The next  Junior sailing at MSC will  be on Saturday 18th February, and will run for mornings only on the following dates:

Feb 18th;  March 3rd; March 17th; March 31st

The training dates for 2012 have now been published.  This year's courses include:

• Learn to sail for Adults and Juniors
• Race training
• Power boat training
• Instructor training

Details here

First we must say that SOAP stands for Sailing Old Age Pensioners and this group of members meet at the Club every Thursday afternoon throughout the year as a social gathering for those of us who have Thursday afternoons free.  Although the group (there are no membership cards or agenda) is mainly made up of those of us who take our pensions, any club member who finds that they are free on Thursday afternoon are made welcome.  The main aim is to chat, and to drink tea!

8pm Thursday, 19th January 2012

At the recent AGM, members were advised of an initiative to introduce team racing to the club.

It was a lovely November day with a brisk SW which proved challenging but the children were great with lots of  paddling, pushing and honest 360' s .

Derek Williams was race Officer

The MSC sailing instructions have been update.  The new version is available on the Racing and Results page or in the Downloads section

Maidenhead Sailing Clubs intrepid Junior Racing team competed in the RYA Eric Twiname Youth and Junior Team Racing Championships weekend on 15th16th October. The event, held at Oxford Sailing club’s water at Farmoor Reservoir was attended by over twenty junior (U16) teams of six from all over the country as far away as South Shields.

Around eighty young sailors spent the day racing in teams against each other at Maidenhead Sailing Club on 2nd July.   This was the third time the Thames Team Racing Challenge event has been run.  Teams from Black Swan Sailing Club, Goring on Thames SC, Maidenhead SC, Claires Court School, Abingdon School were joined by teams from Upper Thames Sailing Club, and Queen Mary Sailing Club.

In total twelve teams of six competed against each other during a day of almost continuous racing, in sunny testing light wind conditions.

This season the Thursday evening and 1st Sunday of the month handicap races have two sets of results.

The first set are the standard class based handicap, the second set of results are adjusted with a personal handicap being applied to the helm.  If you do well in a race, your handicap will be adjusted down, likewise if you do badly then your handicap is adjusted the other way.

Personal Handicap results are now included on the racing and results page.

On the windy but clear day following the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, nine visitors joined 3 locals for the second Maidenhead Sailing Club’s Comet Open. This year in line with the Taplow Lake Open, that it replaced, the event was held in early May (well close to it) and there was no sign of the weed that forced a rescheduling of the race last year.