HYC has a long tradition of dinghy sailing with, for example, the British Airways regatta as one of the premium events for Laser calendar for many years. Over the past few years, the adult dinghy fleet has shrunk to a plucky core of a few sailors – but we’d like to see that growing again. So, here comes Dinghy Day.
Willing to give it a try?
Have you ever wanted to try sailing a dinghy but didn’t have access to a boat and weren’t too sure how to go about it? Then Dinghy Day is for you. On Saturday 26th June, there is a unique opportunity to try your hand at dinghy sailing. There will be boats available and past Club Champion, Chris Poulter and Olympian, Evert Bastet will be on hand to provide some tips on how to rig the boats and hopefully make them go fast. After a bit of practice, a few friendly races will be held. Afterwards, there may even be some refreshments and a BBQ.
If you’re an experienced dinghy sailor, we’d also love to have you there to join the fun and maybe pass on some tips.
If you would like to participate, please reply to sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com to reserve a spot. The event will be organised based on these expressions of interest. (Note that it is assumed you have a basic knowledge of sailing, this is not a learn-to-sail course).
Willing to lend a boat?
On last inspection, there were over 20 lasers stored near the junior sailing area. That’s potentially the biggest fleet in the club. We would love to get more of these boats out on the water again. If you have a boat and you’d be willing to make it available for Dinghy Day, please let us know at sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com. It will be very much appreciated.
Willing to lend a hand?
We’d love some help to organise the day – contacting boat owners, participants, fleshing out the program, helping out on Hyseas and or even running the BBQ after racing. If you’d like to help out, please drop us an email – always at sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com.
