Access to Dinghy Park

The dinghy park is available for access from Saturday morning (21st March). Please take all necessary precautions. All buildings are out of bounds apart from the lobby and disabled toilet which are for use at your own risk.  We are still not in a position to agree on casual sailing so please bear with us on this

David Innes

Commodore

Training Course Cancellations

Training Course Cancellations due to Covid-19 Coronavirus

Regrettably due to the current Covid-19 Coronavirus situation, the following training courses have been cancelled:

• All Saturday morning courses scheduled from April 25^th to June 20^th.  i.e. Optimist, GP and Bahia courses.
• All the May 26^th to May 29^th courses.  i.e. Optimist, Topper and Cadet courses

Emails will be sent out to all those affected as soon as practicable explaining how refunds can be claimed. 

The following courses are still scheduled.  However, it is possible that they may be cancelled due to Covid-19.  A decision will be made and communicated prior to the end of May.  No further bookings are being taken for these courses.   

• All the July 27^th to July 31^st courses.  i. e Optimist, Topper, Feva and GP14/Bahia courses
• All the August 18^th to August 21^st courses.  i.e Optimist and Topper courses

Stefan Bennett

RYA Training Centre Principal

COVID 19 Closure at Frensham Pond SC

The recent announcement by the Prime Minister that ""We need people to start working from home where they possibly can. And you should avoid travel, pubs, clubs, theatres and other such social venues" has left the Committee with no alternative to suspending all organised activities at Frensham Pond Sailing Club for the foreseeable future. 

With immediate effect all dinghy racing, training, coaching, workshops, Model Yacht Group and Sailability and any other organised activities at Frensham Pond Sailing Club are postponed until further notice. Some casual sailing may be permitted on the Pond for maintaining fitness after appropriate reviews are carried out. This will be advised by an update to this notice.

This isn't a decision which was taken lightly as club sailing is instrumental in providing hundreds of youngsters and able and disabled sailors of all ages and walks of life with a sport where the encouragement of self reliance and risk assessment is at the core of what we do. 

Arrangements for those booked on training courses are being reviewed over the next week or so and alternative arrangements will be put in place.

The Club will keep events and governmental guidance under review and will issue a further update as and when there are any substantive changes to this notice.

David Innes

Commodore