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Berkshire SL3 9NT


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Classes & Divisions
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Asymmetric
Handicap
Junior Youth Squads
Flying Fifteen
Laser
Laser 2
Laser 4000
Multihull
RS600
Sailboard

The founders of the club, mostly having come from small local ones, were determined on two things: one to maintain the friendliness they were used to; secondly not to let any preconceived ideas or class of boat dominate. They wanted the club to develop in ways that its members wanted.

So today - the big classes & divisions are the boats members want to sail. There are minimal restrictions,
a top limit on number in each class - so members have a reasonable choice of classes from which to choose
maximum overall length

On the left are links to the classes or divisions who have written their own page on the sailing at Datchet.

The start divisions and classes that have evolved are shown in the following table, there is another table further down the page listing all the classes that members currently own together with number in the club.. Those with membership elected representation on the Race Management Committee are highlighted in bold italics. Whilst those in bold have been appointed by Council. 

 

Division

Description

Asymmetric
Symmetric spinnaker classes and other classes with a PN less than 920
Asymmetric spinnaker classes with a PN less than 960

External links:
49er
B14
Boss
ISO
Laser 4000
Laser 5000

RS700

Catamaran Handicap
Classes with two or more hulls - Laser Vortex is not included

These classes use SCHR values to calculate corrected times. For events in which catamarans sail against other classes the club has a mechanism to convert from SCHR to PN values.

External links:
UK Dart 18 Class
Hurricane 5.9
British Hobie Cat Association
British Hobie FX-1 Association
International Small Cat Handicap Rating System
Hobie Dragoon - RYA youth training class
United Kingdom Catamaran Racing Association

Fast Handicap

 

 

Symmetric spinnaker and  other classes with a PN between 920 & 1099 inclusive
Asymmetric classes with a PN greater than 960, e.g. Buzz & Cherub

Internal link:
Laser 2

External links:
Buzz
Contender 
Fireball
UK Laser2 Class Association
RS600
Wayfarer

Flying Fifteen Flying Fifteen class

External links:
British Isles Flying Fifteen Association (BIFFA)
Flying Fifteen Class (International)

Intermediate Handicap

Classes with a PN between 1100 & 1205 inclusive

External links:
Miracle
Phantom

Junior Flotilla  
Laser
Laser, Laser Radial & Laser 4.7 rigs

External links :
UK Laser Association
International Laser Class Association

Sailboard Fun & Race. It's rare for a windy day not to see at least a few boards on the lake, no matter what the weather.

External links:
Boards magazine site

The following is a list of classes that are sailed & owned by club members during the period 1st April 2003 to 31st March 2004
(last updated 4th April 2004):-

Class Number of boats Class Number of boats
12 1 Laser 2000 2
14 1 Laser 3000 4
18' Skiff 2 Laser 4000 47
29er 1 Laser 5000 3
420 13 Laser 2 31
49er 11 Laser Pico 3
505 2 Laser Radial 3
A Class 1 Laser Stratos Keel 1
Albacore 1 Magno 1
B14 5 Marlin 4.5 1
Blaze 2 Medway Doble 1
Boss 6 Miracle 2
Buzz 23 Mirror 2
Byte 1 Moth (Int) 2
Canoe (Int) 1 Musto Skiff 2
Condor 1 NACRA 5.2 1
Contender 8 Optimist 10
Dart 15 2 Osprey 1
Dart 16 6 RS Feva 1
Dart 18 25 RS Vareo 3
Dart Hawke 2 RS200 8
Diam 18 1 RS400 5
Enterprise 2 RS600 21
Europe 1 RS700 2
F18 2 RS800 4
Fireball 11 Sailboard 48
Flying Fifteen 12 Scorpion 1
GP14 1 Sealark 1
Hellcat 14 1 Spice 1
Hobie 14 Turbo 4 Sport 14 1
Hobie 16 9 Stealth 3
Hobie 17 2 Taz 2
Hobie 18 1 Tempest 1
Hobie Dragoon 2 Topaz 11
Hobie FX-1 8 Topper 7
Hobie Pacific 1 Tornado 1
Hobie Tiger 1 Wayfarer 3
Hornet 1    
Hurricane 5.9 14    
Inter 20 3    
ISO 10    
Javelin 1    
Laser 93    

 

Good listings of class associations with web sites can be found at
Yachts and Yachting http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/
Mad for Sailing
(now a subscription only site)
http://www.madforsailing.com/
SailPower.com http://www.sailpower.com
UK Dinghy Racing  http://www.ukdinghyracing.com/

 

 
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