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...

It has been a busy few months at RSC and for me personally – apologies for not updating my section sooner!

April and May have seen a flurry of activity at the club, our training team have been busy delivering sailing courses to members and I am delighted to have been helping with this – I gained my DI qualification with help from the Andrew Simpson foundation and I love getting out to teach when I can. I have also spent time assisting at the RYA Youth National event as well as the Eric Twiname Championships. Both events saw sailors from Ripon SC competing and they were a credit to our club.

Early May saw our annual Push the Boat Out event in conjunction with the RYA national campaign. We were thrilled to welcome over 160 visitors to our club and many have now become members – welcome to you all! I look forward to spending time helping you get to grips with life at RSC!

Later in June we have the Commodores weekend (22nd and 23rd June) – look out for information on this in Starboard Tack – it is a great chance to come down to the club and join in whether that be on the water or joining us for the official deck opening.

Finally, June see’s the national volenteers week come around. This is the perfect opportunity for me to thank every single person that contributes to the running of our club – there are far too many to name, but you know who you are – THANK YOU!