Verified by the clubClub checked this info on 17 Jul 2026
About this club
Emsworth Sailing Club is currently full, with an estimated 2–3 year wait for membership. Applications are accepted and added to the waiting list.
The club is based at Bath Road on Chichester Harbour and offers dinghy racing, yacht cruising and racing, training, powerboat activity, social sailing, junior sailing, rowing, and clubhouse facilities.
Start
Can a beginner start here?
Dinghy racing, Yacht cruising, Yacht racing, Powerboating, Social sailing, Rowing
Beginner
The club says it provides sailing opportunities for members of all ages and abilities, including training to learn or improve sailing skills. Its sail training page says ESC is an RYA-recognised training centre and can progress sailors from novice to competent racer standards. The club is currently full, with an estimated 2–3 year wait for membership, although applications are still accepted for the waiting list. Non-members may join RYA training, but the club must maintain a majority of members, so non-member places may be limited.
Training
ESC is an RYA-recognised training centre. It offers junior RYA Youth Training Scheme courses from Year 2 age, advanced modules such as Start Racing and Sailing with Spinnakers, adult RYA Sailing Scheme courses and bespoke training for members. Non-members may join RYA training, but the club must maintain a majority of members, so non-member places may be limited. The 2026 training booking page lists current RYA sailing and powerboat training events.
Beginner
Training
Juniors
Emsworth Sailing Club is currently full, with an estimated 2–3 year wait for membership. Applications are accepted and added to the waiting list. The Chichester Harbour club offers dinghy racing, yacht cruising and racing, training, powerboat activity, social sailing, junior sailing, rowing, and clubhouse facilities.
No current official sailing taster session, discover sailing day, or open day was found in the reviewed official sailing, training, booking, junior, and membership pages. The official booking page does list scheduled training events, but those are not presented as beginner taster sessions.
The club has an active junior section for all levels, from young sailors going afloat for the first time on the millpond to racers. Its junior programme includes RYA courses, confidence-building children's sailing events, junior racing, club races suitable for younger participants and novice racers, COW Week for member juniors, and family racing events.
Access· Unclear
No current official accessibility-specific sailing information was found in the reviewed official club, training, junior, hire, membership, and facilities pages. The site does publish general contact details, so access questions would need direct confirmation from the club.
Costs
Costs, membership, and boats
Prices
The official site has a current '2026 Subscriptions and Dues' page with a downloadable 2026 ESC Subscriptions and Dues PDF. Exact prices are not repeated here because the PDF text could not be extracted reliably in this environment.
The club is currently full. Applications are accepted and added to the waiting list, with an estimated wait of 2–3 years. The club provides sailing opportunities for members of all ages and abilities, including competitive dinghy racing, yachting, training, powerboat skills, and social sailing.
ESC says it has a growing hire fleet of dinghies and also hires SUPs, kayaks and windsurfers. Listed craft include Optimist, RS Tera Sport, RS Feva, 420, Laser, 2000, Laser Bahia, Chichester Scow, kayak, SUP, windsurfer and a Celtic Long Boat for organised coxed rowing. Hire is for club members and must follow the published terms and guidelines.
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