Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club

Originally posted by Dougal I was going to say Sailing Clubs come and go.... but in reality they only seem to go. Does anyone know of any new clubs that have started up?

I think quite a few marina-based yacht clubs have become fully RYA affiliated in recent years?

Probably quite a few class associations becoming organising authorites for events as well.

Do people still form 'two men and a dog SC's to enter things like Southport 24 hr race?

If the price mentioned in this thread is even roughly right, I am surprised the club didn't buy the lake. Must be more to it.

Originally posted by Dougal Does anyone know of any new clubs that have started up?

Well, largely they seem to go when the water becomes unavailable, so presumably they only appear when significant water becomes available.
Datchet is relatively recent, I suppose, WPNSA, if you can call that a club, is the most recent I know of.

Originally posted by RS400atC If the price mentioned in this thread is even roughly right, I am surprised the club didn't buy the lake. Must be more to it.

Well that's what it sold for when the Sailing Club wasn't bidding... Maybe they didn't fancy a bidding war. And there are so many sailing clubs in the area, maybe they decided there were better ways to spend money.

Don't the MoD do underwater testing at Wraysbury? Or is that a different part of the reservoir system?

With Thames Water forecasting a deficit Abingdon reservoir may one day happen... although the locals have been revolting against it for a long time

Originally posted by JimC Heathrow expansion... Good point I've seen this Southwest option... I think that impacts Wraysbury lake just a tad... I reckon their clubhouse is pretty much under the centre of the runway isn't it?

First time I've seen that version- the "favourite" certainly is a runway parallel to the north