Barrel - Round 1, 19th November 2023
There wasn’t much sun to greet the sailors on the damp Sunday morning of the first chapter in the iconic Blithfield Barrel racing series....
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Iain Ferguson
- Oct 19
- 7 min
Osprey's - Final Fling 2023
Blithfield Sailing Club has a long history of hosting successful Osprey Open Meetings and so it continued in 2023 with the 70th...
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Iain Ferguson
- Oct 3
- 1 min
Wayfarer Open Meeting - 2023
10 boats arrived from all over England ranging from Swarkstone to the Medway to the Cotswolds and whilst the weather gods didn’t entirely...
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Iain Ferguson
- Aug 5
- 2 min
Craftinsure Supernova Open Meeting at Blithfield Sailing Club, 29th July 2023
The forecast for the day was for a fresh westerly breeze and a bit of sunshine, perfect for Blithfield. Twenty-one competitors set out...
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Iain Ferguson
- Jul 8
- 1 min
Restoration Buddies - Misty is alive!!
Ahoy there shipmates.....Several months ago, the 'restoration buddies', consisting of Bosun Richard Smith, 1st Officer Steve Jones,...
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Iain Ferguson
- Jul 6
- 2 min
Merlin Open Meeting - July 2nd, 2023
Blithfield sailing club hosted their round of the Midland Merlin Rocket circuit on the 2nd July, preceding this event on Saturday 1st the...
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Iain Ferguson
- Feb 20
- 2 min
DF95 Debut for Blithfield..Radio Controlled Racing at is best!!!
For the full report & review of the event, please go to...MYA website. DF95 Debut for Blithfield Saturday 18th Feb 2023 saw the first...
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Iain Ferguson
- Feb 12
- 3 min
Blithfield Barrel 2022/2023 - Round 4 & Overall Series Results
The weather conditions for round 4 (race 7 and 8 of the series) of the 2022/23 Blithfield Barrel were not promising. But the non...
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Iain Ferguson
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Blithfield Barrel 2022/2023 - Round 3, 15th January 2023
Photo credit: D. Pawlak. More event photo's available for download on the 'Gallery' page. Report to follow. Round 3 results Overall...
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Iain Ferguson
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Blithfield Barrel 2022/2023- Round 2, 11th December
A bitterly cold day with no wind forecast, so it was surprising to see 8 boats setting out for the start near mark 4 on the far side of...
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Iain Ferguson
- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
Laying Up Supper - 2022
This year's Lay Up Supper broke from the tradition of being held at the club and instead a local venue, well known to some, Marsh Farm...
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Iain Ferguson
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Blithfield Barrel 2022/23 Round 1 - November 13th
, A wonderful sunny day was forecast for this weekends start of the 2022/23 Blithfield Barrel winter series, with full sun from10am and a...
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Iain Ferguson
- Aug 28, 2022
- 2 min
Blithfield Summer Training - w/c 22nd August
For the fist time in the history of the club we were allowed five consecutive days mid-week on the water, a great opportunity to produce...
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Iain Ferguson
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
Barry Sea Scouts at Blithfield
Blithfield SC welcomed Barry Sea scouts to Blithfield again for their summer camp from Sat 23rd July until Sat 30th last month. This...
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Iain Ferguson
- Jul 12, 2022
- 3 min
Annual Regatta - 9th & 10th July
Founders Cup 9th and 10th July 2022 A very hot weekend with even hotter competition for the coveted trophy this year. Saturday witnessed...
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Iain Ferguson
- May 8, 2022
- 1 min
Awesome Achievements…
Congratulations to Cliff Sagar & Paul Sennett who finished 2nd in the Javelin National Championships over the weekend of 15th & 16th...
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Iain Ferguson
- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
Fail of the day......
Caption competition this week……photo credit Alastair Reid. This week goes to Ross Ferguson. This foiling gybe was going so well!! Send...
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Iain Ferguson
- Apr 3, 2022
- 2 min
Osprey Inlands Blithfield SC - 2nd & 3rd April 2022
More Photo's below: After an excellent Friday evening of Peter Slaters curry and extensive assessment of Holdens beer, the Osprey fleet...
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