Members - is your current email address on our distribution list?
To keep you up to date the club sends out a minimum of one email each month about developments, activities and improvements. At peak season they can be more than one per week.
Are you receiveing them? If not, then your email address is not on our distirbution list.
To check, please send an email to the Sailing Secretary who is managing this list. You can add a second email address (e.g. your husband/ wife/ partner) the same way.
The Sailing Secreatary’s email address is “sailing.secretary” followed by “@“ and “wlsc.org.uk”.
New Preference System for Duty Roster in Dutyman
There is a new preference system to allow you to choose your duty using the dutyman system for the winter period. You have been sent an email from dutyman but here are some supplementary instructions.
Start by checking your members profile in dutyman. Once logged in use the ‘Profile’ tab at the top of the page to amend your contact details and your optimum duty type as required.
Next choose up to 3 preferred dates. Use the ‘New Duties’ tab to click on a date that you wish to be on duty. Under the green tick, you will then need to click your preferred duty type ie SOD or Galley (This should be the same as your optimum duty on your members page in dutyman). You can choose up to 3 duties in the winter period.
Choose dates to avoid (Optional). Under the same ‘New Duties’ tab, click on a date that you are not available for. You can then click the box next to the red cross. You can do this for up to 3 dates.
Don’t forget to click the ‘submit’ button in the bottom right hand corner before exiting to save your changes.
Do it now to avoid disappointment!
If you do not choose a preference, then you will simply be assigned a duty, so get bidding now!
I will publish the new duty rosters towards the end of July. You will still be able to arrange swaps through dutyman.
Any questions, email me at vice.commodore@wlsc.org.uk
Morgan Secker
Club Regatta & Commodore's Cup
The Club Regatta and Commodore’s Cup weekend is held in June and has events and activities to suit all ages and abilities.
If you are still in the early stages of learing to sail then the Saturday Regatta races are informal and full of encouragement to help you improve and have fun at the same time.
If you can get round a course then enter the Commodore’s Cup on Sunday. These race results have a personal handicap applied to the race times. This means that the regular series winners have to work a lot harder than normal even to finish in the middle of the fleet, so everyone has a good chance to win the trophy - at all levels of ability.
Schedule of events:
Saturday 3rd July:
1.30 Fun / Beginners race 1
3.30 Fun / Beginners race 2
5.00 Family relay race
5.30 Bring your own food to BBQ
Don’t be put off if you haven’t got a boat or have never done a race. We will get anyone who wants to sail out on the water. There are club boats and there are members who will be willing to share.
Sunday 4th July: Commodores Cup
10.30 Commodores Cup 1
12.30 Commodores Cup 2
2.30 Commodores Cup 3
Personal handicaps will be applied (based upon previous results).
Includes gold fleet oppies.
The club boats are also available for any member wishing to sail them in the Commodores Cup racing too.
Any questions?
Then please contact Mark SmallwoodThe Club Road Gate
The locking arrangement at the club gate has been improved making it much easier to get to the lock from both sides. The right gate now opens inwards.
Please ensure the red chain is wrapped around the vertical bar so that it is just slack (see photo) and not left with a big loop hanging down.
Family Picnic day, Monday May 31st
Bank Holiday Monday 31st May saw the start of the country’s second ever National Family Week. Here at Wraysbury, as our contribution to the Family Picnic events, it was a picnic and sailing special on Bank Holiday Monday.
The clubhouse, the surrounding grass and the water were all busy with members, their families and friends enjoying the warm weather and balmy breeze.
Not a member yet? Time to visit us and find our more.
Click here for more details of the National events.Solo Open, Sunday 9th May, 2010
The results of the Solo Open are available, please use the Sailing tab above to the Open Meeting page for the results.
Your 2010 calendar
Your 2010 calendar is now available from the Calendar page.
January 2010
Wraysbury in the snow (Archive picture)
WLSC members figure in Optimist squads
Congratulations to five of our young sailors.
Robert Baddeley (GBR 5803) and James Taylor (GBR 5857) in the IOCA National Squad.
Jamie Webb (GBR 5742) and Jenny Smallwood (GBR 5611) in the IOCA Intermediate squad
Jonathan Baddeley (GBR 5798) in the Optimist South East Zone squad for 2009/10.
The fact that Wraysbury consistently gets young sailors into these training squads is testament to the excellent training and coaching delivered by parents and the Fleet Captains.
Well done all, and best wishes for a successful 2010 to all of you.
Did you know you can get your own WLSC polo shirt?
Read more here...Fantastic Fireworks at WLSC
What an explosive bonfire party we had at WLSC. The bonfire was enormous and the fireworks where fantastic with lots of oohs and aaahs from the…....
Read more on the Social page...Ollie Cooper (WLSC) and Callum Ellis (Burghfield) crowned RS Feva European champions
RS Feva European championships, which finished on Lake Garda on Saturday ... not an easy event, with lightish winds until the last day, when thankfully it blew 20knots, and Ollie came through from lying 4th to win with a 1, 7, 5 on the last day after 14 races in a fleet of 80 boats. After discards all Ollie’s results were in single figures in a Gold fleet of 40 boats.
Robert Baddely and James Taylor, also both of WLSC finished a creditable 12th having succumbed to the stronger winds on the final day. They were running first when the cut into Silver and Gold fleets was made earlier in the week.
Commodores Cup Weekend
Saturday 4th July was Regatta day with several families enjoying simple cruising and racing in the sunshine followed by a BBQ.
Sunday 5th was Commodore’s Cup day. The three race series was run using Personal Handicaps which means that the regularly successful sailors have to sail out of their skins to win (which they didn’t) and the playing field is levelled. As a result the normal run of events was turned on its head by this method and the first race was run by Stan Metcalfe, the Master of the Fleet. Unfortunately the effort must have drained him as he was not able to build on this magnisficent start and the overall winners were:
1st Gareth Mills
2nd Howard Edwards
3rd Mark Smallwood.
Many thanks to Mark for coming up with a handicapping schedule that meant the corrected elapsed times were very competitive and represented great racing.
Optimist Open 27 June 2009
Race Results from the Oppie Open are now available please click here to visit our Results page.
For event pictures (all now uploaded) click here to visit the photo gallery.
We have lots of close up shots of the competitors.
Wraysbury at the Laser 4.7 European Championships
Huge congratulations to Ollie Cooper and Chris Taylor. These young men have qualified to go to the Laser 4.7 European Championships in Helsinki in mid August. They are part of a team of 11 boys and 7 girls, and competition for places is really tough.
Not only that, but they have also been selected as part of the RYA Summer Squad for the Laser 4.7’s. This means that they will get excellent training and race practice to hone their undoubted skills.
Have a great summer, lads (and parents)..
Family Picnic and Sail, Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2009
What Family Picnic & Sail
Where Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club
When Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2009
Despite an originally gloomy weather forecast the day turned out fine and warm with just a little light wind. Ideal conditions for a family picnic including young and old - and a number of water based activities designed with fun in mind.
Solo Open May 10 2009
An excellent day’sracing in light but testing conditions.
Here are the results.
The link to the Race report is below.
AGM and Prize Giving
On Sunday 8th February the AGM started @ 14:00 after the day’s racing. Lots of things going on this year, check out the club’s calendar and come and join in!
What's a Development Plan?
Any club needs to satisfy the current members first and build a platform for
encouraging others to joins us so as to ensure a rosy future. We have
great facilities for family sailors, and a friendly atmosphere to go with it.
We would like more people to enjoy it. The club Development Plan is
directed to that end; to provide a basis on which we can attract funding to
help our efforts to spread the word about the enjoyment of sailing. We
would like to increase our training ability/ capacity as well.
Club boats
Is the reason you are not sailing regularly that you haven’t got a boat yet? Want to try some different ones before you decide which is for you? Members can use one of our club boats in return for a small fee to cover maintenance & insurance costs..
Experienced sailor? Want to help others?
If you are an experienced sailor who can possibly help on either of the sail training Sundays, (guaranteed gloriously sunny - I promise), please contact Roy Chaney asap.
Current News
We keep all members with email addresses up to date with current news and events. We send out at least one email each month. If you have not received one recently then use the inquiry page/ contact us form to let us know and we will find out why. The link is at the top of the page.
Smallwoods sweep the lake
Jenny, Dad Mark & Alex clean up on Boxing Day.
The traditional ‘pud shifter’ race on Boxing Day was sailed as usual. The weather was bright, if cold in the sunshine, but the Smallwoods took 1st, 2nd & 3rd places. Is this a first ever for a family?
The clubhouse has a fine view over the lake
Autumn Trophy results
1 Harry Lemon
2 Chris Ryder Richardson
3 Mark Smallwood
4 Tony Lord (1st Solo)
5 Tony Swinson
6 Terry Hobgen
Latest News!!
Autumn Edition with 14 pages of up to the minute news and views. Read it now!
Download your Latest NewsletterRS Feva World Champion!!
Ian & Chris under way
Chris Taylor is Top of the World
Following an exciting ten race series in Sweden Chris Taylor and his helm, Tim Gratton (HISC) were crowned RS Feva World Champions by a crushing margin of 35 points.
WLSC Oppies International success at Dutch Easter regatta
Great international success for Wraysbury in Holland where Oliver Cooper won the “Silver Fleet” (mid ranked 90 competitors after six race round robin type series) and Chris Taylor won the “Bronze Fleet” (bottom 90 competitors after six race round robin type series) ... all very complicated but great results and great fun.
Congratulations to all.