Club Details
Hayling Island Sailing Club, Sandy Point, Hayling Island Great Britain
Email: sailing@hisc.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7867802123
About Hayling Island
Wind direction in Hayling Bay in June is typically from the SW. The race area often benefits from a sea breeze effect that typically gives wind strengths 8 – 15 kts, and the direction will track with the sun towards the west during the afternoons.
Historic data on wind strength and direction can be found at
www.chimet.co.uk, a weather station located on the West Pole Beacon which sits south of Chichester Harbour Entrance.
HISC benefits from access to two superb sailing areas; the sheltered waters of Chichester Harbour and the open water of Hayling Bay. There is ample space in Hayling Bay to lay courses with no overlap; maximum depths in the course areas are less than 10 metres, and maximum current (HW Springs) in Hayling Bay is less than 1 knot.
For the event our intention will be to use one or more of the open water courses in Hayling Bay shown to the west of the harbour entrance in the chart below. The dates provide the optimum times for sailing to and from the race area, which is normally less than 45 minutes, with the average sailing time about 30 minutes.
There is minimal commercial traffic in and around Chichester Harbour and the race area.
There is a full time catering team cooking fresh meals in the commercial standard kitchen on the first floor.
Restaurant quality meals are eaten in the first floor Dining Room, which has spectacular views over the harbour and the South Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty beyond.
The Dining Room can accommodate formal dinners seating over 200 people.
The Beach Bar on the ground floor serves high energy snack food to sailors in wet clothing.
Sandy Point Chandlery has a permanent presence on site selling general dinghy spares and carrying out sail repairs.
Local tourist information
https://www.visit-hampshire.co.uk/explore/towns/hayling-island
Accommodation
HISC has sleeping for 80 people on site in our Dunes and Stocker accommodation blocks.
Stocker Comprises two-bedded bunk rooms, double-bedded rooms, triple-
beddedbunk rooms and an eight-bedded dorm style bunk room. There are electric sockets in all rooms, with shared shower and toilet facilities on both levels. Wi-Fi available throughout.
Dunes Comprises ten mezzanine style rooms, each one sleeping up to
three adults or two adults and two children with two single beds and a small double bed on the mezzanine level, plus an en-suite shower room. Wi-Fi available throughout.
Off Site Accommodation is plentiful with numerous caravan and camping sites within 10 minutes walk, and a lot of AirBNB options within very easy walking or cycling distance. There are also several hotel options further afield on Hayling Island
Transport
Road: HISC is 30 minutes drive from Portsmouth Ferry Port, and about 2.5 hrs from Dover.
• Air: Gatwick and Heathrow Airports are each about 1.5 hours drive. Southampton Airport is a 1 hr drive.
• Train: Havant Station is 15 minutes from the club and has frequent fast trains to London taking about an hour. It is an easy taxi -ride to the club.
