Welcome to South Windermere Sailing Club
Our family friendly club has been on the shore of Windermere for over 50 years. We have a fantastic new club house at the National Trust’s Fell Foot Park on the southern tip of the lake.
Our aim is to provide a friendly club that encourages both adults and juniors to have fun on the water.
SWSC is an RYA affiliated club that runs an extensive sailing program to suit all ages and abilities. Junior sailing and fun sails take place on Saturday mornings, with relaxed racing on Saturday afternoons. A full race program operates on Sundays; this includes handicap racing, fleet racing, a number of long distance races and Pursuit Races. Junior training, and informal coaching offered on Saturday mornings. During the summer the club organises two separate weeks of sailing; Family Week and Regatta Week. Members are able to store their boats within a dinghy park during the sailing season, enabling easy launching and the use of two wooden jetties.
The sailing program is complemented by a number of social events that take place in our outstanding setting.
Latest news
Update on Club Activities in light of Covid-19
In light of measures to protect people's health put in place by the National Trust at Fell Foot, and in line with guidance from the RYA and the government, we unfortunately must cancel all club activity until further notice. The Fell Foot Active Base will be closed as of Friday, March 20, including the changing rooms and toilets. People may still work on their boats and sail individually, being responsible for More »
Published 21:34 on 18 Mar 2020
Wintermere Open Cancelled (update March 17)
Due to the latest guidelines, the Open on March 22 has had to be cancelled. More »
Published 21:41 on 5 Mar 2020
Boats for sale from SWSC members
A GP 14 and RS Feva are currently for sale from Club members. More »
Published 21:35 on 5 Mar 2020
2019 Award Winners
Sixty-five trophies were awarded to South Windermere Sailing Club members at our annual celebration dinner and prizegiving, held on 26 October at the Newby Bridge Hotel. In addition to 59 trophies for racing (including a number of new awards this season), six "Commodore's choice" awards were handed out. Congratulations to all! Winner 2019 Trophy Series Alison More »
Published 11:41 on 27 Oct 2019
Upcoming events
| Apr 11 |
10:00 - Messing about in boats & Safet… |
| Apr 12 |
11:00 - Easter Weekend Series - Race 1… |
| Apr 18 |
10:00 - Messing about in boats & Ladie… |
| Apr 19 |
11:00 - April Meeting - Race 1, 2 & 3 |
| Apr 25 |
10:00 - Messing about in boats /Junior… |
| Apr 25 |
15:00 - Afternoon Club Social |
| Apr 26 |
11:00 - Sunday A Series Race 2 & B Ser… |
| May 2 |
10:00 - Messing about in Boats / Race… |
| May 3 |
11:00 - May Day Series - Race 1, 2 & 3… |
| May 7 |
18:30 - Evening Social Sailingno formal safety boat cover all sailors responsible for themselves |
