Draycote Water Sailing Club

Summer Race Series Briefing 2026

Rebecca Moore — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:59 +0000

Welcome to another DWSC race briefing. Heading into Summer race there are a few changes upcoming that our racing members should be aware of, these are outlined below. As always if anything is unclear, please ask. The Sunday series starts on the 29th March, this is the morning after the clocks change – don’t forget! […]

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Draycote Academy Sailors Lead The Way

Rebecca Moore — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:49:05 +0000

by Steve Irish It was another successful year for the Draycote Academy with around 65 youth and junior sailors from the club and further afield joining us for our top level coaching. Our biggest take up was for the Toppers and ILCAs with more than 20 sailors signing up for each of these groups, alongside […]

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RS Aero Fleet Race Coaching

Rebecca Moore — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:18:33 +0000

by Richard Pye Over the Spring and Summer period I offered to deliver race coaching to members of the Draycote RS Aero fleet should there be demand. To my relief the offer was well supported and during 2025 coaching was provided on a 1-2-1 basis for 9 members of the fleet over 13 days. The […]

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Meet the Rear Commodore Sail: Simon Odling

Rebecca Moore — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:06:30 +0000

by Jeremy Atkins, Club President Some long-term members might describe Simon Odling’s progression at Draycote Water Sailing Club as ‘indecent haste’. He joined the Committee after just seven months of membership and became a flag officer a year later. But, with a lifetime of competitive sailing on the circuit and a successful business career, Simon’s […]

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AGM and Committee Updates

Rebecca Moore — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:23:18 +0000

Thank you to everyone who turned out for our recent AGM. This is the second year on a row that we have far exceeded quorum which is a positive change from a couple of post-Covid years with low turnouts. Changes to the Committee There are a few changes to our Committee team with Christine Silver, […]

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Speedy Windsurf Success

Rebecca Moore — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:47:22 +0000

I’ve been a member of Draycote since 2000 and my son, Jonathan, has been Windsurfing since the age of 8, after having his first lesson at Hayling Island at the Watersports Festival that used to be held there. Jonathan is now 20 and studies Mechanical Engineering at Bath University. Previously he was a pupil at Southam […]

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AGM 2025

Rebecca Moore — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:11:47 +0000

Details of the forthcoming AGM

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Last Saturday Club of 2025

Rebecca Moore — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:04:33 +0000

The final Youth and Juniors session of 2025

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Water Levels Rising

Rebecca Moore — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:41:32 +0000

Information regarding the project to raise Draycote's water levels

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Southport Race 2025

Rebecca Moore — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:22:29 +0000

A report of our Youth & Junior sailors taking on the Southport 24hr race

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