We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Solo Inland Championships at Grafham Water Sailing Club on the 5th & 6th of September, and celebrate our class 70th anniversary. This event is sponsored by CB Dinghy Chandlery ✔️ Entry’s now open, register HERE Maximum 80 boats 2 fleets with their own starts: Main fleet and Vintage & Club fleets Online entries close Wednesday 2nd Sept 2026 at 20:00. £45 Entry fee (Late entries surcharge of £10 - accepted at discretion of clu

P+B Solo National Championship Day 4 The final day of this magnificent Solo Championship dawned hot and sunny, just a thin line of cirrus nimbus spoiling an otherwise deep blue stratosphere. Torbados had already delivered some fabulous weather and the forecast was for 10-14 knots from due south, though there was a short delay with the competitors held ashore until the RO was happy. The points were tight between the top three challengers, Davenport having a four point advantag

P+B Solo National Championship Day 3 After an early start of editing, processing, charging and publishing it was a body blow to receive a competitor WhatsApp from the RO, the brief message suggesting that we would be launching at the prescribed time, I had just ordered my breakfast, the bay looking ideal for fly fishing, not dinghy racing. The Lymington Seagulls were soon circling my table but a few strong words and threats of harm soon dispersed the insatiable pests though H

P+B Solo National Championship Day 2 The day dawned like any other 2026 Torbados Summer day, buckets of sunshine and a gentle breeze though its northerly direction hinted that this heatwave might soon be over, until the next one. Competitors meandered to the vicinity of the boat park from all quadrants of the town though I would be surprised if any made it out of Hele though I am sure the accommodation fees would have been minimal. Steve Watson, our NSCA Jury arrived with a s