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Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club
The Heart of Welsh Sailing and a Community Amateur Sports Club
Racing Hut Update and Sailing Instruction amendment
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Racing Hut Update
After the demise of our racing hut in Storm Daragh in December 2024, it has been a gradual task to rebuild the facilities.
First of all thanks again to Gimblet Rock Holiday Park who paid for our new shed.
Without this and club members and volunteers who erected it in March 2025, we just wouldn’t have a racing bridge at all.
Thanks to everyone involved.
Huge thanks, of course, to Robin who gives so much of his time every year to manage our racing but we do realise that he does have a life outside of sailing too, so during this summer more volunteers have been at work.
With new technology available these days we now have the makings of an automated race officer, for when Robin is busy or away on some much needed R&R.
Thanks to our volunteers who braved the extreme summer heat to put this in place.
Thanks also to Yr Olygfa - The View for their very welcome, very much needed (and unexpected) refreshments for our volunteers.
With the Autumn series now underway, it has been the ideal time to test it out and adapt to the new technology. As a result of these there has been the need to make an amendment to the general SI’s (Below).
We’ll continue to monitor and adapt as we go along so keep an eye out for more info on our website. If you fancy getting involved in race management, even if it is simply to give our race officers some company while watching the racing, please get in touch. We always need new members and more volunteers. There is truly something for everyone.
General Racing Sailing Instructions - Amendment 1 - 2nd October 2026
The following is added to point 11.1:
OCS under Automated Race Officer – Start line videos will be inspected after racing and any boat found to be over at the start will be given a 5% time penalty applied to their elapsed time in that race.
The Flags are at half Mast for Dave Hulse
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It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of our former Commodore and friend, Dave Hulse. The club flags have been set at half‑mast in his honour.
Our thoughts are with Mair and the family at this difficult time. Our Commodore has written to Mair to convey the condolences of all members of the club.
Funeral arrangements will be posted here when they are published.
Chris and Gareth Return to Italy for the Veloce race
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Chris Jones and Gareth Jones-Davis have returned to Italy and after a series of qualifying races, are now through to Il Veloce.
The guys are yet again flying the flag for Pwllheli and are racing as Team Red Dragon.
The race, a non-stop 1500nm race from Genoa round Italy and Sicily to Trieste, starts at 14:00 on Friday 25th September and is likely to take them between 10-14 days to complete.
Well done guys! Fair winds for the race.
Autumn 2026 is here
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The Autumn Challenge Series 2026 has started and what a fabulous weekend it was.
There's still more fun to be had with scoring in YTC and IRC so racing for everyone.
Come and join us.
Excellent Result for Chris and Gareth in Italy
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Well done to Chris Jones and Gareth Jones Davis, who competed in the two handed Marina militare nastro rosa il Giro d'Italia 2026.
They competed for team Verein Seglerhaus AM, sailing the 7th leg of the series, 224nm from Napoli to Portoferraio on one of the Figaro 3s.
All Smiles on the Summer Series
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Stephen Tudor and Mark Thompson's J70 Sgrech Bach lead the series after weekend 3 of the Summer Series.
Last weekend saw them face their youngest opponents yet. Judging by the smiles on the faces of our little Pwllheli sailors, I think they all enjoyed it and we look forward to seeing them out there again soon.
Great Offshore results for Pwllheli Sailing Club over the weekend
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Pata Negra finishing in Cork Harbour - Photo by Afloat Magazine
Pwllheli were at the top of the board again in the ISORA K2Q race at the weekend. Starting Friday lunchtime, the 160nm race set a course from Dun Laoghaire to Cork. The race had many challenges, starting with light winds and although more wind could be found offshore, tide advantages could be found inshore. Wind shifts around Bray head reset the race in a game of snakes and ladders and any lead gained out of Dublin bay was diminished. Perseverance paid off, along with determination in a challenging sea state, upwind the whole 160nm, even after turning the corner at Tuskar lighthouse.
Mojito heading out of Dublin Bay after the start of- photo by Afloat.ie
Pwllheli Sailing Club’s Pata Negra (Andrew&Sam Hall) took line honours on Saturday afternoon but after sailing a more conservative 171nm, fellow club members Peter Dunlop and Vicky Cox and Mojito, took the overall win on handicap.
Hannah and Geoff Dufton-Kelly - Photo by Hannah Dufton-Kelly
Also from Pwllheli Sailing Club, Geoff and Hannah Dutton-Kelly on First 40.7 Crackajack, showed tremendous determination, sticking it out to the bitter end for valuable series points. Other competitors were retiring but they continued to the end despite being short handed in the challenging race.
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