News & Reports Archive

Chew Crew Members and Parents March 2017

Dear all Parents, Guardians and Younger Members of CVLSC. As promised I am now getting to the stage of getting more information out to you about Chew Crew for 2017. [...]

Sailing and Social Report 17-Mar-17

Membership Renewals Membership renewals are flooding in. Mike Pearce has run a couple of WebCollect clinics (more to come) and Sarah Benfield, who only recently joined the membership team, is [...]

Sailing and Social Report 10-Mar-17

Membership Renewals More than 100 members have now successfully renewed their membership and boat subscriptions using the new online system. Please get in touch with Sarah Benfield if you have [...]

Sailing and Social Report 03-Mar-17

IMPORTANT Membership Renewals You should have received an email on Wednesday 1st this week from cvlsc@webcollect.org.uk inviting you to renew your membership and including the login details for the online account we [...]

Steve’s Laser Tip of the Month 26-Feb-17

The psychology of gybing in strong windsHow many times have we all approached the gybe mark on a windy day with trepidation? How often have we validated our concerns by taking [...]

Sailing and Social Report 24-Feb-17

Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Wednesday sailors were disappointed this week with strong winds causing the sailing to be cancelled, even the universities and schools didn’t appear, presumably [...]

Training Day and Some Great Results in the Class Race Day 18/19-Feb-17

Dear Solo Sailors, We were treated to almost Spring like conditions for our double billing weekend of sailing. Saturday’s Training Day was superb: very professional and lots to learn – [...]

Sailing & Social Reports 17-Feb-17

Sailing Report - by RO Simon ChapmanWith a wind chill making the temperature -3 and a forecast of a blustery easterly, it was with some trepidation that I arrived at the [...]

Membership Renewals 17-Feb-17

Membership renewals move into the 21st Century! Membership renewals this year will be handled through an online system called WebCollect. This system will be familiar to those people who have [...]

The Biggest Fleet on the Lake Today 12-Feb-17

Dear Solo Sailors, With a wind chill factor of minus 2 and a stiff north easterly gusting up to a spine chilling 20 knots, today’s forecast was enough to put [...]

Sailing & Social Reports 10-Feb-17

Sailing Report - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore Once again the club was full of cheerful, enthusiastic university teams competing in the BUSA Western Region Team Trials for places in the national [...]

Sailing & Social Reports 03-Feb-17

Sailing & Social Reports - Helen Martin, Vice Commodore While we were away looking for some sunshine and warmth, a lot was going on.... I thought I’d use some quotes [...]

Thank you so much working party 21-Jan-17

Thank you so much to the laser fleet members and others who helped out on Saturday 21st January with our dinghy park working party – we moved an impressive amount of stone with a [...]

Steve’s Laser Tip of the Month 01-Feb-17

Join us at Rock! Easter weekend 14th-17thApril Steve shares his personal experiences from our annual laser fleet holiday to Rock – and why you should join us this Easter! Rock [...]

The Latest Solo Racing in the Frostbite Series 29-Jan-17

The Latest Solo Racing in the Frostbite Series 29-Jan-17 Back again at Chew after his fantastic results at the Nationals, Alex Corby led from start to finish in the first [...]

Sailing Report 20-Jan-17

Working Party - Allen Marsh & Laura Smith This weekend, Saturday 21st January, 10:00. Warm up, meet some different people, get some exercise and help stop part of the southern [...]

An Amazing Solo Frostbite Series 15-Jan-17

Sailing Report It was fantastic to welcome back some of our celebrity alumni for a star studded day of racing today – and a special hello to Brian Gow, Graham [...]

Winter Wednesday Social Events

Winter Wednesday Social Events Aiming For Tokyo - 1st February with Chew’s 2020 Podium Potential sailor Ellie Cumpsty. The Story of Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club - 22nd March with Dave Macklin, Brian Brookes, [...]

Sailing Report 13-Jan-17

Sailing Report High pressure, no wind, no sailing on Saturday. And on Sunday? Thick mist and no wind in the morning. With very little prospect of the wind building, cheerful [...]

23 DECEMBER 2016

SEASONS GREETINGS Another year draws to an end and one that came with its challenges, but despite the BREXIT and Trump factors the sailing club has grown and developed significantly into [...]

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