Good news at Ashlett

Together with several Drascombers, and of course other boats owners, including I'm glad to say two other Shrimper owners, I have kept my boat at the sailing club at Ashlett Creek for the past couple of years.
Very much a self help club, and extremely tidal it is a delightful backwater just north of Calshot in Southampton Water.

It's history is that  it was the sailing part of the larger Waterside Sports and Social Club based in Holbury, the village up the hill, which used to be the Esso Sports and Social Club.

As time went on and social clubs became less important to business's, it was signed over on a lease agreement to a committee of members, with each sub club, sailing, tennis etc being run by it's own sub committee.

Shock horror at the end of last year when it was announced that the 'Top Club' at Holbury was going into liquidation and therefore, by default, so were all the small sub clubs........ This was just after the end of season lift out, and left members and their boats quite literally stranded. Doom and despair abounded and the end of the world was forecast........

However, a few forward thinking people on the current committee , and others, had taken the precautionary step of creating a dormant company, and through their diligence and hard work, Ashlett Sailing Club Ltd has been able to pay a satisfactory amount to the liquidator for certain club assets as well as take over the lease, having reached agreement with Esso.

So, the Ashlett or perhaps possibly to be renamed -  Phoenix Sailing Club
has risen for m the ashes and opens it's door on Sunday...well done to all concerned in the negotiations and hard work that was required to achieve this.

Ashlett Regatta 2016