RSC Commodore Jerry Cresswell
Hello and a warm welcome to Reading Sailing Club. We are a
family-oriented club that aims to offer a wide variety of sailing
opportunities for members and their guests. Our calendar includes
events for all tastes and levels of competence, courses to improve
your skills and plenty of time just to be out on the water and
enjoy yourselves. There will also be plenty of time to socialise
with your fellow-sailors, usually involving food and drink!
We have a full programme of racing on Sunday mornings and Wednesday
summer evenings, we run RYA sailing and powerboat training and
have plenty of events for all ages and abilities, if that is
what you want. Or you can just come and buddy sail when you
fancy.
New for this year are our Oppie fleet for younger sailors,
more Picos available for hire and, in addition to our usual
RYA courses, practice sessions for newly qualified sailors.
We are conveniently situated near Reading and regard ourselves
as “Reading’s best-kept secret”! Why not come down and see for
yourselves?
Notices:
- A key to the club house is available from Dave Portus
if you would like one. £15 deposit. See him at the club
or contact via email
bosun@readingsc.org.uk.
- Power boat - Level 2 training - Sessions begin on the
weekend of 1st and 2nd of June.
- Learn to Sail at Reading.
2012 course and coaching dates are now available. See the Training
page or calendar.
Details and bookings to Phil at training@readingsc.org.uk
Download Details and bookings 
(Including special offers)
- Spring pursuit series began on Sunday 18th of March.
Ideal introduction to racing for novice sailors.
- Wednesday evenings, don't miss the Gillette Handicap series.
Action starts at 19.00 and afterwards why not stay for some
food and drink.
- Club joining fees held for 4th year in a row
See Membership page.
2011 saw lots of developments including;
Improved launching facilities, new floating jetty.
New Club boats: 2 Lasers, 6 Optimists, 6 Picos, 4 Toppers and
two 'sport 14's,
More training opportunities, such as RYA courses and Race training,
Oppie & Pirates events, Campsail weekends, Barbeques etc.
- Laser 2000 and Topper for sale
See 'For sale' page.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
- Oppie & Pirates Evenings:
Every Thursday throughout the summer.
It's Mad, crazy, insane, - Well, quite good actually.
Parents, why not join in the fun and give a hand.
- Next Work Party: Saturday 2nd of June.
- NEXT PINK DAY - Saturday 9th of
June.
Usual format, Breakfast 9.30, Race II.00am
Please reply to Monica to book breakfast
RECENT NEWS:
Testing conditions during Sundays' spring pursuit
race. (28th April)
- RSC - MODEL YACHT OPEN EVENT - 21st April 2012
For Provisional Results, see Model yacht page.
Images from the Model Yacht Open event - Winner, Martin Crysell
from the Guildford club.
- Pirates Club
- Oppies & Pirates Evenings
Pirate evenings - every Thursday evening.
Oppies from 17:00, Pirates at 18:30.
See Jolly Sailor report below.
Wow, on a cold, wet and sometimes windy evening, some 26 children arrived to have an hour
of fun and frolics on and in the water - bad luck Izzy on your capsize - under the watchful eyes
of Gary, Paul and Ollie in the power boats.
After the usual briefing from Gary by 'the log' - the youngsters paired off in two's and three's
to take to the water, by 18:45. There were 2 Oppies, 2 Picos and 9 Toppers. What a colourful sight
for all the Mums and Dads, safely watching from the deck or inside the clubhouse - a very chilly evening.....
Gary was impressed by the triangular course that the entire fleet managed to keep up for a couple of
laps – out to 7 across to 6 and back towards the jetty. There were hoops to throw and retrieve, and as the wind
dropped the fleet rafted together and made an attempt to sail the whole fleet in a line across the lake.
The rain came in, the parents huddled under cover, but the fleet kept afloat......getting very, very wet
all the while.....
The wind came up and the boats broke away from each other having fantastic free sailing - changing boats,
laughing and having unrestricted fun playing chase. There was also some interesting sailing from the front
of the boat by Olly.
As the sailors became cold, there was a lap of the course as 'stand up' sailors saluting the commodore
upon passing the clubhouse!!! We think he was busy 'feeding his face'...??
Without too much chasing, the fleet returned to shore for 19:45 and, with
fantastic help from parents and other members, the boats were stowed away and all were in the club for 20:00,
for hot chocolate, a large piece of Craig's birthday cake and a loud rendition of 'Happy Birthday'.
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