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Family Fun or Competitive Racing

Whether you’re a complete beginner, returning to the water, or want to join the weekly racing programme, there is something for everyone.

If you are interested in joining us to sail for the first time, we offer free taster sails with experienced helms, so you can come down, explore our club and find out more. For families with Juniors, we have a full programme of Junior sailing and training.

For those of you wanting to return to sailing and racing, we offer a range of racing options on Sunday and Wednesdays; or join our members who competing regionally, nationally and internationally.

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Latest news

Sailing Committee Update - Jan 26

Updates from Sailing Committee In summary sailing committee aims to get more people sailing and more boats racing! New ILCA Class Captain - we welcomed Ava as the new class captain Key Dates for January: Sat 17th Jan - First Aid Course 24th-25th Jan - Safety Boat Course Thu 22nd Jan - Blind Sailing Talk Tue 27th Jan - Instructor Updating More »

9 Jan 2026

LORD BIRKETT

A large group of members from Elton headed north over the weekend of 5/6 July for the annual Lord Birkett event held at Ullswater Yacht Club. This event is now in its 63 rd year, and celebrates the fantastic work of Lord Birkett who fought to save the reservoir from being claimed by Manchester Water Company to provide drinking water. This would have severely restricted the use of the reservoir for leisure and recreational More »

15 Aug 2025

North Youth and Junior Championships at Ullswater Yacht Club

In June some of our Elton Juniors went on a weekend away to the largest youth and junior sailing event in the country. With over 190 sailors competing it was a busy but exciting few days. It was amazing to see Elton sailors representing the club across all fleets and bringing home medals despite the challenging and breezy conditions. All our sailors (and parents) had a fantastic time, here's what they had to More »

4 Jul 2025

Update from your Commodore

I cant believe that its June already where has this year gone? I would like to take a bit of time to reflect upon the last few months and also the plans for the rest of the year and beyond. When the new council first met last December, we held a brainstorming session to look at our plans for the year. The discussion centred around seven main topics:- Business Planning, More »

14 Jun 2025

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Upcoming events

Jan 13	7:00pm - Council 2026 » Council Meeting Council Meeting
Jan 14	7:30pm - Wednesday Evening Painting » Wed Evening Painting 13 Wed Evening Painting
Jan 15	7:00pm - 2025 Juniors Winter Programme » Junior Theory / Social Night 6 Junior Theory / Social Night
Jan 17	First Aid Course One Day First Aid Course - Open to Members and
Jan 17	5:00pm - Charity Live music night for "…
Jan 18	12:00pm - 2026 Snowflake Series » Day 3 This is an Open Series with the First race starting
Jan 21	100 Club Draw » January 100 Club Draw
Jan 21	7:30pm - Wednesday Evening Painting » Wed Evening Painting 14 Wed Evening Painting