing coach Raimondo Tonelli. It has been developed and manufactured by Sea Sure and is now in producti...
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Covers
Goldfinch covers are a good bet, much stronger than the laser ones amp; cheaper. Dart 15 Full pound;160 Tramp Cover pound;90
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Hatch Covers and O Rings
They are all Holt Parts which can be acquired from Spinnaker in Bembridge.The Large Hatch Cover is Part no HA 537W W denotes white this includes the the ring that is riveted to the boat. pound;5.71. The Small Hatch Cover is Part no HA 337W again with the fixing ring. pound;3.74. The Hatch Covers ...
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The New Down Haul
RWO Block Cat. No. 70-7224 - Current price pound;24.92 Block with Jammer RWO Single Pulley Block wbecket Cat. No. 70-7202 pound;3.88 If you also use a twisted shackle through the sail cringle,this will align the top pulley block correctly,and eliminate the need for an extra top swivel fitting. Th...
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Rigging
The new Jib Sheet arrangement The blocks are just normal small ones able to take from between 5mm to 7mm rope for the main sheet.The small bridle is is 3mm rope mylar or similar.Jib Sheet length 8ish MetersBridle Length 1.9Meters
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Club rules
SECTION 1 NAME AND OBJECTS 1. Name, - The Club shall be known as quot;Shanklin Sailing Clubquot;, hereafter referred to as quot;The Clubquot; 2. Objects, - The primary object of The Club is to encourage boat sailing racing and good sportsmanship. The secondary object of The Club is to provide soci...
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Start proceedure
Starting sequence Switch on 13A socket. Switch on start box switch rear left. The race starting line is a line drawn between the red upright in front of left hand window of start hut and the lozenge shape on the pole at the right hand side of car park entrance boats must keep between the inn...
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Shortening or abandoning after the start
32 Shortening or abandoning after the start 32.1 After the starting signal, the race committee may shorten the course display flag S with two sounds or abandon the race display flag N, N over H, or N over A, with three sounds, as appropriate, a Because of an error in the starting procedure, b Becaus...
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Chart of Sandown Bay
Chart of Sandown Bay including Shanklin Sailing Club marker buoys. There is also a Google map of the same area on the location page.
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Sailing Instructions
1 Races will be sailed under the IYRU rules, prescriptions of the RYA, the rules of the class concerned, except where modified by these sailing instructions. 2 The course or courses will be displayed on the course blackboard in the Club House at least 10 minutes before the start g...
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Pursuit start times
Start gun:Erling, Keith, Geoff 1 minute:Simon, Sean 2 minutes:Stuart P, John, Chris 3 minutes: Bob, Ian, Charlie, Will, Stuart D, Tim 4 minutes:Andrew 5 minutes: Darren, Liam, Mark, Phil I, Phil D, Christina
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