Club Locarno upcoming events

Tuesday Social Sailing/Racing (25 Aug 2026)

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tuesdays Social Sailing/Racing.

This is a member run, weekly sailing together. It's the best environment to practice your sailing skills, push your limits, and meet other sailors.

We’ll match more and less experienced sailors in Quests, Vanguards & Tasars. Some boats will participate in the Jericho Tuesday races while other boats will just sail.

We’ll have some social time afterwards to connect and share the stories and lessons of the day.

We'll meet at 5pm at the Locarno boats’ aisle for a 5:45 launch.

New sailors are most welcome. More experienced members are invited to mentor you and facilitate your sailing learning curve.

Please register for the event, and cancel if you can't make it.

Check the #sailing-locarno Slack channel for updates.

Weather permitting - we'll cancel the sailing if winds are higher than 20 knots, but we’ll practice the rigging and unrigging of the boat. Sailors will sail the boats they are currently checked out.

Nacra 500 (Level 1 Recreational Catamaran) - Rigging clinic and DRY CHECKOUT - RC5 (29 Aug 2026)

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMT

About the boat

The Nacra 500 Fun is perfect for recreational sailing but can also be used for local club racing. At the Nacra family we also call this boat the ‘pocket rocket’. It’s a simple but really quick catamaran and easy to maneuver in different kind of waves with the large buoyant hulls. Launching from the beach is easy with the kick-up rudders and the skeg hulls. All working gear is from Harken, just like the other Nacra leisure boats.

Next to all the features of the Nacra 500 Fun, the Sport edition has a larger battened MNX jib which reaches down to the spinnaker pole. Giving the boat more power lower down, more drive and less heel. The Nacra 500 Sport also comes without dagger boards and a simpler hull construction which saves weight and gains more speed. The 17 square nylon spinnaker packs in a cloth chute with glass fibre entry, making it easy to launch and recover. All in all, the Naca 500 Sport is in perfect balance and enables you to drive fast upwind and downwind.

About the event

This clinic includes Part 1 and Part 2 of the checkout. It is for experienced sailors who want to be cleared to use a new fleet; it is also a great refresher. For those who are doing their first checkout, it will include an orientation to the sailing fleet and club room.

The on-water checkout (Part 3); will require a separate registration. Details of our checkout clinics can be found at Sailing Orientations and Checkout Clinics.

Prerequisites

All checkout participants must know how to sail and preferably have experience on cats or an a similar boat class. It is important that all participants review the online rigging instructions and videos. In particular, know how the hooks on jib and main function and how to release them. (Start your browsing here on the Sailing Docs & Link)

Location

Nacra 500 (Level 1 Recreational Catamaran) - ON-WATER SKILLS CHECKOUT - CH5 (29 Aug 2026)

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT

The on-water skills checkout consists in the demonstration of safety sailing and capsize recovery.

Rupert Slight, our Catamaran Captain, or other experienced Locarno member will be there to review capsize procedures, and assess your competency in launching, landing, on-water handling, and capsize recovery.

Prerequisite:

Clubroom Orientation & Rigging Clinic (Part 1 & 2) for the same vessels.
Members are expected to complete Parts 1 and 2 prior to attending this skills checkout, or having been cleared out after attending Intro to Catamaran for Beginner lessons sailing Locarno boats Nacra 500 and/or 570.

Tasks

Transport craft to water
Controlled launch (install centerboard, deploy and lock rudder(s) while maintaining some semblance of course control and stability)
Stay near shore
Maintain a heading
Tack
Gybe
Figure 8
Man over board rescue
Heave to
Capsize and recover
Controlled landing (low speed, retract board(s), unlock rudder(s), boat into irons in standing depth, no boat contact with bottom or shore
Return craft to derig location

Make sure you review beforehand the Catamaran Rigging videos and documents on our website, located under Sailing Documents and links:

https://www.clublocarno.com/Sailing-Documents-and-Links

Tuesday Social Sailing/Racing (01 Sep 2026)

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT