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Dovestone Sailing Club has sole use of the almost 100 acre reservoir at Greenfield near Oldham. It is set amid dramatic scenery in the PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK off the A635 Greenfield to Holmfirth Road, via Banks Lane. It is approximately half a mile from the Clarence Hotel at the junction of Chew Valley Road and Manchester Road Greenfield. Give us a call or just drop in.
We sail a variety of boats including Pics, Lasers, Flying 15's, RS Feva, windsurfers, Topper, Optimist, Vortex, RS200, Mirror, Lightening and many other classes.
OL3 7NE
The club is based on Rishton Reservoir. Its an RYA Training centre, offering most levels of dinghy sailing tuition and power/safety boat courses.Club racing/sail training takes place on wednesday evenings and sunday afternoons. The club has three slipways to the water and the clubhouse has good changing facilities, kitchen,comfortable lounge, wet room and function room. Newcomers to the sport are very welcome.
BB1 4ET
Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club sails on Pennington Flash on the outskirts of Leigh. The club races throughout the year and is host to one of the biggest winter series in the UK. Racing is mainly on a handicap basis with Solo''s raced as a fleet on Sundays. During the summer, racing takes place on Wednesday evenings, Saturday and Sunday with the Junior Section meeting on Friday evenings.
WA3 1BJ
RYA Training Centre, friendly seaside club sailing handicap dinghy & cruiser races. See website.
LA4 5AS
The Rossendale Valley Sailing Club has been in existence since 1968. Its location at Clowbridge Reservoir near Burnley, high up on the East Lancashire Moors, provides an excellent sailing location. The 90 acre lake situated at a height of over 700ft above sea level provides a first class high wind venue.
The club was originally constituted as a dinghy club, supporting fleets of enterprise, laser and fireball dinghies. Following the introduction of windsurfing in the early eighties it was quickly recognised as an ideal inland water to develop the sport. The popularity of windsurfing was embraced by the club and a strong windsurfing membership was established. Increasing club membership and the launch of the National Lottery provided the club with an opportunity to develop. An application to the Sport England Lottery fund was made in 1997.
BB11 5PF
The club is divided into three main sections, Sailing, Water Skiing and Sub Aqua diving. The Reservoir is open to members throughout the year. Handicap racing is held on Thursday evenings and Sundays, people of all ages and abilities are encouraged to join the fun. Those not wishing to race can cruise for pleasure.
Boats currently being sailed are: Albacore and 146's, Streakers, Toppers, Picoand 146's, Mirrors and 405 and 146's. A number of other assorted craft grace the dinghy park along with a small number of Cats.
Windsurfing is very popular and very safe, no danger of being blown out to sea and the tides always in. All wind directions can be sailed.
The Dinghy Cruising Association was formed in 1955 to encourage all forms of small boat sailing other than racing. Members come from all walks of life, sharing the same love of messing around in simple, affordable boats. Some members have extensive sea passage experience in boats they have refined over several years, but many are simply inveterate potterers, who enjoy sailing out to an island, down the river, or across the estuary to a favourite picnic spot.
An important function of the DCA is to stimulate the development of dinghies designed for cruising, to recommend safety standards, to circulate information of interest to small boat sailors, and to share the experience of members. Numerous rallies and day cruises are held in the UK and occasionally abroad throughout the sailing season. The Association publishes a quarterly illustrated bulletin, written by members, which is composed of accounts of cruises, articles about boats and equipment that members have bought or built themselves. The Association's Technical Officer gives free advice to members. There is also an extensive library.
Girton Sailing Club is renowned for its friendly family atmosphere, racing, excellent RYA approved training programmes and fun social events. New members are always welcome. With competitively low subscriptions and discounts its has never been easier to join.
The club has adopted a number of dinghy classes, including the Mirror, Miracle, Enterprise, Laser, Mirror and Topper. Other dinghy classes, ranging from the RS400 to home built pram dinghies, are welcomed and are able to join in club races using a handicap system.
The club is located to the south west of Lincoln, the Club occupies a lake of 180 acres affording great sailing to both Casual & Racing sailors. There is an active Windsurfing section and a thriving Model Boating Section. Affiliated to the RYA, the Club is also used by the Lincoln & District Schools Sailing Association which is an RYA Recognised Sail Training establishment.
LN6 9SP
Lincoln Model Yacht club has been around a long time, in fact it originated in 1960, and used to have both power and sailing boats in the club, This all changed a few years later and now we only have racing radio controlled model yachts. At Lincoln we sail 3 different classes with a budget for most people, and you will find most members will be on hand to welcome and assist any newcomer to our sport or hobby. Lincoln Model Yacht club meet every Sunday morning at the lake (Thorpe on the Hill) to race radio controlled model racing yachts. Our membership come from far and wide, Boston, Grimsby, and as far away as Bourne, as well as from the locality. Some members of our club also travel around the UK and abroad to race these yachts, it can get as serious as you want, and the Ultimate prize is a place in the World Championships which are held bi-annually all around the world.
If you have any interest in sailing or just want to give it a try, radio yachting will give you all the excitement you need. We race to the same rules and the same courses as big boats and dinghys and sail trimming is a fine art to get your yacht up to peak performance. Technique also plays a big part. When you have the transmitter in your hand and you are vying for position with 12 to 15 other boats on the water, I can tell you, the adrenaline begins to flow. Somebody will always lend you a yacht to have a go, and if you wish to come on a more regular basis there are generally one or two boats that can be lent until you are able to get your own. The course is marked out by floating buoys anchored to the lake bed and set out to give a windward and leeward course, and each race may be one two or three laps depending on the strength of the wind.
We would generally do 6 to 8 races on a Sunday morning, with a coffee break half way through. After each race you have time to take the boat out of the water and do any adjustments to try and make the boat go faster. Radio sailing can be done at Club, District, National, and International levels. The current World Champion in two of our classes is British, and there are two or three skippers at our club that sail at national level.