The 2025 season is here
Preparations for the new sailing season this summer are complete. The sailing dates and times for the season have been published on the Schedule page.
Book your place for any sailing session this season using the booking form. You can use the booking form as many times as you wish during the season once you know the availability of the sailors.
Each year we ask all our sailors to complete an up to date membership form which can be downloaded, completed and returned to HYSTS using this page.
Chairman’s message for 2025
Last year was one to be remembered and in one way or another, you’ve all been part of what we think was a pretty successful year. We’ve bought the shore base and are negotiating the lease of the boat compound, we saw most sailing sessions running at near or exceeding capacity, with young people enthusiastically completing their logbooks and in early November we celebrated our 50th year as a sail training centre.
We are now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, but this will not change how we operate. We are fortunate to have committed Senior Instructors, keen young people, enthusiastic volunteers, and reasonable financial stability, all suitable ingredients for another successful year on the water. The General Information sheet has been updated.
What lies ahead? Well, we have identified 15 sailing sessions for the 2025 season. The sailing schedule has been published so you can book the session(s) you wish.
Let’s hope the weather is good to us this year with no ‘unseasonably high winds’ and we enjoy good sailing and let’s have:
Fun on the water!
Peter Bee – Memories from those who knew him
Owen Davies, President, Geoff Lynch, Chairman and friends have written about their memories of Peter Bee and the contribution he made to HYSTS. You can read their thoughts on the About Us page.
You can help with the running costs of HYSTS
Even if we don’t sail it still costs nearly £4,000 a year to run the scheme; over half our costs are insurance. All this money we have to raise ourselves. In April, to help raise funds, we signed up to be part of the Havant Borough Lottery. A ticket for the Havant Borough Community Lottery costs £1 per week and 50p goes directly to good causes! If you sign up to support HYSTS we get 50p of that £1.
Question: If my good cause gets 50p per entry, where does the other 50p go?
Answer: 10p is used to support other good causes within Havant Borough, 20p goes to prizes and the remaining 20p is for administration of the lottery and VAT. ….More
