Loch Ryan Sailing Club

Inspiration for today.

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🌟⛵Congratulations to 15 year old Faith Turner who sailed the channel crossing in 2 Hours and 56 Minutes!

A little over a week ago, we posted about a young girl who was going to attempt to sail the channel crossing from Dover to France in a topper dinghy to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

We are very proud to announce that she did it in 2:56 and raised a total of £5510 !

🎤When asked how the day went, she had this to say: "On Friday I sailed across the English Channel in a Topper dinghy in the busy shipping lane between Dover and Cap-Gris to raise money for Cancer Research.

I faced many challenges along the way such as having to avoid ferries, war ships and cargo ships which was difficult in the giant waves. I have never sailed with such big waves and once I got the hang of surfing them, they were no longer as big and scary and more fun as I was going average 8-9 knots. In order to get the world record, I had to get out of my boat and touch the French land which was very difficult because the waves were crashing onto me and rock were either side of me so it was extremely difficult to get back in the boat and get sailing again but I barely managed to do that without drifting onto the rocks. I would like to thank all my sponsors; XB44, Saxon Air, Rooster, Performance Sailcraft Europe, GP Watercraft.

The Port of Dover were super lovely and made everything happen on the day, even when it looked like we couldn’t launch the safety boats they managed to arrange to lift them in with their huge boat cranes! I would also like to thank everyone who donated money towards this and to thank my coach, Tim Hulse for supporting me on the water and believing in me. Overall it took me 2 hours 56 minutes to cross the English Channel making me the fastest solo dinghy sailor to cross the channel ever.”

👉 If you wish to support Faith and her cause you can do so, by donating here: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/faith-sails-to-france-in-a-topper

Well done Struan and Lewis at Solway yacht club regatta over the weekend.

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ILCA Open at Solway Yacht Club Solway Yacht Club's Open Meeting for ILCA dinghies was held over the weekend of 29th and 30th August 2026. On Saturday young sailors from all over Scotland and the north of England joined ten ILCA sailors from SYC to comprise a highly competitive fleet.

Wednesday Night is Fun Race night
4 W's
Wind--Southerly F2/3
Water--High15:42 Low213:41 Temp14.7°C
Weather--Possible shower dropping breeze Temp--18°C
Sunset 20:11
WiseWords--water wind weather about right for a good race night
what's app and spond will keep you right check them

Sunday 30th August Sailing Report
A warm southerly breeze made for flat water and a pleasant sail. It's great to see Kaylan and Michael back sailing with help from the safety boat crew, Pax, Claire and Jo.

Good luck
Struan and Lewis
Day 2 of the
Ilca youth series
Solway Yatch Club
Both completed 2 races yesterday in tricky wind conditions
Hoping for a bit more steady breeze today
💨⛵️👍

Sunday Funday Sailday
4 W's
Wind--SW F2
Water--Low0741 High1351 Temp14.5°C
Weather--Possible shower light variable southerly wind
Wisewords--tides is rising and wind might wonder about could get shower of rain but that would rinse you off if you capsize
check out what's app and spond for updates

GOOD LUCK TO
⛵STRUAN AND LEWIS⛵
FLYING THE
LOCH RYAN SAILING CLUB FLAG
COMPETTING IN THE SCOTTISH ILCA YOUTH SERIES
LOCALLY AT SOLEWAY YATCH CLUB
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Friday Foto

Wednesday Night is Fun Race night
4 W's still looking good apart from the walking bit!
Wind--Easterly F2/3
Water--Low17:37 High23:49 Temp14.7°C
Weather--Possible shower dropping breeze Sun Set 20:28
Wise words--Plan is to do a bit of fun racing short courses and easy to understand for all abilities its just a bit of ducking and diving about on the same bit of water keep eye on what's app/spond

Wednesday Night is Fight night
Dust off the rules book we are going racing
Early look at the 4 W'S
Wind--Easterly F2/3
Water--Low17:37 High23:49 Temp14.7°C
Weather--Possible shower dropping breeze
Wise words--Its a Duathlon night Walking/sailing but hope full not a triathlon one walking/sailing/swimming
keep eye on what's app/spond

Sunday 23rd August Sailing Report
A warm sunny day with gentle breezes. What's not to like 😍
A variety of craft out today. Alan in his yacht, Pippa on her windsurfer, Gordon in his giant catamaran as well as a gaggle of dinghies. Alex had his first sail in his classic Wayfarer with lots of people admiring his original red sails made in 1963.
Thanks Ken and Barny for safety boating (Barny appears to have a target on his back 🤔)
Next sail Wednesday night. Race night.