This weekend Brancaster Staithe SC are hosting the British Sharpie Championships, 24-26th September. The club have rallied round post Covid, to combine this event with the traditional end of season Sharpie event, the Les Dye memorial trophy. The LDMT will
British Sharpie Championships 2021
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th September 2021 Brancaster Staithe SC Early morning starts (08:00, 08:30, 09:30). Championship supper Saturday evening. 5 championship races plus a stand-alone race for the Les Dye Cup. Racing has been organised to ensure that anyone
Overy Staithe SC Open Meeting
Overy Staithe Sailing Club’s Sharpie Open was very much a family affair, with three of the four crews who turned up for a beautifully sunny early start consisting of father and daughter/son combinations. Initially light and fluky winds meant Race
Sharpie Races at Wells SC
Wells SC welcomed a small fleet of sharpies on the weekend originally scheduled for the (now postponed) British Championship. We were lucky to have one of the few weekends with decent weather so far this season and enjoyed two days
Sharpie meeting at BSSC
A dozen sharpies enjoyed a great weekend racing at Brancaster Staithe SC in April competing for the “Lester Southerland Tiller”, a beautiful wishbone tiller which hangs permanently on the wall in the BSSC clubhouse. It was the first sharpie open
British Championship 2020
The British Championship 2020, due to be held at Brancaster Staithe SC from 14 – 16 May has been postponed in view of the continuing travel restrictions due to covid. The event will be reorganised later in the year when
Gary Anthony
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of Gary Anthony of Wells-next-the-Sea on 24th March 2020 aged 75 years. Gary was a stalwart and past Commodore of Wells Sailing Club and a passionate advocate of
2021 Fixtures Released
Provisional dates for the 2021 Sharpie open meetings have been confirmed and published. All fixtures are subject to restrictions on travel and distancing, and will be confirmed nearer the dates. After missing a whole season of racing last year we
British Championship Winners
A new list has been added to the website showing all winners of the British Championship trophy. See link under “The Sharpie” section of this site. Thanks to Adam Anthony for compiling the list.
Les Dye weekend 2020
Sadly, after a great deal of preparation from Brancaster Staithe SC, the one and only British sharpie open meeting for 2021 was defeated by the weather. Force 7 winds and pouring rain were too much for even the hardiest of