General Club News
Open Meetings
All the scheduled Open Events have taken place and results can be found here. The President's Trophy and Llandegfedd Pin took place on the 10th and 3rd of August respectively.. The Pin enjoyed a strong breeze and the first three places were taken by younger members in Laser Radials. The President's took place in more moderate but tricky conditions with bright sunshine bringing the more senior club members to the fore.
Details of the completed adult events are available here.
Youth Training
See the Youth Sailing and Youth Training pages. Club Members can book in via WebCollect.
Adult Coaching
We have set a number of Sunday mornings aside for Adult Coaching. These align to the junior squad days so that parents can come and sail at the same time and have some support and coaching. The sessions will include a “Relaxed Introduction to Racing” so that they can enter the odd race and not be worried about being in the way or being too incompetent. See the Adult Sailing and improving pages.
Club Racing
The club holds regular racing. See what's coming up next.
Volunteering
Volunteers run club racing. See who's helping next.
Weather at Llandegfedd Reservoir
Forecast Weather from Windguru
Forecast Weather from Big Salty
Click for Big Salty's Llandegfedd Forecast
XC Weather is also useful - Look at the forecast for Cwmbran.
Sailing and not Racing.
Club members are allowed to sail when the club is not racing. However, the safety cover is through Llandegfedd Activities, not the club.
For 2025, Llandegfedd Activities have decided that the best way for us to sail when not racing, is to sign on through their booking system as explained in the Membership Guide notes (in the Members area of the website) or at the booking office on site before you go on the water.
Before you rig a boat, either your own, or a club one, check that that Watersports is able to support your sailing. There is always someone in their office and they have a list of their activities and the lead Instructor for the day. They may impose restrictions, such as keeping to one end of the reservoir so they can rescue you if you have difficulties. You need to say you are a Sailing Club member, and have a berth or are using a club boat.
They are helpful, just bear in mind that they can be very busy with multiple activities there. There may be a break at lunch time, and the opening hours vary through the year as displayed by the office.
Other Interesting stuff
If you want to practice starts in short races take part in the Top Gun Sprints see the Programme for dates
Need a Helm or Crew?
Robert Cone has re-introduced the Crewfinder service. If you want a crew for your boat, or want a helm, contact Robert at crewfinder@llandegfedd.org.uk. He will put you in touch as appropriate so we can have more boats on the water.
