Solent University Sailing Club

New & returning members, make sure you’re joining the correct Facebook group: Solent Sailing 2021/22
(Listed on this page under linked groups)

Summer Sail Week is a go! New date: 4th-10th September⛵️
Corfu, Paxos Island, Parga- Greece here we come!🇬🇷
Uncapped spaces so please get in touch!🏖
DM Niamh Davies or email [email protected]

Summer Sail Week deposit due tomorrow⛵️

£99 to Solent Sailing bank account
Account name: Solent Uni Sailing
Sort code: 55-50-21
Account number: 59184515
Reference: SSW *your initials*

& email [email protected] with your name to confirm your place.

Sailing non-members, alumni and current students from other universities welcome!🏖

SSW POST⛵️🏖

CHRISTMAS SOCIAL🎄

23rd December 8:30pm - Zoom link to be posted on the members group🥂

Quiz, challenges & would I lie to you round🎁

Please like the members group post so we know who is coming☃️

If you’re taking part, please DM me a funny/random/unbelievable story(s) of you can for the would I lie to you round - brownie points if it’s Christmas related 🎅

Some great J70 sailing this weekend by some of our committee members! Here’s what our yachting captain Ellie had to say about the day:

This was our first time back on the water as a university team since the lockdown ended, and it couldn’t have been better, the sun was shining and there was about 15 knots of wind. We sailed out towards the racecourse and started race 1. We had a few troubles with twisted kites for both downwind legs but eventually managed to untwist it. We had a really good start for race 2 which meant we were racing in the fleet properly and the downwind leg was pretty fun (after the small twist) and fast!
The last 3 races we were getting better as there were no hiccups. We improved our roles on the boat as each race went by and manoeuvers were getting quicker towards the final races. We came away overall with 13, 12, 13, 11 and 12. This event is good way to get into keelboating and experience it with other universities and youth teams alongside you. Our team was extremely new to J70 sailing, our helm Chris and Amelia hadn’t sailed a J70 before and myself, and Niamh was our second time and we were all very pleased with how the event was run! This type of event suited our university sailing club because it is well priced for the charter and affordable for a days racing with a good number of races back to back, which allow room to improve on each time. It is a good steppingstone for those who want to progress from dinghies into keelboating, and those who want to gain experience and have fun. The staff were also helpful which we appreciated as a new team! We will definitely be entering future events as this was very much enjoyed by our team!

SUMMER SAIL WEEK
The PowerPoint slides from this evening's SSW Talk and a video below that gives a little taste of what SSW is all about!
Feel free to DM me (Niamh) with any questions you have and I'll try my best to answer them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXUBbuJ5hVU&ab_channel=SummerSailWeekTeam

Summer Sail Week Talk

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