30/11/08

Downs sailing club's most important social event ,the christmas 'Prize Giving Banquet', took place on Saturday night.

It has been a remarkable year  with exceptional winds throughout, allowing for lots of completed events, especially in the evenings.

There have been consistently large numbers of boats, lots of new names and with up to 25 craft still thrashing out the winter series.

The slow handicap fleet has especially increased in size with lots of new laser and Byte sailors and the fast fleet have been especially competitive.

The prizes up for grabs included 16 individual cup races, Spring, Summer and Autumn points for fast and slow handicaps to 3 places. The Tuesday and Thursday evening points to 3 places and the 'Let's get Racing' series.

Sunday's race  however was cancelled for rough seas and sore heads to much relief !

The full list of prize winners can be viewed on the clubs website at www. downssailingclub. co.uk