Broadwater Lake, off Moorhall Road
Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6PD
10 mins from the M25/M40 junction

Club Fitting Out Supper - Tuesday 29th April, time 7.30

Venue is The Feathers, in Rickmansworth.
We are hiring a separate room, which should make it more pleasant. 
 

Note the tables can be arranged double sided to up the numbers but we will be limited to around 25 persons.

Reduced menu to follow, but prices are very reasonable compared to some other venues.
However, we will need to spread the actual cost of the room hire amongst the attendees, so this should be £4/5 per person.  Still not expensive overall,
 
Regards to all,
Colin

Spring Work Party - Saturday 15th March

Thank you to the 30 members and 2 junior sailors who helped out at the Spring Work Party and to Helen for the tasty coffee break snacks and lunch. The Summer Work Party is on Saturday 5th July 2025

Photos from the AGM 2025

The 2025 AGM was held on Tuesday 11th March - here are some photos from the prizegiving:-

Racing News

NEW HANDICAPS and START TIMES
The RYA have revised the PY's for many classes and this has led to some start time changes for some of the classes sailed at BSC.  The new times and handicaps are effective from Sunday 2nd March and are on the notice boards and on the sign-on clipboards.  Please CHECK your start time before launching!

The Spring Series starts on Sunday 2nd March 2025 with Pursuit start at 10:00 and Handicap start at 11:45.  

Wednesday Morning Informal Series continues with the start at 11:00 often followed by a member prepared lunch. 

Powerboat Training

RYA Powerboat Level 1 & 2 and RYA Safety Boat courses are run at/by Maidenhead SC, an RYA Training Centre.

If interested, please contact Andy Chaplin, an instructor on the MSC Powerboat Training team.

RYA Powerboat L2 is recommended for BSC members using the the 6HP safety boats and RYA Safety Boat for FSB drivers. 

Junior Sailing

Junior Sailing 2025 starts on Saturday 3rd May at 1:30pm.  If you have children or grandchildren interested in sailing, aged 5 years or older, with a basic level of water confidence wearing a buoyancy aid, please come along to the club or contact Tim Davies, Vice Commodore and Junior Sailing Coordinator for more details.

For a brief report on 2024 click here or look at the Junior Sailing webpages.

BSC 2025 Class Opens and Regattas 

We are planning Open Meetings for the following classes in 2025:

Solo Open - Saturday 29th March
Enterprise Open - Saturday 29th March
Merlin Open - Saturday 12th April
RS Aero Open - Saturday 14th June
Phantom Open - Saturday 18th October
 
For more details please go to the Sailing menu above and choose Open Meetings
 
Regatta dates are:
Spring Open Regatta - Sunday 27th April
Double Hander Regatta - Saturday 28th June
Barts Bash - Sunday 13th September
Nelson Day Regatta - Sunday 9th November

Sailing Chandlery

If you buy from Sailing Chandlery you can take advantage of a discount from them whilst also making money and supporting BSC.
Here is the link to their site - Sailing Chandlery

 

Free Life Jacket Clinics

 

RNLI Water Safety Teams of Chiswick and Teddington Lifeboat Stations offer free Lifejacket Clinics and these are held at monthly intervals throughout the winter period alternating between the two Lifeboat Stations. For more information about the next clinic click here