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Castle Cove Sailing Club is an active and friendly, family club located on the north shore of Portland Harbour. From small beginnings in a cliff-top chalet in 1923, we have grown steadily and in September 2002 we moved to our present site at the end of Old Castle Road, Weymouth.
We have a strong self-help ethos and run an extensive programme of racing for both dinghies and keelboats. In conjunction with our busy sailing calendar we have a full social diary taking pride in being a very friendly club, run by members for members.
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Fireworks at Castle Cove. Friday 5th November
Please join us for our annual Fireworks display
on Friday evening. There will be a small bonfire (small because it is COP week) followed by a pyrotechnic marvell orchestrated to music by our very own Jock. Please bring your own music. There will be hot dogs available to buy and consume on the balcony while you gaze, open mouthed at the spectacle before you.Timetable.
3pm - Building the fire under the careful supervision of Michael John Abbott
5:30 - 6pm lighting of the bonfire - please bring your own sparklers
7 pm - Let the fireworks begin.
Castle Cove Sailing Club Open Day
Saturday 26th June 2021
Our Clubhouse and grounds will be open to visitors and members alike from 10.00 until 16.00.
Everyone is welcome so do come along and enjoy a day out at your remarkable local Sailing Club.
Sand removal at Castle Cove Sailing Club
Sand removal at Castle Cove Sailing Club
The sand removal project was successfully completed as planned 29th and 30th March 2021.
Sand had built up over a number of years in the area used to launch keelboats from the Club, to the point that some boats could no longer be launched or recovered. Something had to be done!
Planning had started in January 2021 and permissions obtained from the MMO, Natural England, SSSI Consent and Portland Harbour Authority.
The weather on the project days was perfect.
Additional projects were completed repairing the surface of the Club car park. The digger was used on the car park while the tide was too high to work on the beach. This made the best use of the hire of the digger and its operating crew.
CCSC launch area prior to sand removal
Work in progress
CCSC launch area after the digging was complete photo1
CCSC launch area after the digging was complete photo 2
Impact on the beach
The sand was deposited in 3 areas, two of which were on the high water line so that the spring high tide could wash and flatten the heaps and living organisms could easily return to the sea. The cleanest sand was deposited in a third location, higher on the beach.
Some of the sand was grey/ black with smelly decomposed organic matter from seaweed that frequently becomes trapped in the area under the club crane.
Various other items of debris were mixed in with the sand and have subsequently been cleaned up by club member volunteer ‘beach combers’, as items have become exposed by the tide.
Within a week, the areas of sand deposition on the beach were unnoticeable.
Sandsfoot Beach 29/3/21(Monday)
Sandsfoot Beach 30/3/21 (Tuesday – 2 tides later)
Sandsfoot Beach 1/4/21 (Thursday 6 tides later)
Ian Green
Rear Commodore Sailing CCSC
April 2021
Yacht Regatta 11th & 12th September 2021 RS 700/800 Nationals
9th - 12th SeptemberOld Castle Road
Weymouth
Dorset
DT4 8QE
Tel: +44 (1305) 783708
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