Orford Sailing Club - Autumn 2023 Newsletter

Sailing Reflecting back on the season that was, the poor weather in July and August didn’t really affect sailing. Sure, temperatures were cool and there was precious little sun and quite a lot of rain but that said, the crucial element of wind speed wasn’t too bad and we were able to run all of our usual fixtures albeit, the Sea Race had to be rescheduled twice before we could run it during a spectacular downpour which didn’t stop Chris Gerard winning single-handed in his K2. Overall, we ran some 32 separate sailing fixtures this season, compared to around 22 last year. Ominous weather for the Sea Race. Fiona & Molly Cox outward bound from the river ...

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