Budworth Sailing Club » Sailing in the Heart of Cheshire

Located in Cheshire, Budworth Sailing Club is one of the most popular clubs in North West England.

Competitive Fleet Racing on Sundays
Handicap/Fleet Racing Saturdays & Wednesdays
RaceBoard Open on Tueday evenings
Open Events & Series
Modern Clubhouse
Youth Sailing

We sail on Budworth Mere, one of the most attractive inland waters in Cheshire. Located near Northwich , we are close to the motorway network and very easily accessed from Warrington, South Manchester and Knutsford as well as other parts of the North West.

Commodore’s Notes 25th June

Lots of news this week! Do read the full article!!
All the usual, PLUS:
- Andy Riley took a lot of pictures of the sailing last Wednesday night – read on for the link to view them!
- And what is the picture above all about? – See the item on our successfull club training programmes and people,
- Six places left on the upcoming First Aid training session on 12th July a.m. (including how to use our new defibrillator) – Let Alison Hutton know if you want to be there!
- Also updates on our progress with the slipways and plans for the jetties;
- And a “look-ahead” to Bart’s Bash and 24Hour race later this year. [read more...]

Commodore’s Notes 19th June

Before we look at the calendar for the week, some great news, and a new initiative to help Members:

For FIVE weeks, starting 27th June, and 4, 11, 18, and 25th July, there will be an opportunity for members to receive help from our Instructors, (the Two Toms, Tom Ditchburn, and Tom Hubbard). They will be on hand to offer advice to everyone who joins in on the Friday evening Cruising NOT Racing evening.

Of course, this does not replace our Adult “Learn to Sail” and “Start to Race” courses led by John Waind. However, for anyone who has taken part in these courses, the chance to practise, and be guided will instill yet more confidence. [read more...]

Commodore’s Notes 11th June

Dear Member,

The “Great Manchester Cycle” may not appear to have too much to do with sailing, so please bear with me!

Past Commodore Ian Savell has contacted me to say that he has entered this event, to take place on 29th June (the day of the Laser Open). The 52 mile course was full, so Ian will ride 26 miles instead. As his chosen charity, Ian has named The Andrew Simpson Foundation –that is, the organiser’s of Bart’s Bash – to encourage young people into sailing. Ian would be grateful if [read more...]

About Us

Firefly Team Racing at Budworth
“I have no idea who’s reading this, but I’m Neil Gaskin and I spent some great great weekends sailing for Budworth teams in the early to mid-eighties and of course running and sailing in the Budworth Pairs. My interest in team racing has recently been rekindled having met up at [read more...]
Budworth joins “Bart’s Bash”
Budworth is joining in this massive event, which takes place on 21st September 2014, in memory of British Olympic sailor Andrew “Bart” Simpson. The aim is to promote the sport of sailing with an inspiring event and create thousands of Guinness World Record Holders.

Click “read more” to watch the video!

Open to all, including non-club members, this should be a great fun day sailing as well [read more...]

News

GP14 Open – Report
We were pleased to welcome several visitors to our 2014 GP14 Open at Budworth this Sunday 1st June. Competitive racing and great social event too! (See pictures on our Gallery page)
The fleet captain had promised “some challenging racing” and it was, although perhaps not quite the challenge he had in mind. A beautiful sunny summer day, but the wind was light and fickle so, as is often the case, playing the shifts was the name of the game!
Thanks go to the race team of Russell & Ali Cormack plus Ellie Devereux. Russell stayed calm, and was sensibly prepared to delay the race starts until it looked as tho there would be wind for the start of each race. [read more...]
Snipe 2014 ladies & junior
The yearly event was planned for Bank Holiday Monday and followed last year’s successful format to have a themed event. The theme this year was something with a letter ‘S’. Participating teams keep their theme a close secret and it is only revealed just before the briefing.

Four races and three different race winners proved that despite the costumes the sailing was very competitive. [read more...]

Visitors

Laser Open Meeting, 29th June 2014
The next Budworth Open Meeting is for the Laser class.
We extend a warm invitation to all laser sailors to come and join us on Sunday 29th June for this Open event, which is part of the Laser Northern Grand Prix circuit . All rigs, standard, Radial and 4,7 are welcome to join us.

3 Races with end of day prizes; the Galley will be open for food – what more could you ask for (well, good wind would be top of the list!)

Please read on for full details given in the Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions and flyer [read more...]
Raceboard Open – Report
10 raceboards enjoyed 4 races in glorious warm sunshine. Although the first race was held in generally light airs the wind picked up throughout the day so we experienced several good blasts in planing conditions. The racing was close with positions varying between races except for Pete Wilkinson who won [read more...]

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