Loch Venachar Sailing Club explicitly supports beginners: the FAQ says people do not need to know how to sail before applying and can learn as members, the home page says the club has been an RYA Training Centre since 1995, and 2026 news lists adult beginner modules and young sailor courses suitable for children with no experience.
Training
The club is an accredited RYA Training Centre and says it can run courses to all RYA Dinghy Syllabus levels, with adult RYA Levels 1 and 2, junior RYA Stages 1 to 3, intermediate/specialist modules, and RYA powerboat courses. Current 2026 news lists RYA Training Weekends on 25-26 July and 5-6 September with Adult Dinghy Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Seamanship, Start Racing and Spinnaker modules.
Loch Venachar Sailing Club is a members' club on Loch Venachar at Invertrossachs, offering family sailing, racing, RYA training, powerboat courses and accessible sailing through its Sailability section.
No current official public sailing taster session, open day, or try-sailing date was found. The Sailability page says specific Come and Try It events are being arranged and will be notified in due course, but that is not a current dated availability. The club does advertise training courses and member mentoring sessions, but those were not treated as public taster sessions.
The club presents itself as a family club and says its philosophy is to make sailing available to all. Membership includes family, junior/student and cadet categories, young sailors are welcome, and current 2026 Young Sailor Stage 1-4 courses are advertised for children, including those with no experience.
Access
The club has an active Sailability offer. The home page says the Sailability section aims to make sailing accessible to disabled people, the club page says Sailability seeks to help people with a disability get on the water, and the Sailability page says Challenger boats are intended to be available from midday on Sunday afternoons through the club season, with a named contact for use of boats.
Costs
Costs, membership, and boats
Prices
The membership page lists 2026 membership fees: Family GBP 235, Adult & Partner GBP 200, Single Adult GBP 150, Junior/Student GBP 55, Cadet GBP 35, and Social Member GBP 65. It also lists 2026 berthing fees: Dinghy GBP 45, and Topper rack-stored, Oppie, paddleboard, canoe or sailboard GBP 25.
Official site says membership is open to everyone and lists adult, family, junior/student and cadet categories; club is members-only outside advertised training and public activities.
Boat hire is available to members only, not to non-members or the general public. The home page says the club cannot hire boats or equipment to non-members. The FAQ says the club has a small fleet of dinghies available for members to hire when not needed for training, mainly for training courses and new sailors, and the club fleet page says club dinghies are available to members for occasional hires.
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