Hello Everyone, and welcome to the Fast Handicap fleet page.

Essentially, if you have almost any type of boat, monohull or Cat, and it has a Portsmouth Yardstick of 1072 or less then you qualify for this fleet.

f you have a dinghy or Cat. that is different from the established fleets at the club, namely Fireball, Flying Fifteen, Solo or Miracle then come along and join in with the menagerie fleets.

There are two menagerie fleets, namely the slow/medium and ours - the FAST.
The list of types of boat sailed would take up awful lot of space on this page, but to give you some idea may I mention just a few

RS300/600/700, Vortex, Phantom, Supernova, International Canoe, Int. Moth (yes, foiling!) Asymmetrics (various), 29er, 49er, Dart Sprint, Dart 18, etc. etc.

If you wish to sail and not participate in any of the many races held at the club, then Draycote Water offers excellent facilities, including being open 364 days a year and rescue facilities always present on every one of those days. With 650 acres of water and excellent clubhouse facilities and with the lovely Warwickshire countryside surrounding our site, it is almost impossible to find a better venue for your sailing.


Should you also choose to become involved in the racing then Draycote has much to offer.
The main sail racing days are Sundays throughout the whole year, plus Wednesday evenings during the summer months.
On Sundays there are two races - AM and PM plus, again during the summer (April 1st - 31st. October), a third race which this year is a handicap race with a mass start - quite exciting!
The other two races are for individual fleets and we all sail the same course and all have our own individual starts.
 

With the fast handicap fleet, timings are taken by the officer of the day and with a little bit of uncomplicated mathematics results can be established, and these are published on the website for all to see.

With these results to hand, two race series  winter and summer can be run which can help you to see if you are doing well - or otherwise !

I hope that this very brief introduction to the Fast Handicap fleet has helped you. The next step is really to come along to the club and introduce yourself - remember, the club is open throughout the year.

Looking forward to meeting you,

Malcolm Lewin
Fleet Captain
(Contender 295)
Tel: 0121 440 4365