The Sun Sets over the 2025 Osprey Season at the Wonderful Blithfield SC. Despite the wind predictions being light to nearly nothing, 15 teams rocked up at Blithfield for the final event of the season. You might ask yourself why? The answer is, wind or no wind, Blithfield Sailing Club is without a doubt one of the greatest clubs to visit on the circuit. The volunteers, some of whom are non sailors or indeed even members, always put on the most outstanding event. The highlight

A limit of 75 entrants was set for the Supernova Inland Championship, held at Blithfield Sailing Club for the second year in a row.  That...

Blithfield held the second event of the Allen and CB Coverstore sponsored Midland area Solo series and second event of the midlands Big...

Blithfield Sailing Club held its 3rd ever radio sailing event and 2nd TT event over the 8-9th March 2025. The weather gods were kind and...

Final Day of the Blithfield Barrel 2024-2025 Series Woolly Hats and Balaclavas Required! This Sunday marked the grand finale of the...

The Race that nearly didn’t happen   With Storm Darragh rampaging through the UK and wind speeds forecast to be upwards of 42 knots, a...

Great video produced by Gary Chester (Blithfield Instructor), Tom Davenport (RYA) and compiled by Olivia Simpson (RYA) ...on one of the...

A few video's have recently surfaced....The links below are direct links to the Blithfield YouTube page where they are stored. Let's see...

Such was the draw of this event, and possibly the popularity of the venue, that the entry list reached the maximum of 70 boats with 2...

There has been a trend as of late, for Merlin Rocket reports to be written using Chat GPT. First we had Chris Gould's Shakespearean piece...

When the mist cleared a gentle westerly of 8-12 knots greeted 26 boats for the final round of the 2023-24 Blithfield Barrel. This wind...

A Buzz from the Blithfield Barrel - Round 3 - 14th Jan 24. A week ago, the 3rd Barrel Race looked like it would be touch and go for any...

The winter season is a great opportunity to reflect as well as making plans for the season ahead. However, before I do so, I’d like to...

The weather forecast was accurate and the high winds spent themselves overnight, revealing a benign on-shore Southerly of 5-9 knots and...

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....

Blithfield Sailing Club has a long history of hosting successful Osprey Open Meetings and so it continued in 2023 with the 70th...

10 boats arrived from all over England ranging from Swarkstone to the Medway to the Cotswolds and whilst the weather gods didn’t entirely...

The forecast for the day was for a fresh westerly breeze and a bit of sunshine, perfect for Blithfield. Twenty-one competitors set out...

Ahoy there shipmates.....Several months ago, the 'restoration buddies', consisting of Bosun Richard Smith, 1st Officer Steve Jones,...

Blithfield sailing club hosted their round of the Midland Merlin Rocket circuit on the 2nd July, preceding this event on Saturday 1st the...