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Cruisers Section

ESSC has a full and well supported programme of racing and inshore and offshore cruising.

Racing is organised for a single club fleet using a handicap system based on the RYA Portsmouth Yardstick scheme for all boats.  There are two series, the Phillips Cup Series of 11 races to different venues throughout the Solent and the less tastefully titled Back Passage Series of 6 events. 

There are also inter-club races with Emsworth Sailing Club.

All races are open to all comers but only Club members qualify for ESSC trophies. 

Those who do not want to race often cruise inshore to the venues to enjoy the friendly and enthusiastic discourse that characterises ESSC. Each year we have two cruises in company, events further afield to France or the West Country and for smaller boats there is also a very active programme of mid-week cruising.

 

 Latest News

Pursuit and AP1 2013 - Posted on May 3rd 2013 - PDF1 - PDF2
It was chilly and a tad windy for the pursuit and for berthing with gusts of 35Kn straight off the pontoon! Well done Melody for winning the Pursuit and clearing a rope from the prop while berthing. Is the AP1 result just the start for Baldur? Fixation found the Swedes too close for comfort. Congratulations to Peter(tactics) & Barbara(helm).
 
Cranwell Result - Posted on April 18th 2013 - PDF1
What a weekend, atrocious weather, F8 gusts and torrential rain on Saturday and boats becalmed in Hayling Bay on the Sunday! Six hardy crews and their boats made it to the Folly and of these three retired. Suffice to say that Sailing Committee will look at the Sailing Instructions!
 
Cruiser Handicaps 2013 - Posted on April 15th 2013 - PDF1 - PDF2
Two files posted here: details of the handicap formulae for this year and the 2013 Handicap List, a copy of which can also be found on the Club Noticeboard.
 
Cruiser Handbook - Posted on April 2nd 2013 - PDF1 - PDF2
Please find attached an abridged version of the cruiser handbook (without contact details). If printed from the pdf it can be stapled together as a booklet.
 
Cruiser Programme - Posted on March 11th 2013 - PDF1
Please find attached a summary of the 2013 cruiser programme.
 
Cruisers 2012 Overall Results - Posted on November 1st 2012 - PDF1 - PDF2
Series and AP Series overall results now published. Here's hoping that next year the weather will be drier (pontoon parties excepted!), less windy and warmer.
 
Nab Dash 2012 and AP6 - Posted on October 3rd 2012 - More - PDF1 - PDF2
A really good weekend of sailing to finish this season's race series. Congratulations to Alex and James. See 'more' for details
 
Yoke Inter-Club 2012 Result - Posted on September 19th 2012 - PDF1
Slipper has once again retained the Yoke and by a more comfortable margin than last year. Congratulations to the whole fleet. A great sail and an excellent evening at Mercury where the ESC Commodore, in his after dinner speech, was very generous to ESSC, for which we thank him.
 
Yoke (Slipper Only Series) 2012 - Posted on September 19th 2012 - PDF1
It was a good day on the water. Well done to Fixation, but there was a sparkling performance by En Saga in second place beating Melody by just 17 seconds on corrected time - congratulations to Frank. It was good also to see Mike Austen's Luna out for the first time - its result surely makes it the boat to watch out for next year!
 
AP5 Cruiser Race - Posted on September 18th 2012 - PDF1
Talk about putting a marker down - first time out of the harbour and first time the spinnaker had been flown and the diminutive Luna leads the fleet home. Well done to Mike. Well done to Sally T as well, helmed singlehanded by John to a very creditable 5th place ahead of some larger fin keeled boats.
 
Cruiser Regatta 2012 - Posted on September 3rd 2012 - PDF1
22 Yachts entered the 2012 Cruiser Regatta. The fluky winds and strong tides at Boulder were testing conditions for all. There were 15 finishers including our slowest entry Paddington! Results attached.
 
Cruiser Handbook 2012 - Posted on August 15th 2012 - PDF1
Please find attached a copy of the Cruiser handbook without contact details!