• Racing: takes place year round on Sunday mornings. In the summer there is also a Wednesday evening pursuit race.
  
  
• Classes: the Club has three principle classes that take part in the formal sailing programme: Lasers, RS 300's and Enterprises.  In addition there is a small handicap fleet. The Club’s Illusion fleet arrange their own less formal but popular racing during the summer months. More details can be found in the Fleets section of the website.
  
  
• Duties: All active members are rostered for Duties through the year - as Race Officer of the Day (OOD) or supporting Duties. The Roster is available to view on this web site here or via the main menu. A guide for these duties is provided below.
  
  
• SIs: Racing takes place in accordance with the Club’s Sailing Instructions (attached below)
  
  
• Open Meetings: In addition to Club racing, the Club hosts two Open meetings: one in June for Lasers and RS300s and another in September for Enterprises. The sailing instructions that apply for open meetings can be found here
  
  
• Results for all Club racing are scored using Sailwave. Results for the current year (which runs from the beginning of the Autumn Series to the end of the Summer Series) can be found below. Previous years’ results are available through the archive section.
  
• Safety. All sailors must read and abide by the Safety information given in the Safety section of the website, and in particular in the Sailing Instructions (see below) and the Safety on the Water document which has been updated.
  

Contact: The Club’s Sailing Secretary, can be contacted by email via the contacts page.

Attachments:

ASC OoD Guidance.pdf	[ ]	267 Kb
Sailing Instructions 2009	[ ]	138 Kb

The start sequence is a 4 minute preparatory signal and a 2 minute warning signal, with the exception of RS300 whose preparatory is 6 mins.

Sunday Race Programme - Spring, Summer, Autumn (March - December)

The races in the Sunday Race Programme will be approximately 40 minutes duration for lead boats. All boats crossing the finishing line after the leading boat will be signalled finished including boats that have been lapped. The Race Officer will position boats in their respective fleets accordingly.

The Sunday Race Officer Of the Day (OOD) should endeavour to start races punctually. Races 1, 2, and 4 will start at the times above or one minute after the previous race, whichever is later. The rostered OOD and assistant OODs shall organise Races 1, 2 and 4, and be in attendance for Race 3 providing start/finish signals and safety cover.

All full sailing members should check and confirm they are available for their Sunday Duty as per the Roster, arranging any swap as required.

Advice on the Duties required as OOD/Assistant OOD's can be found on the club website or from any member of the Sailing Committee.

Bank Holiday Handicap races - Sunday and Monday

Wednesdays

Illusion racing takes place from March - September at 11am on Wednesday Mornings. 
The Wednesday Evening Pursuit Series runs in the summer from April to the end of August. The first start is at 18.55

Winter Handicap Series (January - March)

The Winter Handicap Series runs on Sunday mornings, and includes two races each Sunday, each of approximately 40 mins, sailed back to back with the first start at 11am.

Provisional

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*  denotes insufficient results to count
-  denotes not applicable