This weekend - 18 and 19 July - we have the RS200 Class Open Meeting at HISC . . . Ian Martin and Alan Roberts take top of the leaderboard with back to back wins on day 1 . . . Ben Palmer and Amy Seabright (2,5) take second tied on 7 points with James Peters and Jo Wright (3,4) . . . more . . .

Its SEALS time again, breeze is currently looking quite nice, but I can't promise a heatwave . . . July Sat 18th Seals 1 - 3 pm . . . Briefing is at 12.30, so again I would really appreciate a bit of help at 12.00 getting the boats to the lagoon . . . All our normal activities will be in place - I might need to come up with another treasure hunt more . . .

The HISC Regatta is almost upon us - not forgetting the Shed Party - Saturday 1 August - The regatta is open to all monohull cruisers (event 1 only), monohull dinghies and day boats . . . First start is for the Cruisers at 10:55 hrs . . . First start for the dinghies at 11:25 hrs . . . See the NOR for full details . . . more . . .

Youth Supervised Sailing (YSS) runs every Saturday afternoon in June, July, August and September . . . Ideal for everyone who took part in Youth Training week to Practice and improve your sailing! . . . YSS keeps the emphasis on fun sailing and practice without the pressure of racing - an instructor and a RIB will be on hand to help youth sailors hone their skills. more . . .

Richard Lovering and Matt Alvarado of HISC won the 2015 Flying 15 Nationals, hosted by the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club from 12 to 15 July on the Clyde . . . Charles Apthorp and Alan Green took third behind Steve Goacher and Tim Harper . . . In 2016 the Flying 15 Nationals will be held at HISC.

Entry for HISC Youth Race Week is nearing the entry limit . . Please entry ASAP to avoid disappointment, just 10 places left . . . Youth Race Week (YRW) is run by HISC members and has traditionally been labelled as a serious race week for youth . . . Guided by feedback from parents and children from previous year’s YRW and information gleaned from our local harbour clubs we have identified a desire to make YRW more fun and sociable . . . more . . .

The Finn class sailed two final races in force 5 conditions in Hayling Bay . . . Race 6 was a win Hector Simpson with Andrew Mills 2nd and Ben Cornish 3rd . . . In the final race of the Championship Ben Cornish resumed normal service with his sixth win to claim the 2015 title . . . Winner of the Blaze 2015 Nationals is Jonathon Saunders of Felpham SC, 2nd Rob Jones, 3rd Andrew Mcivor more . . .

The latest Get Racing Club event took place on Saturday 27 June, with warm air and sunshine and a fresh wind to make it a challenging on the water event for the sailors! The event was hosted by the HISC RS200 fleet, one of the largest fleets in the county, with class captain Tom Morris leading the volunteer Get Racing Club mentors . . . The mentors focused on some new techniques including going slow . . . more . . .

Hayling Island Sailing Club hosted its most successful Women on Water (WOW) event to date with thirty female sailors enjoying sunshine and near perfect sailing conditions for the three day training programme . . . Initiated over five years ago, this year’s event attracted the most participants to date with 30 women ranging from 30 year olds up to 50 year olds enjoying outstanding tuition from the large group of experienced HISC RYA instructors and RYA Race Coaches . . . more . . .

HISC success at WPNSA last weekend where a total of 48 boats competed in champagne conditions for the Streaker Nationals . . . The HISC Streaker fleet took a clean sweep of Overall Winner, Tom Gillard, 1st Junior, Alex Butler and 1st Lady, Brenda Hoult . . . Plus the Team Trophy for HISC