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Welcome to Blakeney Sailing Club
No matter the weather you will always find a warm welcome at the dinghy park at Blakeney. Do come along and say hello.
We sail in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The harbour is tidal but protected by a spit of land, which leads to Blakeney Point. It is an ideal location for sailing or the added challenge of racing. We also welcome kayaks/canoes and paddle boards.
Are you a seasoned sailor or you are just tempted to have a go? Have you got a boat or would you like help deciding which would most suit your needs? The club has members who have sailed at Blakeney for forty years and some who have only just started.
There is a comprehensive programme of events for members from March to October. In addition, during July/August we have we have mid-week holiday sailing, Fun Week and the annual regatta with a traditional bank start, which are open to non-members.
We do not have a Club House, but there is a dinghy park in which dinghies and kayaks/canoes can be stored and the club hut which is the meeting point for all events. We have two Patrol Boats for safety cover and a Committee Boat anchored in the race area.
The Club is run a committee which are all volunteers, and all members are expected to help out with Race Officer/Patrol Boat duties.
We also hold a number of social events throughout the year including BBQs, Prizegivings, winter pub series etc.
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7th July 2026![]()
Rear Commodore -Flotilla Sailing, Sean write:![]()
the day dawned sunny and breezy with the promise of a lively sail in store.![]()
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With a civilised tide peaking around 12:30 pm and a start time of 11:00 I decided a little light pitch mowing was in order at the dinghy park. I may well have scaled the Olympus of social climbing in that our esteemed Commodore graciously accepted the loan of my mower in order to titivate his own plots. Life doesn’t get any better than this or does it?![]()
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I had been requested as a crew by the highly experienced Fiona in her lovely 1960’s wooden Firefly, a request I was delighted to acquiesce to. She did express some trepidation given the intention to sail upwind to Pinchens Creek near the old Lifeboat station. Nevertheless we set off up the Blakeney Channel following the lead of the Docs in their Seafly. I believe these elite athletes were completing their intensive training programme in anticipation of next weekends Seafly World Championships which just happen to be at Blakeney this year.![]()
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Adrian and Derek were making good progress in Pug following a very thorough rigging session in the cut. Marcus in his Mirror and David in his splendid Heron, Whitewash, completed the fleet.![]()
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When we arrived on the beach at Pinchens, it was already quite busy with people who had forsaken the joys of a brisk sail in favour of power boating, a shameful thing some would say.![]()
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Once there the crowd was treated to a fine display of synchronised drowning, sorry swimming, by Patsy, Sue and Fiona. I do find the sight of an apparently lonely leg, emerging from the depths, strangely disturbing.![]()
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Coffee and cakes having been consumed the fleet set off for home. Despite the breezy conditions no one came to grief but it was a comfort to have Dylan and Terry in attendance in the patrol boat.![]()
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I am always surprised how much more confident everyone is when the sun shines and the wind is warm as it was today. If it had been cold and overcast I doubt we would have gone. Caveman stuff I guess, the desire to survive!![]()
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If you do survive until 08:00 on Thursday the 16th instant please consider joining us on our next outing.![]()
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I’m sure conditions will be ideal!
SUNDAY RACING![]()
Rear Commodore-Racing Marcus writes:![]()
First race 3,4,8,5, line and less wind than yesterday 12 -16 knots.![]()
For the first lap Summer Breeze closely followed by Zippidee. Elsewhere it seems we have an ![]()
Oyster day out - Charlie Ward shepherding 4 through our course. Meanwhile Patsy and David are battling it out in the only 2 lasers who came today. Then it's Eleanor and James in the GP14 then George who this time remembered to go through the line at the end of each lap....![]()
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Our trusty supporters in the PBs are Dylan and Rod in Page Buoy; Alan Robbo and Angela swapped into Hereward's Wake to allow The Doctors to sail (not in a GP 😉but Seafly 620 Zippidee. During lap 2 the wind caught Patsy and George out on gybes at buoys 5 and 4 respectively (fortunately Patsy did not lose her colourful glasses, BUT definitely did capsize today... changing the order in the middle, so more to play for in the the fleet now... ![]()
Finishing order for Race 1 :Seaflys 1 and 2, Lasers 3 and 4 (a really tight port and starboard on the line - but Patsy will get dastardly Dave on handicap) 5th the GP14 then the Solo in 6th![]()
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At this point, Eleanor and James say goodbye and went off for a cruise after a well sailed race...... then we're on to race 2.![]()
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Race 2 is a long and a short beat, three runs and a reach: 4,5,8,9,7 and line.![]()
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On the start of the second lap Zippidee forces Summer Breeze out at Buoy 4 to steal the lead - all to play for now at the front. So Steve and Simon paddle a bit harder and pip them at the gybe mark on 5. By Buoy 8 they are several lengths ahead. Meanwhile in third its Patsy pitstop comfortably in front of Sargent Dave (no longer dastardly) Steaming along last but not that much behind is George M in the 3330 ![]()
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And so the weekend finishes with one Laser club session on breezy Saturday and Allcomers both days, a few rescues for the PBs on Saturday ( including a small motor boat on Sunday that had flooded his engine) but otherwise a lot of fun. ![]()
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Big thanks again to all PB crews and Sue as trusty ARO.
4th July 2026![]()
Laser Fleet racing, plus allcomers![]()
Rear Commodore Marcus Flint writes:![]()
Well done to all those who raced this morning. We had a cracking time, too cracking...Steve P popped a rivet on his Laser boom fittings and had to retire; and all but Team Lawes in the 2000, Matt in his full rig laser and Patsy in her 4.7 went for a swim...several times in some cases. ![]()
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Anyway we had 5 for the Laser fleet racing, with Matt braving it in a full rig; Patsy, Dave and Hugh in Radials and Patsy and Steve in the 4.7. The allcomers were supported by the Lawes family, 3-up in their newly acquired 2000 and George Moore brought along a Solo we'd not seen much before.![]()
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Conditions were feisty: F4 with some F6 gusts this morning. We managed a full length first race 9,5,7,6 gate, and there was some close racing at the front with Matt and Huw swapping places and all others well in touch. In the Allcomers, the 2000 got away but as a newcomer who was not familiar with the order of the buoys, George did equally well to charge round behind. ![]()
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For the second race (9,8,5,7,6 gate) Patsy's lunch appointment and Steve's gear failure meant there were only 3 takers in the Lasers. The wind had also got up and with a few gybes and 3 reaching legs, there was plenty of excitement. In fact despite Matt being first across the line, the different rigs and closeness of racing meant that it'll be down to Big Dave turning the handle on the handicap generator to find out who actually won. ![]()
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In the allcomers, the 2000 had jettisoned one of their crew (safely in the Committee boat mind) for the last race and were truly flying around (even without their kite) and George was throwing surf everywhere on the reaches - pity he rather lost his way at the end.![]()
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Nevertheless it was a lot of fun and now having done the practice today, its gloves off for tomorrow.....![]()
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PS. An especial thanks to Rod and Dylan, and Simon and Alan C who ran the Patrol Boats and were kept busy all morning, and finally to Sue G who remembered all the things I forgot.
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