Commodore’s Welcome Note
Welcome to Attenborough Sailing Club . You will find a great deal of information here on our website, including a calendar of Sailing, Training and Social events at the club. If you are a new member, please familiarise yourself with the sections concerning our Safety Code, the Use of the Club Boats and our Sailing Instructions.
The Diary section includes member’s duties supporting the sailing events, using Dutyman. You will receive Dutyman log-on details to select or swap your duties. If you have any problems with this please email: rcsailing@attenboroughsc.org.uk
Sailing starts in early March, with the Snowdrop racing series and Cruising or Casual Sailing on Friday afternoons. Later in the season these extend to sunset and are supplemented with Saturday afternoon Casual sessions. Seasoned sailors are usually on hand to support recently qualified new members or those wanting to practice their sailing skills. Alternatively, enjoy the surrounding of the Nature Reserve from the deck of the clubhouse.
Interclub racing will be organized with local clubs. Open meetings take place at Attenborough during the year. Please check the Sailing Programme section for details of these events.
A Training Programme is organized and will run throughout the year. This will include Adult and Youth beginner’s sailing courses, in addition to Powerboat Handling. This is for newer members wanting to helm the Safety Boats. Casual sailing members are all included in the training, with cruising biased training. Youth Improver Training is being planned for 2026. Similarly Race Training events are organised on a more ad-hoc basis, dependent on Coach availability. Please check the Training Programme for further details
Sailing continues throughout the year with the final race and Casual session being held on Boxing day. So, there are lots of opportunities to get on the water!
Social events will abound, with the Fitting Out Supper starting the ball rolling, in April in the clubhouse.
The Committee looks after the club’s affairs, prioritising making it as easy as possible for: more people to get out on the water, more of the time. However, to do this we need your support, be it helping others rig or recover, demolishing, building, cleaning, decorating, planning, enabling, weeding, grass cutting, tea making, simply turning up for your duty or being a keyboard whiz! It takes all of us to run the club! Please do volunteer your support to enable this.
September update: do give our friends from Wanlip SC a warm welcome if you see them in the compound, Club House or out on the water. Their lake has incredible low water levels and an over-abundance of weed. So, we’re welcoming them to share our facilities as we currently have neither of these issues!
Enjoy your time out on the water,
Peter Hampshire
Commodore