Welcome to Ripon SC

A warm welcome awaits you at Ripon SC, whether you are a seasoned club racer, or a complete novice.

The family friendly nature of the club, and our success in developing junior and youth sailors is recognised by our British Youth Sailing ‘Recognised Club’ status. Club members are able to enjoy access to the facilities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and there’s a packed programme of on and off the water activities. Racing takes place on Wednesday afternoons and evenings throughout the summer, and on Sundays all year round. We are also an RYA Teaching Establishment, and offers a wide range of dinghy and powerboat related courses to our members.

Learn to Sail at RSC

At Ripon Sailing Club we offer you a quick, easy and safe way to learn to sail. We provide a range of courses to help you progress and make the most of your time afloat, whatever your age, ability or aspirations. We are a recognised RYA training establishment and the courses are taken by fully qualified RYA instructors who are volunteers. Our courses are for members only and run throughout the summer, with the final programmes of the year in September. Dates are published on the calendar and bookings are can be made for each course once the event is ‘open to book’.

A Few Words from the Commodore...

How did we get to July?!

This year is flying by and Ripon continues to be a busy place to be. In recent days there has been a second ‘sailing with spinnakers’ course which was enjoyed by those taking part – thanks to our dedicated volunteer training team, we are offering more to members in the way of courses, coaching and development than ever before!

Summer sees a lot of the regular events in our diaries coming up. It was great to see RSC sailors at the Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy and I am sure there will be a large contingent heading for Bass Week – we sadly can’t make it this year. I have just returned from Plas Heli having spent three days working with the Albacore Fleet (and Bernard Clark) laying marks, the picture next to this shows teh fleet heading back towards on day 2. It is worth noting that Plas Heli will be the venue for the RYA Youth Championships in 2020 – I hope to see some of you there.

Kickstarter takes a break for summer, but regular racers will soon be seeing kick starters on the line when it returns in September!

Remember – if you are sailing away this summer, please let us know and send us some photos for ST!!

Happy sailing!!