April has been a busy month for the British Sailing Team as they continue their preparation for the next Olympic Games in just over 2 years time. At the beginning of the month, the team were out in Palma, Mallorca for the Prestigious Princess Sofia Regatta. After 7 years apart, SSW Ambassador Sophie Ainsworth was back sailing with her old friend and fellow Exeter University graduate Sophie Weguelin for this event, and they were competing against the world's best in the 49erF

So the 2017-18 SSW Winter Series is over – 10 races around the region’s beautiful in lakes, estuaries and coasts. We experienced rain, fog, sub-zero temperatures and even a smidge of beautiful winter sunshine. There were a couple of casualties along the way… It took gusts of 55knots to blow away the Pirate, and the Beast from the East delivered more than a meter of snow to bury the Exmoor Beastie! Despite this, the first season of the SSW Winter Series has certainly been a

This month I have been doing some coaching again – working with Toppers at Paignton Sailing Club. Whilst coaching is pretty common for junior and youth sailors, and of course in the professional sphere, not many amateur adult sailors competing in club races or open events receive much coaching. I am sure there are many reasons for this but I would assume that cost and time are chief among them. There are plenty of books written by far more knowledgeable persons than myself th

Bowmoor Sailing Club is a family friendly club with a large and varied program for our Junior and youth fleets. We have regular training days and a Youth camp where we regularly have over 60 sailors taking part. Racing takes place every Sunday and on a Wednesday Evening in the Summer. Normally there are over 30 boats on the water for all of our race days, including in the depths of winter, with active fleets of Supernova’s, RS Aero’s, Lasers, Optimists and Bytes with other bo