Article by: Martin Henz, CSC member since 2009 July 8, 2025 Sailing in the doldrums Just one degree north of the equator, Singapore lies in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, also known as “the doldrums”. Thankfully, from December to February, the Northeast Monsoon gives us reliable winds, and in July and August, the Southeast M Monsoon […]
Great Start to Singapore Regatta One of the perks of holding a regatta at the Changi Sailing Club is that General Manager and Principal Race Officer Choy Yi Hong can stage the starts and finishes of the regatta from the Crow’s Nest of the club’s pier – how convenient is that? He doesn’t have to […]
Sail, Rattle & Roll as Changi preps for the 4th Singapore Regatta The 4th Singapore Regatta welcomes competitors from local and regional sailing clubs to enjoy the prevailing northeast monsoon in one of the most iconic big boat and multihull regattas in Singapore. This regatta will take place on the 15-16 February 2025, purportedly the […]
The final beer before departure! 5:30am we’ve left CSC. The first taste of sailing by night. Thanks to Ronny (CSC’s Accounts Executive), outbound immigration clearing was a piece of cake. Five minutes besides our beloved ICA cutter and we had been FREE. All incoming foreign barges, heading for immigration clearing, had been way behind us. […]
With the North-East Monsoon Season finally over, sailors participating in the first Sunday Series Race of 2019 had to contend with tricky wind conditions on course 5, a refreshing change from the windward leewards between Ubin & Tekong. The Multihulls seemed visibly tired/exhausted from the past 3 months of racing, as only 2 Beach Catamarans […]
2-Island Race 2019 – breaking records… and other things. It takes a good blow to find out what needs replacing on the boat, but one should never have to find out under such circumstances. Ashley Barne’s Defiance experienced a variation of Murphy’s Law during yesterday’s 2-Island Race, breaking nearly everything possible on the boat before […]
With wind in their sails, the Nanyang Technological University Sailing Club (NTUSC) started sailing at Changi Sailing Club (CSC) in August 2018. Besides sailing on the club?s Platus-Boreas and Notus – every week, the active sailing community at CSC has also given us the chance to sail on their boats which is an eye-opener and […]
If we could describe the NYE Twilight Race in 1 word: CHALLENGING. The race started off looking very promising, with a North-Easterly breeze coming in after a heavy bout of rain from the west. But the sailors did not stay dry for long, as they encountered another big weather system from the west, getting absolutely […]
Race 5 of the Sunday Series started off with a very light breeze from the south east, taking sailors to CAAS 2 before the fleet came to a stand still, fighting a slow current and struggling with the near-zero knot conditions. The race was eventually abandoned, signalling an early adjournment to the bar. With only […]
On 19th October, 128 Secondary School Students departed from Changi Sailing Club for Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) Pulau Ubin for a 3D2N camp as part of their final phase of the annual Sailing & Sustainability Program. ? This being the 5th edition, the program has come a long way since it was first introduced in […]
