Hi, looking forward to sailing tomorrow Friday 30th March.
Month: March 2018
Wednesday Nights are Back
Tonight sees first of the Wednesday races that takes us to the end of September. Race starts at 19:00hrs.
Racing off today due to snow, the cold, too much wind and Southampton on TV
When the Rear Commodore Sailing says he would prefer to watch Southampton beat Wigan 2-0 on the television rather than go sailing, you know the weather is bad. So a wind chill of -8C meant no racing today. At least looking balmy for next weekend and the clocks go forward an hour as well so […]
2018 Training Dates Published
The training programme for 2018 has now been published on the website and includes RYA courses covering First Aid, Adult Beginners Sailing, Youth Sailing and Powerboating. Visit the Training section for details. At time of writing there are places available on all courses except the Powerboat course for club members which is full due to […]
Congratulations Jill, Dinghy Instructor!
Jill has been a part of the ASC training team for many years and during a cold week in February 2018 she successfully completed the RYA’s Dinghy Instructor Course at Swarkestone Sailing Club. Read Jill’s story in the next Telltales issue.
Snowdrop Series Up and Running
A lovely balmy and sunny day so 12 boats race this Sunday in the Snowdrop series. Both races were won by Kevin Last with a great performance in the second race from Jill Reid who came second overall.
2018 Race Duties Now Live
The 2018 race duties have been uploaded on to the Dutyman site and you should all have received notifications of your duties. If cannot attend a duty please arrange aswap via the system. Also if you change contact details please ensure you update your contact details in Dutyman. We also use Dutyman as a club […]
Sailing is Back
Sunday 4th March sees the start of the 2018 sailing season at Attenborough with two races for the Snowdrop series at 14:00hrs and 16:00hrs. Just in time the weather is also warming up and we will have some light winds for the first races. Wednesday night racing and casual sailing start week commencing 26th March.
2018 PY Handicaps Announced
The 2018 PYs were announced today by the RYA. Little has changed but a Laser can now go 3 seconds slower in a race in 2018 than 2017 against Phantoms, Larks and Supernovas and reflects poorly on our Laser sailors! Meanwhile Jon Adams must be jumping for joy with his Rooster. For our main classes […]