Wednesday night sailing starts this week (7 May) and we have a new boat!
So what’s the format? While we can’t be sure till we see it actually up and running, we’re aiming firmly at informal, fun sailing and envisage that:
* People with sailing boats (whether keelboats or dinghies) will come sailing when possible on Wednesday evenings and some will be able to take extra crew.
* We will have a safety boat running whenever possible to cover dinghy sailors, but may have to organise some Wednesdays differently in the absence of safety boat cover. (At the time of writing, we believe we at least have all May Wednesdays covered.)
* We hope to be able to match would-be crew with suitable boats/skippers on a ad-hoc basis and encourage people looking for a sail to come along with that in mind, but simultaneously can’t promise that everyone just turning up will always get out. So, while we are inviting would-be sailors to simply come along and see what’s doing, you can also help us help you by letting us know if you’re a boat owner and can take people out, pre-arranging with boat-owning friends where you can or simply telling us you’re interested so we can try to match you up in advance.
* That said, we have just purchased a Topper Topaz Omega (large, sail-training-oriented dinghy) from Lochaber Yacht Club and were planning to have this on the water this Wednesday night with taster sails in mind, but that’s currently in the balance with some set-up issues still to solve first.
* It may also be possible for those with appropriate experience to sail some of our smaller, mostly single-handed, dinghies.
Please note that we are not an RYA training centre and not offering the formal tuition you could get at one although we’ll try to accommodate people without boats and/or experience to simply come sailing.
Come for 6pm if you can, but we’ll keep an eye out for people arriving for as long as we reasonably can when there’ll be boats to prepare and crews to assign before we can be on the water, or you can give us an ETA if you know you’ll be much later.
