Ely Sailing Club

Hooray! It’s May, winter is over, probably…. We started the club racing season in shorts at the beginning of April. On the last weekend in April we ran an adult level 1 and 2 training course where the main problem was keeping the students from freezing to death. Luckily it was very windy, and the seven intrepid sailors progressed to sailing by themselves in a manner that impressed all the instructors. Despite high blustery winds, the rescuers only had to deal with a single c

Welcome back to the new season! After a long winter break, I hope that you are all ready to start sailing again. We have a fuller calendar, with more dates for Friday social sailing this year. The club is also aiming to run more social functions this year. We have a new 'Events Committee' who have been charged with organising some memorable events. We are starting off with the Commodore’s New Season Welcome in the clubhouse on Friday 31st March at 7:30 pm. We will be runni

Hello Members Now it is warm there is no excuse not to come down to the Club if not to sail then just to enjoy the surroundings with a long cool drink. It has been a busy June with all the events, courses and training sessions taking place as scheduled, except the partners race which will be re-run in August. Watch this space for details. The Ladies Plate saw new and old members team up and race in Enterprises and Emma Rees race in a Topper. Gary Ungless set some interesting

Hello Members Another busy month with very successful Open Day and Evening with over 70 new comers experiencing sailing at Ely. Thank you to all those who helped with these events. It resulted in the Cadet Camp being filled, new members and a boost to our profile locally. The junior trophy was won by Jack Knight and Simon Leeks won the Whitsun Trophy our congratulations go to them. We have also entertained Stretham Scouts and successfully past the 2015 RYA Training Centre Ins

Commodores Waffle back by public demand! It looks like the first day of the new season is going to be a windy one. Racing starts this Sunday 29th March at 1pm. There has already been a lot of activity at the Club this year, the training team have been in full swing with lots of new and old members gaining their First Aid qualification under the tutelage of Principal Steve Board. We also have five new Assistant Instructors who completed their course last weekend. Our thanks go

Welcome to the latest edition of ‘Commodore's Waffle’. I hope you're all well and making the most of this beautiful summer weather. You might have noticed some of our cadets modelling our new Ely Sailing Club polo shirts around the clubhouse. I am pleased to announce that the new Ely Sailing Club polo shirts are available in various sizes (adults and children’s) and colours. If you would like to purchase one they are £14 for adults and £12 for children’s sizes and can be purc

Dear All, Welcome to the 2014 Ely Sailing Club sailing season!!! We’ve had a really busy winter working party, with the club, grounds and kit all having a spruce up. Sailing, at long last, starts on Sunday 30th April and not forgetting our Spring Bowling Social on Saturday. I hope to see you all at some point then! If you have not yet got your tickets, and want to come, please get in contact with Jill on 01353 662661. We will be holding a rules evening and an assistant/dinghy