Hello Solo sailors, I hope you’re all ok and not too wet from all this rain... he says, typing from the beach in Cape Verde! Sorry ;-) The 2026 season is soon to kick-off, starting with the RYA Dinghy Show at Farnborough (Feb 21/22). The Association team will be on hand to help answer all things Solo as we celebrate the class 70 th  anniversary alongside the 50 th  anniversary of Winder Boats. Tom Gillard’s new boat will be on the stand, plus we have Adrian Griffins’ classic

The storms over the last couple of days have already created it’s first casualty of 2026.  The slipway to the beach at Porthpean SC has been damaged with the end being damaged beyond simple repair, resulting in a 1.5m drop to the launching beach.  As this is such a nice venue, we have taken the decision to delay the event from 13 th -14 th June to Saturday 26 th  September, one day, to allow the local Council time to put a solution in place and the club be back up an running

With support from KLG Estates

Get ready for another exciting Solo season, big events, great locations, fierce competition and still friends afterwards. Hope this short taste of Summer warms you up, start training for the 2026 events.

The Final Overall Results are available under Results Tab. A great series with 22 qualifiers (4 events required) 435 helms took part in at least one event! Well done to the top 3! 1st Oliver Davenport 2nd Mike Sims 3rd Andrew Wilde Here's to 2026!! JSS

Midland Area Solo Championship Sponsored by CB Coverstore and Allen So to the very final major Solo event of 2025, a regatta that had been postponed twice, the allure of a trip to Llandudno on a May bank holiday not tickling the fancy of enough pre-entries to proceed, whist all the wind prediction platforms indicated there would be no wind on the re-scheduled date of October 10th in Northamptonshire. The midland mentality though, honed through a century of industrialisation a

Now viewable via the Solo flickr link https://www.flickr.com/photos/194924056@N05/albums/72177720330654864

Midland Area Solo Championship Sponsored by Allen and CB Cover Store Jonathan Swain will be at Northampton. The planets have aligned in the favour of the Midland Championship which, having been postponed earlier in the season, has now been bequeathed the last big Solo regatta of 2025 and so the focus will very much be on who can claim this hotly contested title and with it, bar bragging rites, kudos and most importantly, space in the next Solo Magnificent publication to share

For those coming to Draycote, please note... https://draycotewater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Visitor-Information-PDF-2025.pdf SIs also available https://draycotewater.co.uk/events/solo-eos-4/

Please remember to register for the EOS at Draycote, Saturday 15th November. https://draycotewater.co.uk/events/solo-eos-4/ The End of Season Champs event is sponsored by Ferry Marina and gives competitors a chance to win a 3-4 day break on the Norfolk Broads, courtesy of Ferry Marina. The lucky ticket will be drawn at the EOS Prize Giving alongside the North Sails Super Series Draw. Of course, we're extremely grateful to all our sponsors for their support. Please note that

Today Papercourt SC hosted our last event part of the Southern Area Series . This was a joint event with the Thames Valley series. Well done to Alex Butler (HISC) who wins again the Southern trophy 🥇; Chris Brown (Draycote) 2nd place 🥈 and Fraser Hayden (Papercourt) 3rd place 🥉. Many thanks to all 153 sailors who took part on the series and specially to the 10 who qualified (completed 4 events out of the 10 we had this year). Many thanks to our sponsors: SuperSpars pr