Open to all Dart 15 association members free of charge. This is two weekends before the first summer TT of the year (also at MSC) so a great opportunity to tweak boats and brush up on some skills before that event. Attendees welcome to leave their boats at the club between training and the TT. This ...

On the day prior to this year's una rig nationals Tom Phipps of Windsport will be running a morning group coaching session at TBYC. These are always fun and informative. A great way to prepare for the main event, get some time on the water at the venue and give your boat a shakedown. Location Thorpe...

Open to all Dart 15 association members free of charge. This is the weekend before the first summer TT of the year (also at MSC) so a great opportunity to tweak boats and brush up on some skills before that event. Attendees welcome to leave their boats at the club between training and the TT. This t...

Just booked in 2-up for John and me. It's in the middle of a hectic August and September for the Ball household but John insists he has the energy and is super keen to go. We had a great time on our first Carsington visit last year even though we only raced one lap. Lovely part of the world and a lo...

Hi all - we are going to trial "live updates" across the weekend via a dedicated WhatsApp group. Please feel free to share the link below with anyone who might be interested in following our progress, whether on site or from afar.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/CtCA2yh6xJVF4C6FRGSOmy

Thanks to those who have registered for the pre-nationals training with Tom. We have one place left. Its the perfect way to kick off your nationals weekend. Head over to this form to sign up:

https://forms.gle/tuVcV2UsS5VQcPfn7

On the day prior to this year's una rig nationals Windsport will be running an afternoon group coaching session. This has become a regular fixture of the nationals is always fun and informative. A great way to prepare for the main event and give your boat a shakedown too. Time : Friday 8th July, 2pm...

We still have a few places left. If you are interested please apply asap:
https://forms.gle/8bAHL3xNdRe6BQHi6

Oops. I didn't include the registration form link in my original post. Edited above to include that now.

After giving first preference to new Sprint 15 sailors we still have some places available for the free training weekend at Windsport announced here on the forum a few weeks back. I'm including all the details here again. Time is quite short now so if you would like to take advantage of this great o...

Tom and the Windsport team have kindly offered the association a 2-day Sprint 15 group coaching session for up to 6 sailors free of charge. After careful consideration your committee has decided to target this opportunity at sailors who are new to the class. If you are new to the Sprint 15 and a cur...

All places for the coaching session have now been filled, but as people's plans can change please continue to register your interest at the link below if you would like to join. We will maintain a reserve list and let you know if a place becomes available.

https://forms.gle/a5PpxV49o1z5KDLy5

UPDATE - Cost - £55 After clarifying venue and RIB costs with WPNSA we're able to reduce the charge per boat from £70 to £55. We're still working to see if some further reduction is possible. It also looks like we may be able to extend the end time by an hour as an evening event at WPNSA that we nee...

As mentioned in a previous forum post and discussed at our Dinghy Show virtual Q&A, Tom Phipps has kindly agreed to deliver a training session immediately prior to this years nationals at Weymouth. Places will be limited to keep things manageable and allocated on a first-come-first-served. . Ple...

Hi Javier, To expand a little on what's been said above: A stainless steel plate (usually rectangular, some were round) should be fixed into the underside of the mast foot (usually by two rivets, some were glued). This plate bears the weight of the mast on to the stainless steel insert "bump&qu...