CLUB NEWS
To be the club where members love to be, valuing the good times spent on and off the water.
- Loch Earn Sailing Club Vision, 2018
CLUB NEWS
To be the club where members love to be, valuing the good times spent on and off the water.
- Loch Earn Sailing Club Vision, 2018
27/10/2023 - Due to the weather forecast and the state of the roads, the LESC General Committee is postponing tomorrow's (28 Oct) Work Day, Supper, and Prizegiving events until next Saturday, 4 November. Please take care if you're out driving this weekend and apologies for any inconvenience. - Sarah
7/10/2023 - Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held by ZOOM at 14:00 on Sunday 19th November.
Nominations and Resolutions for consideration should be submitted in writing to the Honorary Secretary (secretary@lochearnsc.com) by
Thursday 19th October 2023.
The agenda, flag officers' reports, sailing secretary's report, club accounts and joining instructions for the ZOOM meeting will be sent out in advance of the AGM.
12/9/2023 - ATTENTION LESC MEMBERS! The club has a couple dinghies to auction off in the next week. It's open only to members and you'll need the member's area password to view the details: https://www.lochearnsc.com/members-area/grounds-woodlands/club-owned-sale/
5/9/2023 - We're trying to locate the owners of a few items currently stored at the club. Please take a look and contact committee@lochearnsc.com if you know anything about the equipment described here:
https://www.lochearnsc.com/news/abandoned-property/
5/9/2023 - With only a few more weeks left of the 2023 sailing season, have you checked in Lost and Found for any of your gear? Everything's on
the bench outside the toilets and will be there until the end of Oct when we pack up the club.
https://www.lochearnsc.com/news/lost-and-found/
9/8/2023 - Help us improve! Please consider answering a few questions about your Training Week experience this year.
https://www.cognitoforms.com/LochEarnSailingClub/LESCTrainingWeekFeedback
23/7/2023 - The Training Week photos and slideshows are finally finished! Check them out: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5UBhcMqCAGkCLvcX6 and view the slideshows on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LochEarnSC
19/6/2023 - Seven keelboats came out on Friday, 16/8/2023, for the annual LESC Shoreline Challenge. Breeze was out of the east and solid... until the start when it died and went shifty. It came back by the time most boats had made it to the windward mark, but continued to favour the shore (as it should with a name like the Shoreline Challenge). The challenge being to trust that the shore is where you want to be!
Alan and John won the coveted golden shackle while Alistair won the race
5/6/2023 -Yachts and Yachting has written up a Brown Cup preview. Check it out here: https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/262509/Brown-Cup-Scottish-Schools-Championships-Preview
19/5/2023 -There will be a couple of changes to racing at LESC from Saturday, 3 June. The first change will be to starting order: Dinghies will be the first start and keelboats the second
start.
The other change is to accommodate the preference for longer legs in the keelboat fleet and shorter races in the dinghy fleet. When all dinghies are finished, and the keelboats are still sailing, if
the next keelboat is far enough away that a bounce start will go through without interruption, race committe will attempt to start another short dinghy course.
This will require resetting the timer in order to use the lights or using a flag start. Competitors should be prepared for either. Note that Race Duty MUST use a secondary timer to score keelboat
fleet if using the lights OR use a secondary timer to score the dinghies and the horn pressed manually while the race hut timer scores keelboats.
New race duty instructions will be available in the box and on the website by 1 June.
19/5/2023 - Your club needs YOU! Calling all POWERBOAT II certified members: The Sailing Secretary needs a volunteer to (wo)man the RIB for the Lochearnhead Race on the 29th of July. Contact sailing@lochearnsc.com for more info. The 2023 LESC Brown Cup (aka 2023 Scottish Schools Sailing Championship) on 10-12 June is also in need of volunteers to run on-the-water support as well as on-shore facilities like the kitchen and parking. If you can help, email sailing@lochearnsc.com to be forwarded to the Brown Cup team.
19/5/2023 - If you have a shared trophy, it is time to hand these over to the other person. Should you need a reminder of who to hand yours to, please get in touch with the Sailing Secretary for advice.
15/5/2023 - 2023 LESC Training Week Applications have opened to non-members. We're expecting a strong turnout, so get yours in asap. There'll be all the usual RYA Youth I-IV and Adult I-III courses, and Advanced Courses like Sailing with a Spinnaker and Performance Sailing if there's enough interest to fill classes. In addition, the usual RYA Powerboat Handling Level II Course will run in the evenings during training week. and any instructors in need of RYA First Aid Training should attend our session on Sunday prior to Training Week.
1/5/2023 - 2023 LESC Training Week Applications have opened to LESC members. We're expecting a strong turnout, so get yours in asap. There'll be all the usual RYA Youth I-IV and Adult I-III courses, and Advanced Courses like Sailing with a Spinnaker and Performance Sailing if there's enough interest to fill classes. In addition, the usual RYA Powerboat Handling Level II Course will run in the evenings during training week. and any instructors in need of RYA First Aid Training should attend our session on Sunday prior to Training Week.
21/3/2023 - The 2023 Race Fixture list has been published! LESC has the First Fling on the last weekend of April to look forward to, and Training Week this year is the week July 10th. Other events to note are the Brown Cup June 10-12. Nicol has also assigned all the Race Duty officers, so be sure to check your dates in the member area and arrange any changes via Dutyman. Any questions or issues, email sailing@lochearnsc.com. -Sarah
FOR ALL GENERAL QUESTIONS,
please use this 'Contact Us' form.
KEEN TO LEARN HOW TO SAIL?
The best place to start is by booking your place at this year's Training Week. Potential new members are also welcome to visit in-person any weekend April - October.
READY TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP?
Please note there is currently a waitlist for keelboat moorings and the dinghy park is full.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
Thanks to Alex we have a camera taking live photos from the clubhouse and a spot location on Windy.