News & Reports Archive

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 [...]

The Finale of the Solo Fleet Winter Series 18-Dec-16

Sailing Report With just one point separating three of us at the top of the leader board and with two of our fastest sailors equal on points before today’s racing, [...]

Invasive Species

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August Antics does it “Down Under”

Thirty five children took part in the annual fun filled sailing event (with an Aussie theme) over the Bank Holiday weekend culminating in the hotly contested Monday afternoon race and the [...]

We are all doing our bit for the Olympics

Unless you have read this on-line already, by the time you read it in your Newsletter the Olympics will be in full swing and CVLSC will have done and still will [...]

Falmouth 2016

Wayfarers at Falmouth July 9th - 16th On a busy Saturday twelve Wayfarer sailors towing four boats made the 165 mile journey down to Falmouth for their annual summer cruise. John [...]

Up through the gears 10-Jun-16

Steve Smith has written a very personal reflective account of his Laser Masters. You can download his article here:

BUSA Western Team Trials

07:30 and the sun is just coming over the Mendips when the UWE team unlock the gate at Chew Valley and begin to prepare for the BUSA Western Qualifiers. One saving [...]

A SCILLY IDEA

Why not sail from Lands End to the Isles of Scilly and then back again in a Wayfarer Dinghy? This somewhat seemingly crazy idea came about following a successful non-stop circumnavigation [...]

CVLSC Laser Open Report (Wessex Grand Prix) 13-Jun-15

Racing Report 36 Laser competitors arrived in the Chew Valley on a rather drizzly morning. Fresh winds had been previously forecast, but the day was to offer light airs that would [...]

Solo Winter Championships. 2015 Chew Valley SC

Report At 9 O’clock on Saturday morning the sun was breaking through but we were shy on breeze. By 9:30 there was a small glimmer of hope as the wind decided [...]

Bristol Brew 2013

The Bristol Brew is a Universities Team racing event hosted annually by Bristol University sailing Club. This is what happened. On 30th November, 21 teams of 6 sailors, some university and some [...]

GUL RS 200 INLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

The weekend started on Friday afternoon with a couple of early arrivals, wanting to show the hospitality that we can provide at Chew Valley, l forced myself behind the [...]

K1 NATIONALS, TORQUAY

JOHN SHIMELL, K1/77 A week ago I was looking forward to racing in the first 3-day K1 Nationals, and my first time sailing single-handed on the sea for over 50yrs ! [...]

Toppers Open – 10th August 2013

Five visitors joined seven home boats for this year’s Topper Open, part of the SW circuit. Numbers were unfortunately well below previous year’s due to the proximity to the National Championships, [...]

Feva Worlds

Report In the last week of July the RS Feva Worlds were held at Marina di Grosetto, a small Italian town on the coast of Tuscany. Three dinghies from CVLSC took [...]

RS Feva Inland Championships

Chew Valley Lake SC very successfully hosted the 2013 insurance4dinghies.com RS Feva Inland Championships on June 22/23. Fifty boats from across the country battled the windy weather to compete in probably [...]

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