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Where does my dinghy live this year?
The Boat Park is ready for members to use if you have a space arranged. There is a boat park plan on the website HERE (ACTIVITIES / Dinghies / Boat Park / Boat Park Diagram 2024) , unused spaces may well be re allocated in June. Click on the menu to the right of the plan to find your dinghies exact location. (You will need to
Published 5:43pm on 14 Apr 2024
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Dinghy racing : Sailing Sec Update 6th April
Change to schedule Sunday Weekend series racing will be split into Gold/ Silver handicap fleets with Gold start preceeding Silver . Wednesday evening will be just two starts , Z & K keelboats and Dinghy class 9 (with Cadets starting and racing within class 9 with additional own results extracted )
Published 1:32pm on 6 Apr 2024
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Get on yer bike to Sandsfoot Beach!
Last Sunday marked the official end of this year's Working Parties. Excellent support from club members has enabled a wide variety to be successfully completed. Amongst the tasks the club has been undertaking further work on the beach foreshore installing five bike racks for community use. This will enable beach users to confidently secure their bikes whilst enjoying all the benefits of this great location! Photo: L. to R. Club Members
Published 2:28pm on 4 Mar 2024
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CCSC Musto Skiffs at Oxford Blue
3 Musto Skiffs turned up to a sunny and warm Oxford Blue. Just as we went to launch the gusts build to a nice 15 knots Race one Sam Barker won the committee boat and put the nose down hard. Andy Rice stuck his boat in high mode of the pin end. Sam Pascoe got spat out the back of this battle so tried to tack out, but his new harness hook had
Published 6:24pm on 25 Feb 2024
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1st Place for Sam at Tiger Trophy
Five Musto Skiffs turned up to an unusually warm and sunny Rutland for the sixth leg of the Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series. After day one we got off the water to find out that the Musto class was 1-4 on the overall results of the Tiger Trophy! Only a few murmurs about our handicap... but it's okay. The pursuit race put that to bed! Day two and another windy pursuit race. Thankfully less
Published 8:33pm on 6 Feb 2024
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Galley Chef 2024 Amanda De Saulles
The Clubhouse was buzzing with culinary competitive spirit at the 2024 Galley Chef Competition. The competition had a bit of a different twist this year as each competitor had the opportunity to use a secret tinned ingredient in a bid to gain extra points! Our talented chefs cooked on a single burner camping stove for 30 minutes, in a small allocated area that resembled a galley space on a yacht, before the discerning
Published 8:17pm on 6 Feb 2024
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Sam continues to lead the way at Bloody Mary!
Sam reports... That 5 Musto skiffs turned up to 5-12 knots and a warm 10 degrees. Far too tropical conditions for the Bloody Mary. Having missed one of the winter events I got the far nicer coloured Silva rash vest. Whilst watching the early starts we chuckled as the RS400 had a general recall and started 2min later. Definitely helping us overall. The breeze built 3 knots 10min before our start
Published 11:01pm on 6 Jan 2024
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Sam Pascoe leads the Castle Cove team with Draycote win.
Castle Cove SC has just shown its depth of dinghy talent again at one of the country's bigger winter events - The Draycote Dash. Our current most successful dinghy racer, multiple champion, and joint principal organizer of CCSC Cadets - Sam Pascoe has added another notable event win to his collection. He battling his Musto Skiff round Saturdays 4 fleet races and Sundays pursuit to take a one point victory in some proper challenging inland
Published 4:05pm on 23 Nov 2023
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Prize-giving and Ceilidh 2023
A wonderful prize-giving celebration at Castle Cove's Club House last night. Members were treated to a 'full on' curry experience provided by Tikka Trak followed by Commodore Andy Adler's speech and some lovely puddings! Over 60 prizes were awarded by Rob and Sandra Smith and Charlie Adler. Special mention must go again to Rob and Sandra for their custodianship of the Club's trophies and Sandra who handcrafts the amazing plaques which each trophy winner is
Published 6:03pm on 19 Nov 2023
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Great Turnout For CCSC's AGM
The CCSC Annual General Meeting was held on Friday 10th October 2023. The meeting was attended by over 80 members. Our Commodore reflected on our Centenary year and thanked all members who had contributed to running Castle Cove Sailing Club both on and off the water. He remarked that the support members give to open events culminates in rewarding feedback from visitors who continue to compliment both the facility and the friendliness of our Club.
Published 9:38pm on 15 Nov 2023
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Winter Supper and Quiz Night
A delicious supper was cooked by Rob from Brown Goose Catering and a very entertaining quiz organised by club member Quizmaster Richard Bowers which was the perfect combination for a winter gathering in our Clubhouse. Well done Grace our retiring Rear Commodore (Shore) for organising the evening and for your hard work in the kitchen this evening loading the dishwasher! We have another Club supper evening planned in December which
Published 9:22pm on 15 Nov 2023
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Seagrass Workshop held at CCSC
On Monday 6th November CCSC members and members of the public received a very informative presentation and workshop on seagrass from the Marine Conservation Society. The workshop was led by our Vice Commodore Ian Green with the support of Dr Jean-Luc Solandt, Emily Bunce, Amdeep Saghera and Dr Peter Richardson from the MCS. The MCS are working to protect and recover seagrass meadows in UK seas, which is a vital habitat for animals and
Published 9:18pm on 15 Nov 2023