A message from our Commodore to Tim, and Butch’s family.
I speak as a fellow club member as well as Commodore, representing all our members.Butch has been an important, personable and lively member of the club for many years, and he will be sorely missed. Always friendly and helpful. He regularly took full benefit of the Club’s facilities, on and off the water, and noticeably […]
Last Friday Night Quiz Enjoyed
Last Friday’s Quiz was enjoyed by a studious mob, but do note that the next one is not Good Friday but 22/3/24…7 for 7.30…..Do come along.
Brass Monkey Series
A fortunate string of favourably weathered weekends have enabled all 5 races of the Brass Monkey Series to be completed, the final two , races 4 and 5 on Sunday (15th Oct 2023).Four classes were represented, with results as follows.Race 4 saw Dusty Miller and Andy Bullen take honours in a lonely Assymetric class, and […]
Class Cups
This weekend (16th/17th Sept) saw the Club host for its members the Class Cups .Two races were run, with the first a morning start , the second with the tide running strongly out in the afternoon. The first race saw the RS400 of the two former Commodores, Nikki Palmer and Michael Copeman take the honours. […]
BSC at the Federation Cup, Pevensey Bay
Over the first weekend in July Pevensey Bay Sailing Club held the Federation Cup, Saturday for the Cadets and Sunday for adult sailors. The Federation is the group of Sailing Clubs stretching from Rye to Newhaven and Seaford. The location changes annually, and next year it is to be held in Bexhill. The Cadet team […]
Marine Conservation Charity Race 25th June
Charity Race for Marine Conservation. From time to time in our busy racing calendar we race with funds collected to contribute to worthy causes, and last Sunday it was Marine Conservation . Although our local water companies are not assisting this cause , thankfully there are many who try to ensure our shore life , […]
10th/11th June
Saturday Evening Series-Race 1Working with the tides, the trainee sailors had a blast , first time on the water during the late afternoon , preceding the first of the weekend evening races for club members.A sizeable fleet entered the water. The Slow Fleet was won by the skilled Malcolm Brookes, Comet leading two others , […]
3rd/4th June
Sun blessed, but wind excess! Sadly the heavy winds forecast as force 4, gusting to 6 lead to another cancellation, on Saturday , and a small fleet of 4 battling the surges on Sunday . The boats were varied. Ben Cole’s Cat was handicapped out of the running , and although the experienced Colin Cord […]
May Bank Holiday Weekend
At the weekend there was a full programme of sailing, starting with a Friday evening race. 5 boats were afloat, 4 of which capsized in tricky conditions but all managed to finish the race. Ben Cole was first in the catamaran class, Richard Eagleton was first in the slow class in his Europe and Colin […]
20th/21st May
Well, it looked idyllic…but for the Bexhill winds, North, North -Easterley, Bft 4/5 gusting 6! Flat sea and sunshine wasn’t enough this week. Saturday was a “no” and Sunday morning had 6 boats signed on, four taking to the water , and three completing the course…So congratulations to Bob Palmer, Laser Radial, first , Richard […]