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. Welcome to Swarkestone Sailing Club Official Web Site

We hope you make regular visits to the site as it will provide up-to-date and interesting content helping you make the most of membership, training and social events.

If you would like to make an enquery about membership to the club, training courses or any other club activities please click here to email the committee

. Would you like to know more about dinghy sailing?

At Swarketone Sailing Club there are many routes to learning more about dinghy sailing. If you just want to know 'what it's like' to go sailing, why not come down to one of our 'Picnic and Play' days ( see calendar for dates ) - we can arrange for our of our RYA qualified instructors to take you out on the water, free of charge.

We also offer a comprehensive range of RYA approved courses - click here.

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. General information about the sailing club - Please use the links.

About Swarkestone Sailing Cub Swarkestone Sailing Club is a small and friendly club with about 250 members. It is an ideal venue to learn the basics of sailng, to dinghy cruise with friends or family, participate in club racing or just sit on the terrace with a drink and watch the sun set over Swarkestone Water. The modern clubhouse and large dinghy park have facilities and equipment for both disabled sailors and juniors.

Club facilities The lake is about 30 hectares and just over 1 km long. It is suited to dinghies and windsurfers. Most boats are launched from pontoons. The club prides itself in being a friendly environment suitable for families and individuals alike. It has a well-equipped clubhouse with a food bar and licensed bar open for social events and on racing days.

Sailing timesSailing takes place throughout the year with a variety of training courses, club races, open meetings and 'fun' regattas. Most of the organised activities take place at the weekend or on a Wednesday but members are free to sail at other times.

Further informationPlease take time to look around this website. If you need further information please email by clicking here or visit us in Swarkestone (click here for directions)

Junior sailing Swarkestone sailing club has a very active junior fleet. For more information on how to be part of the COOLEST sport visit the Junior website

Swarkestone Sailability Sailability has become an integral part of the club. Sailability runs Wednesday afternoons from May until October. If you are disabled why not pop in and see us! or for more information click here

Club Events Calendar To help keep the calendar updated with race and event details. Click here The calender on this page gives limited details about club events in the next few days. For more detailed information please click here or for duty and contact details please see the members area. - click here. (You will require a userid and password to access this part of the site).

Swarkestone Sailing Club Members Area We secured part of the site for members only. This site has a number of video presentations which would be of interest to club members. Please request a userid and login from within the secure area - click here to enter

Swarkestone Sailing Club Weather Station We have installed a weather station at the club. This station monitors wind speed and direction, and also current temperature. The station data is posted to the internet in near real time.If you would like to view the weather data click on this link

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