Reports 2025

Gunfleet Sailing Club members faced a strong south-westerly wind on Sunday 25 May 2025 when they arrived to take part in the race for the Bill Geddes Trophy, and with gusts up to 31 mph it deterred a number of sailors from taking to the water.

Early arrivals at Gunfleet Sailing Club, for the third race in the Tony Chadd series last Wednesday evening 21 May 2025, were met by a stiff north-easterly force five wind and a sea of white caps, as the top of the tide edged ever nearer.  Undeterred, Team Aero all rigged “5” sails, whilst the Lasers sported 4.7s or radials.  As the competitors launched they already sensed a slight decrease in wind strength but time was against any thought of a rig change.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held the first of its pursuit races on Sunday 18 May 2025, for the Ken Potts Trophy, with a comfortable victory going to Paul Stanton in his Laser.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held the second race in its Tony Chadd Series on Wednesday evening, 14 May, in mixed conditions.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held one of its 3 in 1 events, for the Wallet Trophy on Sunday 11 May, when three short back to back races are held with all three results counting towards the overall placings.  Conditions were a sailor’s delight with a force three to four easterly wind, blue skies and unbroken sunshine.

The elements appeared to be anything but kind to the members of Gunfleet Sailing Club on Sunday 4 May 2025 when they took part in the race for the Coronation Trophy.  A chilly northerly wind faced the competitors as they rigged up their boats, coupled with a grey and overcast sky; gust shadows blowing across the water.

Gunfleet Sailing Club concluded its Spring Series with the fourth race on Sunday 27 April 2025, resulting in overall victory for Ken Potts.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held the third race in its Spring Series on Easter Sunday 20 April, the RS Aeros dominating the top three places.

The lovely sailing weather attracted a good numbers of entries to Gunfleet Sailing Club’s second race in its Spring Series, and resulted in yet another win for Ken Potts in his RS Aero.

Gunfleet Sailing Club held the first race in its Spring Series on Sunday 6 April, with a convincing win, after a hard battle, for Ken Potts in his RS Aero.

Gunfleet Sailing Club celebrated the start of the 2025 sailing season last Saturday 29 March with its Fitting-Out Supper where Rear Commodore Malcolm Jolly welcomed those present to a new era in the Club’s history, following some major works over the winter months.  He thanked the members for the work they had put in to make this happen and said that there was a lot to look forward to, including hosting the Comet National Championships in June, and the Gunfleet Regatta in July.

Gunfleet Sailing Club burst into life this weekend, 15 & 16 March, when members came together to “spring clean and spruce-up” the place in preparation for the start of the sailing season in a couple of weeks time.  This followed a winter of constant work down the Club with improvements and upgrades to its facilities; maintaining and enhancing what has become known as “probably the best little sailing club on the east coast”.