NL&HSC saw thirteen dinghies on the water today in bracing easterly winds, eleven of the dinghies were racing. A very welcome sight after months of lockdown.

I wanted to update you on the current situation and the changes to our COVID-19 policy that we have made in response to the latest Government announcement and RYA guidelines.

Our next junior meeting will be held on April 10th at 6pm.

This years start of season instructors meeting will be held on Saturday 27th March at 10:00; due to the current restrictions the meeting will take place via zoom however I very much hope that this year we will be able to have a full and unrestricted sailing season.

New date organised for the working party to tie in line with the easing of the Covid restrictions. Please do come if you can do, everyone welcome.

All junior members welcome to join Will and Spence for their first Zoom meeting on 27th February at 6pm! Have your say and help develop the club for our juniors.

We would like a junior representative from sailing and one from windsurfing to take forward ideas from our junior members to our general committee once a month. Please email [email protected] for more information.

Under current restrictions, the water is closed and no sailing or windsurfing can take place. However we wanted to make you all aware that the mains water supply has also been shut off due to a possible water leak, we are waiting for assessment on this

The committee have met tonight and like most people this evening, we have discussed the impact of the PM's announcement.We have had to make the decision to once again close the water from midnight tonight in line with the national lockdown. Please keep safe and well everyone and we will provide more updates as and when we can do.

If you go down to the club, you will see a new addition to the yard! Lucy has been given a face lift and is now a bit of a children's play area. Please feel free to use her, we will be adding some sand in the Spring too. Children must be under supervision whilst at the club and take care in case she is slippy.

I wanted to update you on the current situation and the changes to our COVID-19 policy that we have made in response to the latest Government and RYA guidelines.

I wanted to update you on the current situation and the changes to our COVID-19 policy that we have made in response to the latest Government and RYA guidelines.

Following on from, our last update on the 29th May we have now put in place additional measures to enable the controlled, safe use of the communal kitchen facilities and a limited reintroduction of training activities. The updated policy is available to read here.

If you are planning on coming to the Club and have not read the Guidance then before your visit please take some time to read, and familiarize yourself with the guidance.

We want to ensure that the sailing club is a safe environment and if any members feel they can help or contribute to a safe return to sailing please contact any member of the committee.

The General Committee wanted to let members know more information regarding the weed situation at the club.

I wanted to update you on the current situation and the steps we have taken to reintroduce club dinghy hire.

Following on from, our last update on the 19th May it has been great to see so many members visiting the Sailing Club and following the guidelines. Over the last week just under 50% of the membership have visited the club without incident which is absolutely fantastic.

We have now put in place additional measures covering the use of club sailing dinghies and are happy that we can now reintroduce club dinghy hire having updated the guidance accordingly. If you are interesting in hiring a club dinghy then please read the Coronavirus guidance on Club Sailing Dinghies and contact the Training Officer (Will) via email - [email protected]

If you are planning on coming to the Club and have not read the Guidance then before your visit please take some time to read, and familiarize yourself with the guidance.

We want to ensure that the sailing club is a safe environment and if any members feel they can help or contribute to a safe return to sailing please contact any member of the committee.

I wanted to update you on the Sailing Club's plans for a safe return to private sailing.

Following on from, our last update on the 16th May and our original statement on the 12th May the General Committee has met tonight to ratify our COVID-19 guidelines to members which are available here.

Before visiting the Sailing Club please take some time to read, and familiarize yourself with the guidance.

The guidance will be implemented in full over the next couple of days. This will be completed by Saturday 23rd May. We would therefore like to invite members to recommence private sailing from Saturday 23rd May.

I would like to reiterate that this is a safe, controlled return to private sailing only - until the Government advice changes there are no plans to reinstate or restart any organised training or social events but as soon as we can safely do this we will.

We want to ensure that the sailing club is a safe environment and if any members feel they can help or contribute to a safe return to sailing please contact any member of the committee.

I wanted to take the opportunity to update you on the General Committee’s preparations to enable a safe return to private sailing.

Since, our last update on the 12th May, we have:

Following the Prime Ministers announcement on Sunday the Sailing Club General Committee has met tonight, via video conference, to discuss NLHSC's strategy for a return to sailing