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8th GW Smith Race Trophy Race, Thursday 21st August
Image by Jonathan Key On this the penultimate Thursday evening race for 2025, we again had a good entry of 17 boats, a mix of classes, juniors and seniors. With a light wind that was predominantly from the north northeast but with the usual Tamesis variations within that, OOD Jim Hamilton set a simple sausage course, starting downstream. The start however was not simple. With so much at stake in this More »
25 Aug 2025
7th GW Smith Race Trophy Race, Thursday 14th August
Image by Jonathan Key Once again we had a bumper entry for the GW Smith Trophy race on 14 th August, with 19 entries in total, including a good number of juniors and trainers. The entry included 6 ILCA7s, 3 each of Merlin Rockets and Solos, 2 each of N18s and Toppers and single RS Feva, Wayfarer and 2000. With a light west south westerly wind, OOD Peter Mason set More »
16 Aug 2025
Minima YC Regatta 2025
Near neighbours Minima YC invite any visitors to book to race and party at Minima 2025 Regatta entry for their Regatta on Saturday 30 August and Sunday 31 August. There is a Jazz band and BBQ party on the Saturday evening. It may be possible to leave boats at Minima YC for the River Festival taking place on the following Saturday 6 September, so please do take a look at all the details More »
13 Aug 2025
6th GW Smith Race Trophy Race, Thursday 7th August and series catchup
6 th GW Smith Race Trophy Race, Thursday 7 th August and series catchup The GW Smith Trophy is now over half completed, but there is still time to influence the final results. The 6 th race of the series, sailed on 7 th August was notable for the number of entrants,19 including a large number of juniors and trainers, thanks to the efforts of Tim Medcalf in persuading More »
13 Aug 2025
Topper Nationals - Largs 3rd-8th August 2025
One of our keenest young Topper sailors Arthur PJ travelled up to Largs on the West coast of Scotland for the UK Topper National Championships... More »
10 Aug 2025
Thames Valley ILCA Open at QMSC on 27 July 2025
On Sunday 27 July 2025, Peter, Ilker and Tom took their ILCAs to the rearranged Thames Valley ILCA Open Event at Queen Mary SC. Unfortunately Henry was unable to join this time. The racing consisted of the standard QMSC summer series two races plus an additional third consecutive race. With no discards the local sailors had to compete in the last race to be in with a chance. The standard on the reservoir was incredibly More »
30 Jul 2025
9th Saga Trophy Race, Thursday 26th June and Series Summary
Image by Chris Wade The Saga Trophy is over for another year, signifying that we are sadly halfway through the Summer evening sailing. The 8 th race of the series was sailed in relatively light conditions, which suited the ILCA7s. While David Baker and Carolyne Vines won the race on the water in their Merlin Rocket, ILCA7s took the first three places on handicap with Peter Impey finishing first, Ilker More »
17 Jul 2025
Junior Regatta and Barbecue on 12th July 2025
On Saturday 12th July Tammy hosted our end of summer term Junior Regatta and Barbecue for our junior sailors and their families. Plenty of fun races and sailing games were held on a very sunny afternoon with a warm, gusty easterly wind. More »
13 Jul 2025
Upcoming events
| Aug 28 |
19:00 - GW Smith Trophy 2025 » GW Smith Trophy 9Note first start at 1900 due to earlier sunset. |
| Aug 30 |
MINIMA YC ANNUAL REGATTAAnnual Regatta at Minima YC. First day. |
| Aug 31 |
MINIMA YC ANNUAL REGATTASecond day of Minima YC Annual Regatta |
| Aug 31 |
10:30 - Summer Series 2025 » Summer Series 18Sunday racing followed by lunch in the clubhouse. Bar open. |
| Sep 6 |
1,100 Year Anniversary of crow…A celebration on the river. Wikipedia link |
| Sep 6 |
12:00 - Private Party |
| Sep 6 |
14:30 - Junior Sailing » Junior SailingJunior sailing. The first session after the holiday break. |
| Sep 7 |
HAMPTON SC ENTERPRISE OPEN (JO… |
| Sep 7 |
10:30 - Open event » ANNUAL REGATTAAnnual Regatta where Tamesis welcomes competitors from other clubs. |
| Sep 7 |
11:00 - Open event » NATIONAL 18' OPEN MEETING (INL… |
| Sep 13 |
14:30 - Junior Sailing » Junior SailingJunior sailing. For more details see the link below. |
| Sep 14 |
10:30 - Summer Series 2025 » Summer Series 19Sunday racing followed by lunch in the clubhouse. Bar open. |
| Sep 14 |
14:00 - Social Sailing 2025 » Social Sailing 6Social sailing - Club Boats available |
| Sep 20 |
14:00 - Open event » THAMES 'A'-RATERS - BRAGANCA B…Annual visit of Thames A Raters to Tamesis. Two |
| Sep 20 |
14:30 - Junior Sailing » Junior SailingJunior sailing. For more details see the link below. |
| Sep 21 |
Open event » THAMES 'A'-RATERS - BRAGANCA B…Second day of Braganca Bowl. Three races wrapped around |
| Sep 21 |
11:30 - Summer Series 2025 » Summer Series 20White race series only to allow for early A Rater |
| Sep 27 |
14:30 - Junior Sailing » Junior SailingJunior sailing. For more details see the link below. |
| Sep 28 |
MINIMA YC LONG DISTANCE KINGST…Long distance race organised by Minima YC |
| Sep 28 |
10:30 - Summer Series 2025 » Summer Series 21 plus CLAUDE…Long distance race for National 18s starting at 1040 and |