The Solent Forts Weekend 2026 is now over.
Thanks to all who came and made it a great event. We hope to see you in 2028!
Results can be found here:
Course: Club start, Horse Sand Fort (S), No Man's Fort (S), Spitsand Fort (S), Mulberry channel mark (P), Club finish.
Race started at 11:55, four contenders. Rupz failed to make start due to flat tyre. Wind F5 at start so fun conditions, swell moderate, freshened to 5/6 during race.
Course Fairway, outer, inner, wreck, outer, inner, wreck, home.
Line honours to Luke and Jennefer, approx 1 hr 12 mins to finish. Jennefer apparently screamed for first ten minutes due to conditions but Luke brought her home safely if a bit “exhilarated” (insert word of your choice here)?
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th July
Long-distance and round-the-cans racing in the Eastern Solent for catamarans and high performance monohulls.
Notice of Race from www.hfsc.org.uk/solent-forts-race. Register now at https://www.hfsc.org.uk/solent-forts-race/register.
The entry fee includes a live band and a BBQ on Saturday evening
Course: Inner, Outer, Sinah, Inner, Outer, Wreck, Home.
A gentle breeze made it ok for the race to get underway but the slower boats struggled with enough wind later on to get through the submarine barrier inner gap the second time round and had to be towed nearer the harbour entrance to find enough wind to get home.
First Race of the season, saw great sailing weather, sunny enough to make everyone's cheeks look rosy, lasting beyond the exertions of the outing
Winter cobwebs were well and truly blown out, boat gremlins were identified and put on the list to sort
Come and find us at this year's RYA DInghy and Watersports Show, We're on stand N32 near the main stage.
Members will be on hand to tell you all about our fabulous club and answer any questions you may have.
You'll be able to enter out free prize draw for a magnificent LEGO Technic Catamaran by filling out an entry form available from the stand. We have one to give away on both Saturday and Sunday with the day's winner announced at 4pm.
2025 Series Prizes
Helms needed to helm in 4 races to be eligible for the Club Championship. Crews needed to crew in 4 races to be eligible for the Crew Cup. The total points are taken from the 4 best results with points awarded corresponding to either the finishing position or the number of entries if not finishing (DNF, OCS, RAF, or DSQ). Abandoned races do not count.
8 races were completed, 2 were abandoned, and 3 were cancelled due to bad weather.
Following the "traditional" 3 forts course of Horse Sand Fort to starboard, Spitbank Fort to port, and No Man's Land Fort to port with a club start/finish. Conditions were breezy (F5) with a surprising amount of "Solent Chop".
