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• Click here to understand Members' Duties.......

  We are a member’s club and rely on members to help run our club.

  To make it fair on everyone it is important that we share the responsibility.
  

  Duties

  We have several different duties. The purpose of these, are to help provide safety cover for Social Saturdays and Sunday racing.

  All members are allocated to teams and expected to help on their allocated day. Each membership are scheduled to do approximately three half-day duties each year. Duties are scheduled via the Duty system located within the membership portal, and can be allocated under the Duty section seen below:

  

  If you have any queries, please contact Duty@maidenheadsc.org.uk

• Click here to review : Improve your Sailing Results......

  Racing can be a hugely rewarding way to spend a few hours. As in any sport learning the techniques and the steps required to win need practice. If you’ve found yourself on this page then you’ve started to change your results already.

  Yes, it’s inevitable that there will often be people on the course who may have that little bit more experience, may know the rules better and have a serious game face. After all only one boat can win each race.

  Thankfully, at MSC everyone’s been through where you are and generally most racers will be more than happy to give advice. Whether the advice is consistent or appropriate isn’t always clear.

  The below sections will start to give you a feeling to how you can improve your results by working on some of the insights below and getting out on the water to practice.

• Click here to find out more about our Risk Statement for Blue-Green Algae

  BLUE-GREEN ALGAE RISK STATEMENT PUBLISHED BY THE GPC June 2022

  
  Participants are advised that blue-green algae is present in the waters.

  On occasions, growth of the blue-green algae becomes excessive and can cause blooms and scum. Bloom and scum-forming algae are capable of producing toxins which can be harmful to people and fatal to animals.

• Click on here to understand more on Weil's Disease......

  Weil’s disease is a form of a bacterial infection also known as Leptospirosis that is carried by animals, most commonly in rats and cattle. It’s rare in the UK.

  It can be caught by humans through contact with rat or cattle urine, most commonly occurring through contaminated fresh water. It is present across the globe. As the club is surrounded on the North West shore by grazing fields and backing onto Maidenhead itself there may be a chance of contracting Weil’s Disease from entering the water. Although the incidents of human infection in the UK is current very low minimal it is still worth taking some preventative measures to decrease the possibility of contracting it.

• Click on here to understand more on Swimmer's Itch

  What is it?

  Swimmer’s itch, also called cercarial dermatitis, appears as a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to certain microscopic parasites that infect some birds and mammals. These parasites are released from infected snails into fresh and salt water (such as lakes, ponds, and oceans).