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Report and results from Merlin Rocket Open Meeting 2023
Please click here for the Yachts and Yachting report The results from the Open meeting can be downloaded below: Photos from the event can be viewed in our gallery
Published 20:08 on 20 Sep 2023
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Club Championships - 9/10 September 2023
The club's championship weekend consists of 2 days of racing for a number of trophies - some aimed at experienced helms and crews, but also some targeted at the less experienced. The full programme can be found in the document below. There will be a briefing for sailors at 10.30 on Saturday followed by races from 10.55. There is a fish and chip meal on the Saturday evening which should be booked in
Published 07:01 on 16 Aug 2023
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Caribbean Buffet on Saturday evening 16 September
You don't have to be sailing in the Merlin Open to attend the buffet on the Saturday evening 16 September at 18.30 - it is open to all members and the visitors. Heart and Soul Caribbean are providing their usual high quality buffet including: Mains: Jerk Chicken, Vegan Curried Veg with Chickpeas Sides: Caribbean 'Rice and Peas', Potato Salad, Green Salad Dessert: Fruit, Rum Cake Please book your tickets here
Published 18:01 on 11 Aug 2023
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Merlin Rocket Open Meeting - 16/17 September 2023
On Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September the annual Merlin Rocket Open meeting will take place at the club with crews competing for the De May Vintage Series and Spade Oak Bowl on the Saturday. On the Sunday will be the Thames Series Allen Challenge Cup and for the first time we will also be hosting the Allen South East Series that will be run in conjunction with the Thames Series. Racing
Published 16:11 on 10 Aug 2023
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Organise your team now for the Relay Race on 24th June
It's time to think about forming teams for the relay race. Please remember this is intended to be a fun afternoon's sailing not a serious prize winning opportunity. We're looking for a minimum of five teams and preferably more. The overriding aim is to maximise the number of people having fun on the water. Full details and sailing instructions can be found here . If you are planning to put a
Published 08:14 on 1 Jun 2023
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Discover Racing training restarts on Tuesday 6 June.
If you have basic sailing skills and would like to try your hand at club racing, this course might be for you. It aims to cover the basic practicalities of racing at UTSC with the hope of encouraging the hesitant to give it a go. Participation is open to all members with basic skills fun sailors, cadets, new members, those who have raced in the past or elsewhere but are rusty and current
Published 20:09 on 30 May 2023
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Bourne End Week 26-29 May 2023 - on-line booking now open for sailing and social
Bourne End Week, the Upper Thames Sailing Club's annual Regatta, will be held this year from Friday 26th May to Monday 29th May. Please note that all sailing on Friday 26th will be for the Rater Class only and all other class racing (including Raters) will take place from Saturday 27th May to Monday 29th. There is an early bird pricing for all entries received up until 23.59 on Sunday 21st
Published 13:36 on 24 Apr 2023
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Open Day Monday 8th May
Our annual Open Day will now be held on Monday 8th May, from 11am to 4. We extend a warm welcome to anyone interested in the club to have a ride in a sailing or power boat, find out more about joining (including social membership) and enjoy "Tea by the Thames" in aid of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. The event has been postponed from the original date on 23 April due to ongoing
Published 16:08 on 24 Mar 2023
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A Visitors View of Upper Thames SC
This page has been taken from the Merlin Rocket Association magazine, with their permission. The author of the article is talking in general about learning to sail and in particular what type of boat and the venues he has enjoyed. Upper Thames is in that list of clubs, highlighted by the red band he makes unsolicited compliments about the club. This text has been extracted from the article:- We also did Bourne End Week which
Published 00:00 on 24 Mar 2023
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New Sailing Programme
The new 2023 sailing and social calendar has now been published on the website with things picking up in March. On the 5 th March there is a Working Party and all members are asked to come down and help get the club ready for the new season. This is followed by the start of the sailing programme with the Burnham Bowl race on the 12 th followed by the Early Spring Series
Published 11:15 on 14 Feb 2023