On Sunday 29th November, you may remember that it was cold and windy and not a day for dinghy sailing.

Unless you have been invited to an RYA Onboard race training day as Sophie Atkins and Tom Lewis were.  WSC YOBs were offered two places on the course so we sent Sophie and Tom to give it a try. The training was held at Sutton Bingham Sailing Club with youngsters from all the local clubs sailing single and double handed boats.

An RYA race instructor was bought in to coach them and hopefully lots was learned. The wind was lighter in Sutton Bingham than Weymouth but as our two hardy sailors soon found, the water on a lake is much colder than the sea. 

Well done to both of them for taking out the dinghies in the coldest days of the year.