For all members wanting a little help with there sailing, various aspects will be covered in these sessions. You can attend as many sessions as you wish. No booking required

• Saturday 3rd August How to be ready for Racing 12.30 to 1.45 (Neil Banks)
  Course board, signing on the computer, where buoys are, where the start line is, timings for racing, when you can race, start line, being ready in time etc. From the club house area.
• Saturday 10th August Simple rules of Racing 12.45 to 1.45 (Richard Sammons)
  In the snug with white board etc.
• Sunday 11th August Being on the start line and starting a race. 12.30 to 1.45 (Graduate Class)
  A short chat, with practice on the water. Please be rigged and changed to go on the water.
• Saturday 17th August Capsize for single and double handed boats 12.30 to 1.45 (Nigel Lamb)
  Demonstration on the shore, practice in the water.Single handed boats please be rigged and changed ready. We will probably use a Vision as a double handed capsize boat, please also be changed ready. Please remember a change of clothes and a towel.
• Sunday 25th August Following a course or course made good. 12.30 to 1.45 (James Russ)
  A short chat and practice on the water. Please be rigged and changed ready to go on the water.
• Saturday 31st August How to make your boat go faster or trimming your boat. 12.30 to 1.45 (Tom Collie and Guy Wilkins)
  Short chat and practice on the water. Please be rigged and changed ready to go on the water.

These sessions are being held to accompany the Novices Cup, which is running on Saturdays at 12.20. This is a series of 12 races, needing 5 races to qualify.

• The Novices Cup race series is for adult and junior novice sailors, and starts next Saturday 11th May, with a start time of 12:20.  That is 5 minutes after the 12:15 start for the Commodore’s Cup, which is for non-Novice juniors.  They are separate races series and you cannot enter both races.
• You are not able to helm in the Novice Cup if you have qualified (sailed the number of races to qualify, usually 9) in any of the summer series last year or previously, as you are deemed to be no longer a novice.  This includes Class, Handicap, Junior or Wednesday Evening Racing.
• If you have sailed in previous years but not ever qualified as a helm in any of the summer series you are still eligible to helm in the Novices Cup, unless you have previously had a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in a Novices Cup
• Qualifying in a summer series this year does not prevent you from helming in the Novices Cup this year.
• Previous qualification in a summer series as a crew in a double handed boat does not prevent you from helming in the Novices Cup
• For double handed boats, the crew does not need to be a novice.  They can have qualified as helm or crew in any previous years and still crew for a novice helm.  There are no restrictions on who can crew as long as the helm is a novice.
• You do not need to sail the same boat in each race.  You are welcome to try different boats in different weeks

Any further questions please ask the Sailing Secretaries (sailingsecretary@chipsteadsc.org.uk) or Saturday Adult Club (sac@chipsteadsc.org.uk).  Good luck sailing.