CharityInlandPerry, Huntingdon, CambridgeshireGrafham Water
Grafham Water Sailing Club
Beginner
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Dinghy sailing, Dinghy racing, Windsurfing, Day keelboats, Small cruisers, RYA training, Youth coaching, Taster sessions
Beginner
Grafham Water Sailing Club presents itself as beginner-friendly. The join page says it welcomes beginners and offers a pathway from novice to racer, while the adult learn-to-sail page says the training school can take adults from complete beginner to competent sailor. Youth training is described for ages 8-17 from complete beginner to competent sailor.
Training
The club says it is an RYA recognised Training Centre and offers RYA certified training courses for dinghy and keelboat sailing, windsurfing and powerboating. The home page also says its training school offers taster sessions and full RYA courses in sailing, windsurfing and powerboating, open to the public; booking/course listings are embedded through WebCollect, which showed a cookie barrier during this check.
The home page says the training school offers taster sessions, and the site has a Taster Sessions booking page embedded from WebCollect. A current 2026 Grafham/WebCollect joining-information PDF refers to booked sailing or taster sessions and says boats and buoyancy aids are supplied. Exact taster availability and prices were not visible because WebCollect showed a cookie barrier during this check.
Day keelboats· ActivityDinghy racing· ActivityDinghy sailing· ActivityRYA training· TrainingSmall cruisers· ActivityTaster sessions· ServiceWindsurfing· ActivityYouth coaching· Training
Suitability
Juniors, families, and accessibility
Juniors
The club describes itself as family-friendly and says it caters for families. Youth learn-to-sail is offered for ages 8-17 from complete beginner to competent sailor, and Team Grafham is described as for young sailors aged 8 upwards who have achieved RYA Stage 2. The club was also recognised as an RYA British Sailing Pathway Club for developing young sailors.
Access
The club states that it promotes accessibility for people of all backgrounds, ages, abilities and experience levels, and says training courses and activities can be adapted where possible. The site also identifies an outside disabled toilet. Detailed step-free access, changing-room accessibility and visitor access guidance were not found on current official pages during this check.
Costs
Costs, sessions, and boats
Prices
Current visible official prices include a 2026 new-member special offer for the full membership year 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027: Adult 30+ £220.50, sailing partner at same address £73.50, Family £294.00, Senior 66+ £176.50, Youth 18-30 £55.00, Junior 8-17 £55.00, non-sailing adult £49.50, non-sailing youth £14.00, non-sailing partner of sailing or non-sailing adult FOC, and junior 6-17 child of Sailing Adult £14.00. Club boat/board hire prices visible on the club site are £15 per session for Pico, Topper, RS Tera, Funboat, Laser Radial, Laser Standard or sailboard, and £25 per session for 2000, Dart 16, Laser Stratos or Large SUP, with a £5 discount for Team Grafham, Club Coaching or Let's Go Windsurfing. Membership and course prices inside WebCollect were not reliably visible because WebCollect showed a cookie barrier during this check.
Official site describes a family-friendly Cambridgeshire club on Grafham Water with dinghies, windsurfers, day keelboats and small cruisers. It is an RYA Recognised Training Centre and offers public taster sessions and RYA courses.
Club boats and boards are available for hire by competent club members when not used for training courses. The stated minimum experience is RYA Level 2, Stage 2 or equivalent. Sessions are morning, afternoon or evening for up to 3 hours, with bookings through the office. The new-members page also says club boats are available to members with RYA Level 2 adult or Stage 2 under-18.
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