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The
General Fleet
General fleet captain:
The General Fleet allows racing for boats that don't have
adopted fleets at Blithfield. Any dinghy or catamaran can
sail on the reservoir providing that the handicap is
above PN 864, which only excludes some of the extremely
fast dinghies and skiffs that are simply too big for the
water. Our handicap racing is both friendly and
competitive across a wide range of boats, the results are
corrected to the Portsmouth Yardstick system are
published promptly after each race. Some new boats are
classified in the General Fleet until they are sufficient
in number to warrant a separate fleet status, others are
here because they simply not as common as the other
classes.
A selection of the boats that are often
seen on the water is shown below:
| Boat |
Brief Description |
Website |
| Mirror |
Classic 10' 10" family single or
doublehander |
www.ukmirrorsailing.com |
| National 12 |
Fast, lightweight 12' doublehander |
www.national12.org |
| GP14 |
Stable 14' doublehander with spinnaker |
www.gp14class.org.uk |
| Enterprise |
Stable 14' doublehander, no spinnaker |
www.sailenterprise.org.uk |
| Supernova |
14' singlehander, fully battened main |
www.supernovadinghy.org |
| Laser 2000 |
14' 9" family doublehander, assymetric
spinny |
www.laser2000.lasersailing.com |
| Kestrel |
15' 6" plastic doublehander with
spinnaker |
www.kestrel.org.uk |
| Flying 15 |
20' doublehanded keelboat |
www.flying15.org |
| Also, 420s, 505s, RS600s,
Scorpions, Fireballs, International Canoes and
more! |
The racing in Laser, Phantom,
Merlin, RS and
Osprey fleets are an important
part of our sailing, if you are joining us, we would
encourage you to see if any of these fleets suit your
tastes. However, Blithfield has superb facilities both on
and off the water and is very pleased to welcome you in
most other boats as well! If you are new to sailing or
thinking of buying a boat, please contact me and I would
be pleased to give any advice on the boats most suited.
Our club boats
are available to members and provide a good way of trial
sailing before deciding which boat to purchase.
Jon Moore
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