Ragley Sailing Club is a friendly club, established in 1956,
racing each Sunday from March to November, followed by the Frostbite series
until end of December. All levels of ability are welcome to join.
We have the use of the Capability Brown lake in the grounds of
Ragley Hall,
Alcester, Warwickshire - the home of the Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford.
News 2009
The sailing season started with pleasant moderate winds in March with 14 boats racing on the first day.
April has started with rather light winds but still provided pleasant sailing.
Race Times 2009
The race times are as introduced in 2008
Free sailing
12.00-12.45pm 45 min Free Sailing
Race 1
13.00-14.00pm 45 min average lap time race
(10 min bell @12.50pm)
Race 2
14.30-15.30pm 45 min average lap time race
(10 min bell @14.20pm)
Race 3
15.45-16.45pm 45 min Pursuit race
(10 min bell @15.35pm)
These start times are to be fixed and each 45 Minute race has been allocated
a time window of 70 minutes, which includes the 10 Minute gun.
Each race will retain a separate identity as below
13.00 Club Handicap
( 2 x16 week series with 8 to count )
14.30 Rosebowl Handicap
(Boat Handicap racing 1x 32week series with 16 races to count)
15.45 Club Class/ Pursuit
(Boat handicap racing 2x16 week series with8 races to count / class results
if there is a quorum of 2 boats in the same fleet competing 2x16 week series
with 8 results to count)
News 2008
Boxing Day Bottle
The sailing year ended with the Boxing Day Bottle.
It was a cold & chilly day with a good breeze for most of the time.
The results were
1st Wendy Pickler
2nd John Bingham
3rd Andy Jackson
Bala
Some Pictures from Bala by Ashley
and some Pictures from Bala by Deb
Some Pictures by Geoffrey Down of the blustery conditions on August 10th which gave exciting sailing and several capsizes.
The RYA have published a very clear simplified guide to the
Rules.
July
The full Newsletter for July is available
here as a pdf.
The Regatta was held this year in conjunction with the
south Warwickshire scouts association Fun day,
and the lake shared with them for activities ranging
from canoeing to rip boarding.
Unfortunately the extremely strong wind precluded much of
the sailing front with only the extremely hardy venturing out
on to the water showing how well a Mirror can move.
The club holds various social events at the clubhouse which has
a very pleasnt view of the lake, particularly on a summers evening.
Directions
Ragley Hall is just Outside Alcester, (view
multimap of entrance (broken) or
streetmap of sailing club)
between Alcester and Evesham, and is sign-posted, from most directions. Entrance is via main gate - follow the road through the park, past the house and past the adventure wood and you will come to the lake, the club house is at the left/east end.
See the
Google Map of the Lake.
(This is being developed: watch for updates of interest to techies)
