Evening training sessions have been well received and members who attended have been thankful to Mark Reddington for his presentation.

At the first evening 36 members attended on the 13th Jan 2016 to debate the Course settings and how to run well organise courses.

Race Management training – 3rd Feb 2016

• OOD will need to be aware that we are planning to start in April having split starts in the handicap races.
• This is to encourage more sailors to join in the racing
• It will only apply when 12< or more boats are signed in
• We are also considering using a Zulu flag into the future for the starts so that it acts as a greater warning of being over (20% penalty charge)

Rules 24th Feb 2016 7pm

This should be a lively session and we are planning to have prizes for those that know the right answers!!!

Kind regards

John

Bartley SC - Chairman of Sailing Committee

Mobile: 079 20020036

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Dear All BSC members

The sailing committee are holding a number of winter training sessions to help improve the racing format and guidance for sailor’s enjoyment and safety. 

The first session is

• Course setting      evening – 13th Jan 2016

This is aimed at providing why good courses are needed and that setting the right course for the wind conditions helps OD race management

• Race      Management training – 3rd Feb 2016

By looking at having the right course it enables the OD to arrange racing to be enjoyable and fair for every type of boat. This session will guide you through the DO's and DON'Ts

• Rules 24th Feb      2016

A good session for anyone that needs advice as to how the rules protects you and your boat whilst racing. This is not aimed at the basic starboard and port but more around the issues we face here at Bartley with buoy rounding’s and the technical side of racing. A good session to refresh you on some of the new updated rules

At these sessions we shall issue further OD guidelines on how this can work simply to help you.

We are hoping that members will want to come down and join in these session and therefore if you have any specifics you want covered please can you contact us before hand

Kind regards

John

Bartley SC - Chairman of Sailing Committee

Mobile: 079 20020036

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Good News! 2016 gets off to a great start for the club.

Severn Trent confirmed the order for two new complete pontoons for the reservoir yesterday and they will be going into production during the next three weeks ready for Installation during April this year.

We have been incredibly lucky that we have managed to address the long term issue of the original pontoons not being able to withstand the prevailing conditions at Bartley, prior to taking ownership of them next year as per the recent lease agreement.

What I am sure of after some hard work ensuring the new spec pontoons cater for our immediate and future needs, is that we have a quality builder delivering bespoke quality pontoons that meets our expectations coupled with proper Installation that will withstand the worst of weather.

Please see the picture which demonstrates what the pontoon will look like, although we will not be having decking but GRP Decking like on the current boardwalks. They will be galvanised steel construction and 2 meters wide and the left hand pontoons will come with a winch for disabled sailors and the hand rails but not the right hand set.

If any one wants further information please ask me when I am available at the club. 

Howard

Dear All member's and their families,

Bartley Sailing Club Committee would like to wish you a Merry Christmas.

We look forward to seeing you all for a fantastic new season of sailing in 2016.

Congratualtions to those sailors this year who have triumphed in their various fleets and also to the many new members that have progressed to even start racing for the first time this season.

Kind regards

John

To Mike and Bartley Sailing Club

26th November 2015

Thank you so much to John, Howard, Mike and everyone who supported and nominated me for a RYA 2015 Volunteer Community Award.

It was with great pleasure that I attended the ceremony last week to receive the Award. The ceremony was held after the RYA AGM and hosted by Sarah Treseder, RYA Chief Executive and the award presented by HRH Princess Royal. There were over 50 Award winners including 15 Community Award winners.

Colin (my Husband) and I had a wonderful time and were treated like royalty ourselves. In her opening speech, HRH thanked not only the award winners but those who supported them. She said that sailing would not be the sport it is today without the hard work and dedication of its volunteers. She recognised sailing, as being a learning ground for so many life skills and wanted it to be a place where, especially children could learn to understand risks for when, in the future, they may not be in a safe club environment.

So many well deserving people received awards and I am very humbled by the work that the volunteers have done and things that they have achieved. From talking to others we have a strong junior section envied by many and that is thanks to all our K2o instructors and volunteers. A true team effort.

Like so many, our Sailing Club is run by a strong team of volunteers who all contribute a huge amount in so many ways to deliver, high quality sailing, teaching, racing and a thriving junior section, in a safe, friendly and viable way, having an excellent club house and sailing facilities.

So whilst I am honored to have received the award, I accept in on behalf of everyone and thank you all for your support, especially Dave and Mandy at the beginning and more recently Howard, Richard and Lucy who have given so much of their time and for whom I thank for getting me so involved and enjoying every minute of K2o and work I do via sailing/main committees.

Fired up with the stories from other clubs I am anxious to encourage fresh ideas and involve many more of you, so please do help and support the club going forward, sailing is a great sport to be part of.

Thank you

Ann Kelly

On the sat 26th of December 2015 its Bartley Sailing clubs BOXING DAY bottle race hosted by our Commodore Mike Gibson.

Everyone is welcome especially families who need to blow away the mistletoe and those extra pudding portions!!!

Bottle racing will start at 11am approx.!!!

See you out on the water

Rgs John Ling

Sailing Com

Bartley Lasers boys triumphant at Frampton Wessex Laser finals

On arriving at a very blustery day with forecasts of 30-40 mph winds it was conditions that Jeremy Higson Robin Pitt and John Ling has all experienced at Bartley so were not foiled at the chance of venturing out.

After a tricky on beach wind launch the 30 strong fleet made it to the line and were amazed to see a very professional timing board counting down the 5 minutes. Something we need to consider!!!

The race was two great beats and two blasting reaches which saw Phenomenal speeds and spray. Surprisingly no broken masts were seen possibly because virtually everyone capsized in the guests.

In the first race Robin and John got a good start and john made his way to the front but was forced to do a 720 which lost him the lead. Whilst Jeremy and Robin fort hard, some of the shifty experts seem to come through. Then Robin got in irons and was forced to retire but used this time wisely to regroup his race plan thoughts. Jeremy had some great beats to recover to 6place whilst John managed to catch the leaders and win race 1.

So with Robin’s nemesis Adam John came in 9^th he decided that he would turn up for race two!! And so he did with a 11^th 6^th and 5^th in the next races. Just showing that he has the plan to get his act together for the winter series. Jeremy was again close at the start and was right up with the leaders but unfortunately a local sailor that acted in the strangest of fashions, by thinking it was clever to hit as many boats as possible and in the end this took him out big time so unfortunately retired in the last race right when he had he leaders in sight.

At the prize giving it was BARTLEY rules the waves!!! John winning overall Ed Higson wining the Wessex series of events and Robin finishing his series in 8^th and Jeremy in 10^th. So 4 of the top places going to Bartley Lasers. What a great season they guys have had.

Combining this with Simon Hardiman completing the Masters and doing really well and Richard (baker boy) getting his new boat up to speed the winter season looks like its going to be a great battle before the new year.

Congratulations to Crispin Beaumont & Tom Darling for winning the 29er Eurocup Lake Garda

Top Twelve Positions

Review of racing format

The Sailing committee of Bartley Sailing club are currently reviewing options to freshen up the racing at Bartley. 

This has been brought on by issues such as long delays between the faster boats finishing handicaps, then starting pursuits, particularly when the race has been prematurely finished due to slower boats potential elapsed time on the race course.

Shortley you will recieve a Survey MONKEY request, inviting you to participate and share your views with us. 

Many thanks to Howard for setting this up for us. 

Please could you think carefully about the questions which will be those below and feel free to add comments at the bottom of the Survey MONKEY, we can only implement the wishes of the membership with Knowledge of what they want through feedback from surveys such as this.

Top of Form

* 1. Given the opportunity to change the format for Saturday Racing please select one of the options below

2 Races on a Saturday One Pursuit One Handicap

2 Races on a Saturday both Handicap

3 Races On a Saturday all Handicap

2 or 3 races on a Saturday with fleet starts

* 2. Both Tuesday Evening Racing and Thursdays this year have struggled to have enough duty crews across the series with low attendance particularly on Thursday evenings a concern. Please select an option which best suits with how you would wish evening sailing to continue.

No change. Tuesday evenings remain Laser & Solo Fleets and Thursday open club racing

Every one to race and combine on either Tuesday or Thursday (reduce to one evening)

Thursday sailing to shorten to a twelve race series and finish before Summer holidays, Tuesdays to continue as is

* 3. Average Laps could be a good solution to ending a Handicap race at the right time for different classes of boats, however the current courses are too long. please select from the options below

The committee should keep the current agreed courses for both Handicap and Pursuit races

The committee should have separate new designed courses for handicaps which are shorter per lap thus more laps making it easier for average lap results 

Not Sure! I don't understand how this works or the relevance to the handicap race

* 4. Please add comments below if there is anything you feel the Sailing Committee can do to improve the quality of racing at Bartley Sailing Club. 

Kind reagrds

John Ling

Chair of the Sailing Com