Brunel University Sailing Club offers a fantastic opportunity for students to sail.

2010/11 Committee elections now open

Go here to read all the manifestos, and once you’ve chosen your preferred candidates head on over to www.brunelstudents.com/vote to cast your vote.

Brunel Badger

Title: Brunel Badger
Location: Brunel University, Datchet
Link out: Click here
Description: The premier team racing event in the universe. Held by the team who brought you last years BUSA finals and sponsored by badger Ales.

Entry is £30 per person, 6 people to a team.
Start Date: 2010-03-19
End Date: 2010-03-21

London 6 Pack

Title: London 6 Pack
Location: Welsh Harp
Description: Teamrace Fireflies
Start Date: 2009-11-14
End Date: 2009-11-15

Surf Trip

Title: Surf Trip
Location: Devon
Description: Our annual surf trip to Devon! This has been moved from the end of October to the end of November.

Ask Cat for details (social@brunelsailing.com)
Start Date: 2009-11-27
End Date: 2009-11-29

News

Hopefully all fresher’s who wanted to see what we’re about managed to make it to a taster session over the last 2 weeks and enjoyed it enough to join! All the taster sessions are over(hotdog) now so it’s members only from here on in. There’s loads coming up in the next few weeks though…

Training
-RYA Level 1 course will be running for beginners on Wednesday afternoons from 14th Oct, meeting at the bridge at 1pm.
-There’s been loads of interest in Powerboat / 1st aid certs. We’ll get courses organised some time soon, more details to follow.
-Also lots of Interest in windsurfing training, which is new to the club for this year. To be organised soon, more details to follow.
-To sign up to any training / get more info on what’s on offer email Simon - training@brunelsailing.com

Racing
-Race training to be run by Roman on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
-BUSA Fleet racing at QMSC on 11th/12th November.

Social
-Pub Sail was awesome, shame on you if you missed it! Photos are up on James’ profile.
-2nd iteration of the epic BUSC Devon surf trip will be on 30th Oct to 1st November (Friday Night to Sunday night) contact Cat to express interest.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Freshers 2009

Freshers’ week approacheth for you lucky new Brunelians, and the BUSC have a host of events to get involved with over the next couple of weeks.

Tuesday 22 September - Freshers’ Fayre

A good chance to check out all the clubs and societies available to you at Brunel, but more importantly an opportunity to meet some members of the sailing club and sign up for membership. You can’t miss us, look out for the fully rigged 16 foot long RS 800 in the main hall.

Wednesday 30 September - Freshers’ Taster Sailing & Pub Crawl

Get out on the water and give sailing a try in our first taster session. After that an opportunity to sample the fine drinking establishments of the Uxbridge. Again Meet at 1pm on the bridge by the sports hall. Later on we will be meeting at 6 pm in Locos.

EVENT RESCHEDULED! NOW ON: Saturday 3 October - Freshers’ Taster Sailing & BBQ at Datchet

We’ll transport you from Brunel to the Queen Mother reservoir where you can spend the day indulging in the three activities we do best at BUSC: sailing, eating and drinking. Meet at 1pm on the bridge by the sports hall.

Welcome to Brunel University Sailing

This is the new home of Brunel Sailing Club, here you can find information about the club, our ever growing team of sailors and get the low down on events and races. To become a member and subscribe to Brunelsailing.com, click the register link. Don’t forget to check out our Facebook group too, sign up to receive notifications of news and events in the university sailing calendar.