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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

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

Sailing Committee June Update

Wednesday Night Racing: It has been great to see so many boats out racing on Wednesday nights, including new members and Junior sailors. Sailing Programme: There have been a couple of amendments to this on 22nd June / 13th July due to not being able to get a RO for one of the specialist Trophy Days, please see the calendar online. Events : Elton Sailing Club . Battle of the More »

14 Jun 2025

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Upcoming events

Aug 23	12:00pm - 2025 Saturday Social Sailing » Saturday Social Sailing 14 Enjoy a relaxed and informal sailing session where the water
Aug 24	12:00pm - 2025 Late Summer Handicap » Day 3 Late Summer Handicap is a Handicap series of 5 events
Aug 27	6:40pm - 2025 Autumn Pursuit » Race 5 Tera Sport First start @ 18:40 Race finish 20:00
Aug 30	10:00am - 2025 Open Meetings » NSCA - Northern Area Solo Open
Aug 30	7:00pm - Private Function
Aug 31	2025 Elton Club Championship Club Championship - NoR, SI and more info to follow
Sep 3	6:40pm - 2025 Autumn Pursuit » Race 6 Tera Sport First start @ 18:40 Race finish 20:00
Sep 4	6:00pm - 2025 Junior Training » Junior Training 13