Introduction
Welcome to Swarkestone Sailing Club. We offer great opportunities, from youngsters beginning their journey into the sport of sailing to Sailors with a little more experience taking their first steps into racing. We can also offer challenging racing for the more experienced sailor. Swarkestone Sailing Club is a great place for everyone from beginners to experienced sailors.
We also offer membership for those who enjoy stand up paddle boarding. The lake has many interesting areas to explore and a variety of different water birds.
<Become a member of Swarkestone Sailing Club or attend an RYA Training Course or just enjoy stand up paddle boarding around the lake.
Learn to sail
Swarkestone Sailing Club is a long established RYA Training centre, we offer courses covering a range of abilities for Adults, Juniors, Sailability and those wishing to get involved with safety boats. We also regularly put forward members of our club for Assistant instructor, Dinghy instructor and Senior instructor courses. All of our instructors are volunteers, and are quite happy to take out less experienced sailors.
Adult RYA Dinghy Level One and Two
At Swarkestone we run the adult RYA level 1 & 2 Dinghy Sailing course, usually once a year. The course will commence with an introductory session on a weekday evening, followed by the practical part of the course over the following weekends.
Were very excited to
announce that booking for our 2025 RYA, Adult level 1 & 2 Dinghy Sailing
Course is now open. What a better way to kick off your plans for 2025 than
learning to sail with us, at Swarkestone Sailing Club.
This years course dates are
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Evening introduction 18th
March,
Practicals on 29th &
30th March, 5th & 6th April, 12th & 13th April (if needed)
More details are contained
on the booking form, but please email us at swarkestonesctraining@gmail.com
if you would like any further information,
Click here to register for RYA Sailing Course
Juniors
Swarkestone Sailing Club provides young sailors of all abilities with a safe, fun and welcoming environment in which to sail. We give them the opportunity to develop their skills and experience through the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme and progressing through to advanced modules and Instructing Qualifications. Junior sailing is available to all members aged 5 to 18, sailors aged 5 to 9 must be accompanied by an adult. The sessions run on selected Saturdays, with 3 addition junior trophy days during the year and our very popular Junior and Squad Weeks during the Summer. We have a very active junior section and regularly have 15-20 sailors participating.
Juniors can start sailing on any junior Saturday, no previous experience is necessary.
We are very proud of all of our sailors and the progress that they have made, especially those who have represented the club at Opens, the Derbyshire Youth Sailing Series, National Schools Sailing Association events and National and International regattas.
Please contact Joanne at swarkestonetraining@gmail.com if you are interested. Places must be booked in advance.
Power Boat Course
RYA Power Boat and Safety Boat Course
Throughout the year we offer the RYA Power Boat Level 1 and 2, and the RYA Safety Boat Course.
New dates will be out soon.
Contact training on swarkestonetraining@gmail.com if you would like any further information.
Sailability
Disabled members are an integral part of the club and club life and are welcomed by this, the friendliest of clubs. The Sailability Project has helped disabled adults and children find new levels of freedom and also encourages disabled people to compete in all aspects of racing and club life.
The group meet on Wednesdays throughout the sailing season and can sail in our specially adapted dinghies, some of which have been adapted to enable the most severely disabled members to sail.
