Proposed Sailing Program and Social Events
January 2025 - March 2026  updated 19Mar2025 Archive

Programme as PDF (may not be updated, easier to print) Web, Card.

CLUB OPENING
The Club is open every Sunday throught the year and on Wednesday in the summer. Members are free to use the club facilities at other times.
Tea and cakes will be served at 15:00 on Sundays.
The bar is open between races on Sundays and on Wednesday evening from 19:00 in the summer.
On Sundays the 14:00 activity will be Training, a Fun activity, or Cruising (TFC) with emphasis on giving less experienced members a better sailing experience including sailing with different boats and helm/crew. At 13.30 on the first Sunday of the month from May to September there will be a “Newcomers” talk and/or demonstration on basic aspects of seamanship, including sailing rules, capsize drill and patrol boat handling.
Sailing Instructons, Sailing Series Details, Newcomers Details .

All activities are at the club unless otherwise specified.

          Time
  Date
 11:00
 12:00 14:00 15:30 Notes
 January 2025
 New Years Day Sail from 11:00 and Pot luck lunch 13:00 Nigel
  Fri 24

 Burns Night Supper - Haggis Neeps & Tatties 19:0 Rodger
 February
Sat 15
 Ladies Night - supper and entertainment 19:00, Rodger
 Sun 23
  Working Party 10:30 - 16:00 late lunch provided for the workers.
Nigel
 March
 Sat 22
  
  Start of Season Party 19:30 Diana, also Nigel Knowles will give an illustrated talk on Shackleton’s epic boat journey across the Antarctic Ocean to South Georgia complemented by some pictures of his own recent visit to those same colder regions.
 Sun 30  Sunrise 1
 Spring 1
 TFC
  SpA 1 / Bosun 1
  Start of BST
 April
 Sun 06
  Sunrise 2
  Spring 2
  TFC  SpA 2 / Laser 1
 Sat 12
Musical Evening & Buffet 19:30
 Sun 13
  Sunrise 3
  Spring 3
  TFC
  Sprint 1 & 2  
 Sun 20
  Easter Egg Trophy, 4 races, best 3 to count
Sat 26
  Working Party 10:30 - 16:00 late lunch provided for the workers.
 Nigel
 Sun 27
  Sunrise 4  Spring 4  TFC  Spa 3/ Bosun 2
 May
 Sun 04  Sunrise 5 
  Spring 5
  Newcomers  SpA 4 / Laser 2
 Wed 07  Start of Wednesday afternoon sailing  
 Sun 11
  Sunrise 6
 Spring 6
  TFC
 Sprint 3 & 4
  Chestnut Sunday Bushy Park 12:00 - Club exhibiting
 Sat 17
  RYA Discover Sailing Open Day 10:30 – 16:00
 Sun 18
 RYA Discover Sailing Open Day 10:30 – 16:00  
 Sun 25
  RYA Discover Sailing Open Day 10:30 – 16:00 + Training and Fun Sailing 
 Sat 31
  Mid Thames Trophy inter club racing at Hampton SC  
 June
 Sun 01
  Sunrise 7
  Spring 7
  Newcomers  Summer 1 / Bosun 3
 Basic Sailing Rules
 Sun 08
  Sunrise 8
  Spring 8
  TFC
  Summer 2/ Laser 3
  
 Sat 14
  AQSC Regatta  and sailors’ supper details
  
 Sun 15  AQSC Regatta with strawberry cream teas  
 Wed 18



 Mid Summer Cruise & pub supper leave 18:00,  Official Midsummer Day Sat 21
 Sun 22
  Sunrise 9
  Spring 9
  TFC
  Sprint 5 & 6 HSC Regatta is on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22
 Sat 28
Murder Mystery 19:30
 Sun 29
  Sunrise 10  Spring 10  Newcomers
 Summer 3 / Bosun 4 Patrol Boat Handling
July
 Sun 06  Sunrise 11
  Spring 11
  TFC
  Summer 4 / Laser 4 Hampton Court flower show (1-6 Jul)
 Wed 09
  
 Mid Summer Cruise & pub supper leave 18:00
 Sun 13  Sunrise 12
  Spring 12
 Spring 12
  Summer 5 / Bosun 5
 Sat 19
  Molesey Amateur Regatta; no activities on the river ?
  Spanish Evening - supper & musical entertainment 19:30
 Sun 20
  Sunrise 13  Spring 13  TFC
  Summer 6 / Laser 5  Molesey Rowing Club youth/disabled ? Regatta, no sailing down stream of AQSC
 Sun 27
  Sunrise 14 Spring 14  TFC
  Sprint 7 & 8  
 August
 Sun 03
  Earlybird 1  Autumn 1  Newcomers Summer 7 / Bosun 6  Recovering from a Capsize
 Sun 10
  Earlybird 2  Autumn 2  TFC  Summer 8 / Laser 6  
 Sat 16
 Celebration tea
 Sun 17
  Earlybird 3
   Autumn 3
  TFC
  Summer 9 / Bosun 7  
 Sun 24
  Earlybird 4
  Autumn 4
  TFC
  Summer 10/ Laser 7
 Sun 31
  Earlybird 5  Autumn 5  Newcomers  Sprint  9 & 10
  Getting round a course faster
 September
 Sun 07
   Earlybird 6  Autumn 6  TFC   Summer 11/Bosun 8
 Sat 13
   
 "True or False" - quiz and supper 19:30
 Sun 14
  Earlybird 7
  Autumn 7
  TFC
  SpA 5 / Laser 8
 Sun 21
  Earlybird 8
  Autumn 8
  TFC
  SpA 6 / Bosun 9 
  
Wed 24
  End of Wednesday afternoon sailing
 Sun 28
  Earlybird 9
  Autumn 9
  TFC
  SpA 7 / Laser 9
 October
 05
  Earlybird 10
  Autumn 10
  TFC
  Sprint 11 & 12
 Sat 11

 Oktoberfest - Supper and  entertainment 19:30 
 12
  Earlybird 11  Autumn 11  TFC
  SpA 8 / Bosun 10
  19
  Earlybird 12  Autumn 12  TFC
  SpA 9 / Laser 10
Sat 25
  Working Party 10:30 - 16:00 late lunch provided for workers
  
  26
  Earlybird 13  Autumn 13  SpA 10 / Bosun 11  Moved to 14:00  End of BST No racing after tea
 November
 02
  Earlybird 14  Autumn14  SpA 11 / Laser 11  Moved to 14:00  No racing after tea
 Sat 15
 Club Annual Dinner 19:30
 Sat 29
  
  AGM, Prize Giving and End of Season Party 19:30
 December
 Sun 14
 Cheats Christmas Party 12:30
 
 Wed 17
 Seasonal Nibbles 19:30
 January 2026
 Thu 01
 New Year’s Day Sail 11:00 & Pot Luck Lunch 13:00  
 Fri 23
 Burns Night supper, Officially Sun 25 Jan Newcomers 
 February 2026
 Sat 14
 Ladies Night - supper and entertainment 19:30
 March 2026
 Sat 21
 Start of Season Party 19:00
 Sun 22
  Boat preparation and Informal Sailing
 Sun 29
  Sunrise 1  Spring 1  TFC  SpA 1/ Bosun 1  Start of BST

Sailing Activities Details 2025
   All races will start on time; races will not be delayed because competitors are not ready.   

    Wednesday afternoon Sailing will be from 15:30 starting on 7 May and ending on 24 September; there will be an informal race starting at 18:30 whenever conditions are suitable. A trophy will be awarded; the number of races to count being half the number of races sailed in the series rounded up. The bar will open when sailing finishes.
    The Cundy Trophy long distance race will take place, on a day when the weather is suitable, concurrent with a scheduled Sunday afternoon race.
 Series

 Trophies

  Notes
 Sunrise
 Sunrise Trophy
 14 races from 30 March to 27 July (7 to count)
 Spring Handicap Trophy
 14 races from 30 March to 27 July (7 to count)
 Summer
 Main 12' Trophy
11 races at 15.30 between 1 June and 7 September (6 to count)
 Laser
 Laser Cup 11 Laser results are extracted from alternate SpA and Summer Series (6 to count)
 Bosun Bosun Trophy
 11 Bosun results are extracted from alternate SpA and Summer Series (6 to count)
 Earlybird
 Earlybird Trophy
 14 races at 11:00 from 3 August  to 2 November (7 to count)
 Autumn Cruiser Trophy
 14 races at 14.00 between 3 August and 2 November (7 to count)
 Spring/Autumn (SpA)
Saturday Trophy
 11 races at 15.30 between 30 March and 2 November (6 to count)
 Sprint Enterprise Cup
 6 pairs of short races at 15.30 between 13 April and 5 October (6 to count)

Newcomers Talks Details 2025

 04 May
? 
 01 June
 "Basic Sailing Rules", followed by novelty event to illustrate them
 29 June
 "Patrol Boat Handling and Rendering Assistance", followed by hands on exercises
 03 August
 "Recovering from a Capsize" followed by capsize drills
 31 August "Getting round a course faster" followed by short races