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’s a while since I’ve been at the club – it’s a busy summer for us as a family with a lot of sailing events to fit in during the long summer break that comes with GCSE year! We spent last week enjoying the sunshine and breeze at Ullswater YC for the Mirror Nationals, with Ellie sailing and Jennie and I working as part of the race management team. A quick dash home saw us drop the boat off and then head down to North West Norfolk where Ellie raced in an inter-club event 3 day event for Juniors. It’s an event which provides the chance to sail in two of the most stunning Norfolk ‘harbours’ and to passage race between the two on the middle day and although the starts were early (to catch the tides) there can be nothing nicer than slipping quietly along creeks in the early morning sun with only the other competitors and the wildlife for company. This time along with the many Egrets flying over the marsh a seal decided to swim alongside the boats, providing much amusement. Now we are home and I’m packing for our trip to the 420 Worlds in Newport RI. If anyone sees my Solo tell it I do still exist and will be back soon!

Have a wonderful summer, wherever your sailing takes you

Bernard