Reports 2025

Gunfleet Sailing Club members enjoyed another race with a difference when they took part in the competition for the John Venables Trophy on Sunday 3 August 2025.  The course was set so that every race mark must be circumnavigated, with a common turning point between each one being the AWS buoy.

The sixth race in the Wednesday evening Summer Series, on 30 July 2025, was won by Tim Dye in his RS Aero; whilst a light and variable wind direction, coupled with a strong ebb tide made for somewhat disappointing conditions.

Fifteen dinghies took part in Gunfleet Sailing Club’s pursuit race for the Chase Trophy on Sunday 27 July 2025 with John Tappenden working his way through the fleet to take a convincing win.

The fifth race in the Wednesday evening Summer Series, on 23 July 2025, saw another close battle between the RS Aeros with John Tappenden claiming his third victory.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held the races split between medium/fast fleet boats, and those with a slower handicap on Sunday 20 July 2025.  After such a long spell of unbroken sunshine, high temperatures and light breezes, it was a bit of a shock to find grey skies, a noticeable fall in temperature, and a force four to five south-easterly wind; this coupled with a lumpy, grey North Sea.

Gunfleet Sailing Club continued its Wednesday evening Summer Series with its fourth race on 16 July 2025 against a backdrop of variable wind directions.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held its 2025 Regatta on Sunday 13 July in almost iddylic conditions although a little more wind would have been well received.  The breeze had originally been offshore but subsequently veered north-easterly and then continued to go east.

The third Wednesday evening race in the Summer Series took place at Gunfleet Sailing Club on 9 July 2025, with a comfortable win for John Tappenden in his RS Aero.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held one of its 3-in-1 races on Sunday 6 July, this time for the Tee Dee Challenge Trophy.  The forecast was for rain but, fortunately, it held off until after the race which was held amidst sunshine and blue skies.  

Gunfleet Sailing Club’s second race in its Summer Series, held on Wednesday evening 2 July 2025, was dominated by the enthusiastic RS Aero fleet that’s popularity amongst members continues to grow.

Yet another scorcher of a day at Gunfleet Sailing Club on Sunday 29 June 2025 meant a good turnout of dinghies for the Personal PY Trophy race; a race that provides a unique handicap to everyone’s boat, based on the helm’s performance in the previous races since the start of the season.

Gunfleet Sailing Club’s Wednesday evenings continued on 25 June 2025 with the first race in the Summer Series.  A fresh force four, touching five, south-easterly breeze greeted the sailors who rigged-up accordingly, but as the minutes ticked away so the wind strength began to drop and by the time the race got underway the wind had fallen to force three.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held another race with a twist on Sunday 22 June 2025, for the Ken Dye Cup, and with fourteen dinghies entering it proved to be an exciting event.

The seventh and final race in Gunfleet Sailing Club’s series for the Tony Chadd Trophy took place on Wednesday 18 June 2025 with John Tappenden winning it in his RS Aero but Ken Potts, also in an RS Aero, taking overall honours.