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Dinghy Autumn 5
On Sunday 1 September we had part 5 of our dinghy Autumn series. The racing was held in a cold grey north easterly and the breeze was up for the first race with the gusts up at force five. Ewan Christison in his Laser/ILCA7 set the standard for the afternoon recording three first places and following on with three second places was Leonie Griffin and Janice Kerrisk in their Wanderer. Janice and Leonie had set More »
4 Sep 2024
Criuser Race in the Sun!
Three yachts took part in the Cruiser race on Saturday 31 August in a fresh north easterly and brilliant sunshine. The reaching start took the boats from A mark past Y and Z and onto H just off Barnbougle Castle. During this leg Talisker helmed by Dave Jamieson tried to overtake Andy Walker in Exisle however Andy decided against having a luffing match and this paid off as he held a small lead at H. More »
3 Sep 2024
Visiting Yachts from Granton
Cramond Boat Club was delighted to welcome Forth Corinthian Yacht Club for a cruise in company on Saturday 31st August. It might have been the last official day of summer, but for both clubs it seemed it was also the best sailing day of summer, and a nice easterly breeze brought an impressive flotilla of 10 boats in from Granton. Many yotties in the Forth are terrified of our notorious harbour entrance More »
2 Sep 2024
Busy Saturday
On Saturday 31 August our dinghy sailors enjoyed an excellent Free Sail and in a fresh north easterly breeze with sunshine! It was a busy day at the Club as at the same time we also had a L1/2 candidate completing some parts of the training course during the free sail, Windsurfer training on the east beach, a CBC cruiser race taking place and a visit from the Forth Corinthian Yacht Club with twelve yachts More »
1 Sep 2024
Cruiser Drifting Race
The final race in the Cruiser evening series was on Monday 26th August. There were three boats: Seeaway , with Keith Ovenstone at the helm, Innisfallen sailed by Kay McBurney with David Pirie crewing, and Pegasus II sailed by Alastair Johnson. With fading light and a very light wind, a short course was set round the inner club marks D C Z Y. The boats started More »
28 Aug 2024
Windy Survival Sailing!
Due to the very high winds over the past five weeks sailing opportunities have been few and far between with a high number of races unfortunately being cancelled. We did however manage a few Free Sail events, and one race in our Autumn series was completed on Sunday 18th August, but alas before a second race could be completed the wind went ballistic with gusts in excess of 35mph! The three More »
28 Aug 2024
Upcoming events
| Sep 7 |
Training Cadets 6HW 1802 5.1 |
| Sep 7 |
16:00 - Dinghy AUT6HW 1802 5.1 |
| Sep 7 |
16:10 - Cruiser MD6HW 1802 5.1 |
| Sep 8 |
Training Windsurfing 4HW 1836 4.9 |
| Sep 8 |
16:45 - Dinghy Women's RaceHW 1856 5.4 |
| Sep 8 |
17:00 - Cruiser Women's RaceHW 1856 5.4 |
| Sep 15 |
11:30 - Dinghy AUT7HW 1326 4.9 |
| Sep 15 |
11:40 - Cruiser W7HW 1326 4.9 |
| Sep 18 |
19:30 - Main Committtee meetingMeeting in clubhouse |
| September 21-22 |
FCC cruise visiting CBCSat HW 1743 5.7 Sun HW 1828 5.4 |
| Sep 21 |
15:30 - Dinghy Free SailHW 1743 5.7 |
| September 21-22 |
16:00 - Dinghy and Cruiser Closing Cru…HW 1743 5.7 |