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Summer 1, Cruiser MD2 and Cadets 5 Sunday 29 June
Only a few hours earlier, the wind was gusting 40mph but by 4pm the wind had dropped off substantially and was at most a F1 from the WSW. An initial course was set at EYA for the dinghies with 3 boats taking part. After about 40 minutes the racers crossed the finishing line with Ewan Christison over the line first followed by Istvan and Andy Carr and family. Five other dinghies were content to free More »
30 Jun 2025
Wednesday Cruiser Racing
Five keelboats came to the start line on Wednesday 18 June. Jennie and Howie were having their first race in their new Hurley 20, Lucinda. They were joined by Paul and Keith in Seeaway, Kay and Finlay in Innisfallen, and regulars Alastair in Pegasus II and Andy in Exisle. The wind was westerly F2-ish, and there was some discussion about the course. The fleet More »
20 Jun 2025
Freesailing and training
Dinghy sailing trainees weren't deterred by the weather on Saturday 14 June. After raining all day the evening only had one downpour while on the water. The wind was a light north easterly, giving excellent conditions for practicing tacking and gybing round the course marks. One boat was the Wayfarer Yellowhammer practising elements of RYA Level 2 training with Innes Muir gaining tuition from Lawrie Elliot. The other was an RS Vision, More »
16 Jun 2025
Cruiser Saturday Series W5
Four boats participated in the W5 race on Saturday 14 June. The wind was a light northeasterly with the course set as Y, Z, C, M, D. The day was misty and earlier in the day there had been lots of rain. But it was dry as crews arrived at the club. There was a bit of a run on the river after the rain. Andy Walker with 2 crew and his new air More »
16 Jun 2025
Upcoming events
Jul 12 |
Training Seamanship Skills 1HW 1648 5.3 |
Jul 12 |
14:45 - Dinghy SUM2HW 1648 5.3 |
Jul 12 |
15:00 - Cruiser Lumley BowlHW 1648 5.3 |
Jul 13 |
Dinghy and Cruiser Day Cruise…HW 0454 5.3 |
Jul 13 |
Training Seamanship Skills 2HW 1727 5.3 |
Jul 13 |
15:30 - Dinghy SUM3HW 1727 5.3 |
Jul 13 |
15:40 - Cruiser MD3HW 1727 5.3 |
Jul 15 |
19:30 - Main Committee meetingMeeting in clubhouse |
Jul 16 |
18:00 - Dinghy Free SailHW 1935 5.1 |
Jul 16 |
18:00 - Cruiser A4HW 1935 5.1 |
Jul 19 |
08:00 - Cruiser Long Distance RaceHW 0935 4.9 |
Jul 20 |
09:00 - Dinghy SUM4HW 1050 4.8 |
Tide predictions for Leith
Wednesday 9 July 2025 HW 02:20 4.83mLW 08:18 1.54m HW 14:52 4.85m LW 20:31 1.56m |
Thursday 10 July 2025 HW 03:02 5.00mLW 08:59 1.32m HW 15:33 5.02m LW 21:12 1.41m |
Friday 11 July 2025 HW 03:41 5.14mLW 09:40 1.11m HW 16:11 5.16m LW 21:52 1.28m |
Saturday 12 July 2025 HW 04:18 5.25mLW 10:22 0.93m HW 16:48 5.26m LW 22:33 1.19m |
Sunday 13 July 2025 HW 04:54 5.32mLW 11:04 0.81m HW 17:27 5.30m LW 23:14 1.17m |
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