Reading Sailing Club

Solo

Fleet Captain: Clive Evans

Official website: www.solosailing.com

Solo Open events at Reading Sailing Club:
Solo Open 2006 7 May 2006
Solo Open 2007 29 March 2007
Solo Open 2008 27 April 2008

Laser

Fleet Captain:
Jeremy Bell

Official website: www.laser.org.uk

Enterprise

Fleet Captain: Roger Taylor

Official website: www.sailenterprise.org.uk

Mirror

Fleet Captain: Hector Cisneros

Official website: www.ukmirrorsailing.com

Enterprise

The Enterprise is one of the most distinctive dinghies afloat. Designed by Jack Holt in 1956, it remains one of the most popular 2-man dinghies with over 23,000 boats registered. The Enterprise is suitable for relatively inexperienced sailors and is ideal for mixed crews. 

RSC members own about twenty Enterprises of which five race regularly.

Internal layout of club member Roger Taylor's Enterprise 22540

Close racing - the finish on New years day: E 22540; 22403; 22326

Mirror

The Mirror with its red sails is another class of boat which is both distinctive and familiar. There are over 70,000 of them world wide, manufactured in either wood or fibreglass.

RSC members own about twenty, of which four or five are regularly raced.

Currently we are home to the National Champions, namely Hector Cisneros and his son Ben. No mean feat for which the club offers our hearty congratulations.

Laser

The Laser is the worlds most popular dinghy with over 175,000 sold. It is primarily a simple to rig single hander with an unstayed mast. It could prove a difficult first boat but smaller Radial or 4.7 sails are available to reduce the power for lighter or more inexperienced sailors. The Laser is the most popular class at Reading Sailing Club with 7 - 10 boats regularly racing.

Internal layout of Mike Evans's Laser 154701 showing the new control systems

Lasers racing at Reading Sailing Club sailed by Clive Evans

Jeremy Bell & John Bailey

and Ken Pope

Solo

The Solo was originally designed in 1956 by Jack Holt. It is suitable for both beginners and experienced sailors alike and can be handled by anyone from 60kg upwards. It is particularly well suited to the lake at Reading Sailing Club and the class has been popular here ever since it was first designed. Boats are made from wood, GRP or a combination of both, known as composite. Second hand boats cost from around £400 to £5000. The best place to look for Solos for sale is the official website.

The following list shows the first sail number issued each year to give you an approximate age for a Solo.

Year Sail Number
1957 1
1959 135
1960 240
1961 300
1962 501
1963 600
1964 681
1965
1966 1102
1967 1144
1968
1969 1212
1970 1257
1971 1459
1972 1769
1973 2205
1974 2799
1976 2939
1977 2988
1978 3124
1979 3200
1980 3253
1981 3305
1982 3353
1983 3386
1984 3404
1985 3415
1986 3461
1987 3500
1988 3550
1989 3607
1990 3680
1991 3740
1992 3807
1993 3874
1994 3925
1995 398?
1996 4040
1997 4100
1998 4158
1999 4205
2000 4269
2001 4330
2002 4387
2003 4448

Steve Sharp's Thresher built solo 3640

Solos racing in light winds 1/1/04

Clive Evans at a Solo open meeting 2003