+30 210 72 33 093Mon-Fri: 10.00am - 18.00pm
Type
Sailing / Yacht Club
Contact Person
BWSC Secretary
Marina
Bristol Sailing
Members
45
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History
The Baltic Wharf Sailing Club is a small, informal, RYA affiliated Bristol sailing boat club, sailing & racing many classes within the floating harbour in the heart of an historic city. We enjoy spending time on the water and improving our sailing through racing. Racing is friendly, yet competitive, and provides a challenge for both beginners and experienced sailors. We try hard to provide a supportive environment for our newer members and encourage everyone to come along to our regular non-sailing social occasions throughout the year, so all new members can quickly start to sail at Baltic Wharf! The club meets at Bristol Docks on Saturday afternoons for the main weekly sail racing event. We're quite relaxed with regards to the racing rules for beginners & have yet to resort to things like protest committees. For this reason, we've found Baltic Wharf to be a great club with which to start & pursue a sailing interest as a comparatively cheap hobby. During the summer months we also organise evening dinghy sailing sessions every Thursday. Depending on numbers & what sailors want to do, evenings can be sailed as a race or cruise. Generally, most evenings are sailed as a race with a view, by most members, to gaining an extra trophy at the annual prize giving! Evening sailing is normally followed, as are most club meetings, by food and a drink at the Cottage Inn on the waterside. In addition to racing we also host a Wednesday cruising program, which is great if you've some extra time on your hands. As there's likely other member's sailing, the idea is that there'll be help on hand if you need advice or assistance while you're on the water. There's also usually either a sandwich or pub stop at some point in the day... The club's Powerboat is always available to assist sailors & dinghies during all club water sports to make sure everyone's well covered if they need help or advice. Most members try to regularly practice & learn to drive the motor boat as a bit of an extracurricular activity, so anyone can help when they can while having a bit of extra fun & gaining a few transferable skills at the same time! Interested in joining, Bristol sailing, or to come along and try racing? Let's see what else we've got... We're really easy to get to by road, train, bus, bike & foot; there's a train station just down the road, picturesque central cycle routes, regular bus links and a great circular walk around a famous Bristol Harbour. To make a whole family & friends day out of visiting BWSC you can also see Bristol's latest attractions such as The SS Great Britain & Brunel Institute, M Shed, steam cranes, the Arnolfini Gallery & Café, Spike Island, the City Center Fountains and take city bus tours all around the same harbour as the club! For non-members & anyone interested we've also got all our latest news, updates and try club sailing events on Facebook!
Street
Cumberland Road
Post Code
BS1 6XG
City
Bristol
State
Bristol
Country
United Kingdom
Phone
07950894217
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