Month: February 2016


4 members, 4 Picos, 40mph gusts!
With 40mph gusts predicted, four brave members decided it would be a great day to take advantage of the club dinghies and have a Pico race.
Managing to somehow managed to stay out of the water in the first race, Neil beat the wind and other members to first place, but wasn’t able to remain upright long enough in the second to see off Tommy, who showed us how it’s done, finishing nearly a lap ahead of the rest of the fleet.
Great sailing by everyone that took part, and a big thanks for John for the photos.
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Mud, mud, not-so-glorious mud
After several weeks of members getting covered from head to toe in mud on a Sunday morning, CSC is now trialling grass protection matting in the boat park, with an initial area from the the ramp at the entrance to the storage container in the centre now in place.
We will be monitoring how effective it is over the coming days and weeks, and if it’s a success (or at least reduces general muddiness), we’re hoping to roll it out across other busy areas of the boat park so that members can get to and from their dinghies in relative cleanliness.
Fingers crossed!
A word of caution: while the matting is firmly pinned down, the ground in the boat park has become slightly uneven after weeks of the muddy trampling, so please take extra care to ensure that you don’t trip or catch yourself on the edges until the grass has had a chance to grow up through it.

CSC Annual Dinner: 12 March 2016
- 2 courses for £13 or 3 courses for £16
- Buy your own drinks
- Starters: Garlic and herb mushrooms; Potato dippers and cheese; Chicken liver pate ; Prawn cocktail
- Mains: 10oz Rump steak; Salmon Fillet; Chicken Melt; BBQ Ribs; Chicken Linguine; Mushroom risotto; Paprika Chicken
- Desserts: Apple crumble; Raspberry cheesecake; Banoffe pie; Choc fudge brownie

Chess Night: 9 March 2016

Dinghy show 2016 group ticket offer: 5-6 March 2016

Storm Imogen 5 – 2 CSC
Despite forecasts of 40mph+ gusts, seven brave members took to the water yesterday to take on the might of hurricane Imogen, but only 2 had the mettle to complete the race and take those well deserved points: so, congratulations to Neil for staying the course and Joe on his first ever win at CSC!
We’d also like to say a special thanks to Peter, who took on the rather fraught job of DO, and Janice, who spent the race in the rescue boat and fished considerably more out of the lake than any of the fisherman.