About Attenborough Sailing Club
Attenborough Sailing Club is located between Nottingham & Derby. The club enjoys the use of 65 acre Coneries Lagoon adjacent to Attenborough Nature Reserve. We pride ourselves on the friendly atmosphere of our club and new members are always welcome! Members enjoy a variety of racing, cruising & social activities. Club racing takes place on Sundays & Wednesday evenings throughout the year and support a number of different dinghy classes, particularly Comet, Supernova, Laser & Phantom.
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No joining fee and single membership only £114.
Learn to Sail
2020 course dates for adults and under 18s now published.
Wednesday Racing Looking close at the top now.
Great Course set by Mr and Mrs Smith last night well done and thank you. Results are in. starting to look close at the top… but someone will have to tell Mr Milton.. as we all know he does not look at the results…
Wednesday – 28-4-21 Race Report
The forecast 17mph , gusting 25mph, chilled Nor-easter greeted seven potential jockeys to the Conneries Lagoon this evening. Along with hoards of twitchers, with their optics focussed on the flocks of Arctic Terns – who were loving the home-like conditions. As the wind howled through the lone tree and whistled through the rigging in the […]
Race Report for Sunday 25th
Report from Roger Day With a brisk north east wind blowing on a sunny afternoon ten boats took to the start line for the first race. The first leg was a beat along the whole length of the lake and by the time the fleet reached the windward mark the fleet had already started […]
Report from wednesday 21st.
Wednesday 21st April Race Report: Joint Winners! A sunny and breezy, but cool, evening led to close racing on the water and a remarkable dead-heat with two sailors having the exact same time after correction for their respective boats handicap. Ten boat took part with the Kev Milton’s phantom and Roger Day’s gull sharing the […]
Report From the Sunday Races
Another blistering two races for Sunday series. Race officer Jonathan Adams was once again looking for the wind, in order to be able to set a course for the eager six competitors keen to float around the Coneries pond this afternoon. Roger Day ‘s enthusiasm for getting the course set in good time transferred to […]
Wednesday Series 1 – 7th April 2021
Race report Wednesday Series 1 – 7th April 2021 Battle of the Phantoms Wednesday night racing resumed in earnest with the growing Phantom fleet represented by Duncan Adams, Kevin Milton and Jon Adams. Watching from the Deck was Paul Kelly, looking for some tips for when he joins the fray! Supernovas were represented by Kevin Last […]
Bank Holiday Turbo Race Report 5th April 2021
Bank Holiday Turbo Race Report 5th April 2021 The day was sunny and a fair breeze was blowing from the North West. Not a good direction considering we did not have the ability to execute a beat as the first leg. The course was set with a thought provoking reach to the first mark. […]
Great Day for Casual Sailing
We had a fabulous day for the first Casual Sailing of 2021. The forecast was for 10knots, gusting to 18knots. But it felt more than that.
Casual Sailing starts on Friday
Casual Sailing will be starting on Friday 4th April. As this is Good Friday we will be able to get there early and have plenty of time to sail despite it being the first time the boat is rigged for most of us. Louis and I (Dennis) intend to be there from about 2:30.
Report form Wednesday Race.
Everyone except the wind turned up for the first Wednesday race of 2021, following the relaxation of lockdown rules this week. Two Phantoms of Kevin Milton and Duncan Adams were first over the start line. Sadly these pair were the only two that qualified as having started, with Peter Hampshire , Malcolm Davidson, Brian Davies […]