by Caro | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog Posts, Home
Thanks to those that turned up for the working bee, AGM and prize giving on Sunday. The re cladding/roofing of the club is well under way and the roof went on this week. Lots of work has been done outside the club to get it looking ship shape for Opening Day. The...
by Caro | Apr 28, 2019 | Blog Posts, Home
Wow another season gone just like that and a beautiful warm day to finish on with light breeze, well perhaps not so light for the Parents in Opti race. This was won by Sarah Nicholl, whoop whoop great to have another female on the Brandt Tankard and she did it in...
by Caro | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog Posts, Home
Here’s Brett Willcock’s report from the Canterbury Opti Champs: Saturday started with a light and dying Southwest wind so the first two races were sailed in the bay. This provided some challenging sailing and with a dying breeze, plus strong incoming tide,...
by Caro | Mar 7, 2019 | Home
Check out Green fleet Race Officer, Nigel Soper’s, report here: Hey a great weekend of sailing was experienced by 14 greenies and 4 newbies in the rainbow fleet. Green fleet Nice mix of boys and girls of all ages enjoyed nice light southwest breeze on Saturday...
by Caro | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog Posts, Home
Come and enjoy classical music by the water with the Royal Danish String Quartet, Saturday Feb 16th at 6pm after sailing. A once in a lifetime opportunity to see world class classical musicians by our sparkling waters. There’ll be a spit roast lamb and the bar...
by Caro | Jan 19, 2019 | Home
A gorgeous weekend for SIAG with 61 entries across the junior classes. Day one was a fickle norwest challenging the sailors ability to read the wind. The Green Fleet managed 3 good races while the rest of the classes had to fit 4 races into day 2. Well done to our...
by Caro | Jan 6, 2019 | Home
We had a fabulous three-day summer camp, from 2nd to 4th Jan. There were 28 sailors in Optimists, ranging from absolute beginners in Learn to Sail, to advancing racers in Open Fleet. Weather-wise we had a bit of everything, ranging from no breeze, NW gusts, a...
by Caro | Dec 17, 2018 | Blog Posts, Home
The Sailing instructions for the SIAG have now been posted under our Notice of Races or can be viewed here. South Island Age Group Regatta is rapidly approaching, it’s a bit earlier this year: 19-20th January. The NOR is now posted and entry is available via...
