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Back on the water at last! With no Illusion racing since late January and the One-Designs delaying the start of their season as they waited for the Under Tyne moorings to be laid, its been a rather odd Spring at the Bembridge end of the harbour!

Typical, the Bank Holiday weather set the scene for the second instalment of the sailing club’s short race handicap series: torrential rain, a light easterly breeze, and the tide at the bottom of a spring tide.

Typical, the Bank Holiday weather set the scene for the second instalment of the sailing club’s short race handicap series: torrential rain, a light easterly breeze, and the tide at the bottom of a spring tide.

Biblical rain showers, seaweed everywhere, and frequent fleet park-ups = a thoroughly enjoyable bank holiday weekend.

Biblical rain showers, seaweed everywhere, and frequent fleet park-ups = a thoroughly enjoyable bank holiday weekend.

Our grand finale sailed us straight to the Midlands at Draycote Water Sailing Club with 25 Fevas attending looking forward to racing with their friends, positioning in the series and getting some fleeting racing in before the Nationals!

Fifteen-year-old Vincentian sailor Kai Marks Dasent has successfully completed an extraordinary 70-mile solo sail from St Vincent to Grenada in an ILCA dinghy measuring less than 14 feet in length.

Fifteen-year-old Vincentian sailor Kai Marks Dasent has successfully completed an extraordinary 70-mile solo sail from St Vincent to Grenada in an ILCA dinghy measuring less than 14 feet in length.

Ten Comets contested the Silver Wing Open on 2nd May 2026 for the Silverwing Comet Trophy, an old, and very heavy DeHavilland Heron propeller hub.

Our grand finale sailed us straight to the Midlands at Draycote Water Sailing Club with 25 Fevas attending looking forward to racing with their friends, positioning in the series and getting some fleeting racing in before the Nationals!