Author: Chris Gibbs

The Jubilee weekend provided the best available tides for the championships, unfortunately the wind and weather gods disagreed. Friday provided the best conditions overhead, but the freshening NE breeze made sea conditions increasingly difficult on the day, with wind over

Overy Staithe SC started their 2022 Open Meeting season with a weekend event held over 30 April and 1 May for the 12m2 Sharpie and Europe classes. Making the most of the tide times, Saturday’s races were on the evening

This weekend Brancaster Staithe SC are hosting the British Sharpie Championships, 24-26th September. The club have rallied round post Covid, to combine this event with the traditional end of season Sharpie event, the Les Dye memorial trophy. The LDMT will

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th September 2021 Brancaster Staithe SC Early morning starts (08:00, 08:30, 09:30). Championship supper Saturday evening. 5 championship races plus a stand-alone race for the Les Dye Cup. Racing has been organised to ensure that anyone

Overy Staithe Sailing Club’s Sharpie Open was very much a family affair, with three of the four crews who turned up for a beautifully sunny early start consisting of father and daughter/son combinations.   Initially light and fluky winds meant Race

Wells SC welcomed a small fleet of sharpies on the weekend originally scheduled for the (now postponed) British Championship. We were lucky to have one of the few weekends with decent weather so far this season and enjoyed two days

A dozen sharpies enjoyed a great weekend racing at Brancaster Staithe SC in April competing for the “Lester Southerland Tiller”, a beautiful wishbone tiller which hangs permanently on the wall in the BSSC clubhouse. It was the first sharpie open

The British Championship 2020, due to be held at Brancaster Staithe SC from 14 – 16 May has been postponed in view of the continuing travel restrictions due to covid. The event will be reorganised later in the year when

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of Gary Anthony of Wells-next-the-Sea on 24th March 2020 aged 75 years. Gary was a stalwart and past Commodore of Wells Sailing Club and a passionate advocate of

Provisional dates for the 2021 Sharpie open meetings have been confirmed and published. All fixtures are subject to restrictions on travel and distancing, and will be confirmed nearer the dates.  After missing a whole season of racing last year we