South East Sailing Club

   I am biased but I would consider Chipstead Sailing Club, the kids sailing thing is every weekend (Bough Beech is once a month I believe), it is nearer the A21, its a smaller lake so plenty of close racing, you will get good class racing in a variety of classes. In your shoes I would join the 15-20 Solo's sailing every saturday and also get a Graduate to join the 10-15 of them sailing each sunday with the kids. Take a look at the results section on the website to get an idea of fleet sizes.

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GybeFunny Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Oct 09 Online Status: Offline Posts: 403	Post Options Post Reply Quote GybeFunny Report Post Quote Reply Topic: South East Sailing Club Posted: 02 Nov 17 at 11:14am
	I am biased but I would consider Chipstead Sailing Club, the kids sailing thing is every weekend (Bough Beech is once a month I believe), it is nearer the A21, its a smaller lake so plenty of close racing, you will get good class racing in a variety of classes. In your shoes I would join the 15-20 Solo's sailing every saturday and also get a Graduate to join the 10-15 of them sailing each sunday with the kids. Take a look at the results section on the website to get an idea of fleet sizes.

NickM99 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 26 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 145	Post Options Post Reply Quote NickM99 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 10:37pm
	When you have your new boat, come and do the Icicle at Bough Beech which is a really well supported (100 entries +) handicap series in January and February. I'm sure you can get there quickly now the A21 Pembry bypass is open Then you will be all trained up and ready for your new sea club when their summer season opens... or you might just decide to stay at Bough Beech!

gary145 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 05 Aug 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote gary145 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 9:52pm
	sailing-at-eastbourne.co.uk no reefs, no rocks, good racing any state of tide, single handers inc- lasers, contenders, moths, musto skiffs, 600s, A class cats or when nothing else is out the dart16! Pratt racing-Personal handicap wed evening series. Come and try...


patitifa Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 17 Location: North West Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote patitifa Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 9:24pm
	iGRF nailed it - I'm on the A21! Been to the county a couple of times and the idiosyncrasies of the road network are clear. I suspect I will be limited to that patch of coast. I think Medway will sadly be too far.

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 8:45pm
	It's a funny county Kent or Kent & E.Sussex, whilst at one end you can set from one end to the other in under an hour, yet West to East can take twice as long for the same distance, so depending where patititfa is going to live and by the sounds of it it's on the A21 as bad a road as ever there was, he'll be limited to that part of the coast and communications with that are pretty dire.
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Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 8:38pm
	Is Wilsonian close enough? They have a decent fleet of Blazes and seem like a nice bunch (see the Foxwells Youtube vids). It's an estuary not open sea but the sailing area is big enough....
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transient Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 21 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 715	Post Options Post Reply Quote transient Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 6:59pm
	I'll message you some finer details. I don't really want to put a warts 'n' all appraisal on a public forum.

patitifa Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 17 Location: North West Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote patitifa Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 6:04pm
	Thanks Transient, good advice. Apologies for typos- small children playing hide and seek in study.Trying to keep within an hour of home, which means between Rye and Seaford if it is to be the sea.

transient Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 21 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 715	Post Options Post Reply Quote transient Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 5:47pm
	Prevailing south westerlies produce some big dumps in that area. Those in the lee of beachy head seem better. Take a day and visit them all between Eastbourne and Hastings, 4 in total. They are only 30 mins apart. Check out the dump at highish tide if there is a SWer. Also check out at low tide as there are exposed reefs at a couple of them. Edited by transient - 01 Nov 17 at 5:58pm

patitifa Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 17 Location: North West Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote patitifa Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 17 at 5:36pm
	Thanks for all the input. I'm going to be nosing around over he next few weeks, see whats going on. Look to get a new boat over the winter. Interesting to see so many plugs for the Blaze - hadn't really thought about it before, but I will have a closer look. Hastings looks good for laser numbers, Eastbourne for handicap. Cmmmmmmm. birider - will have a look at Rye for sure. Size is no indicator of quality......