Dinghy sailing, Keelboat sailing, Cruising, Racing, RYA courses, Powerboat training, Come and try sessions, Social sailing
Beginner
Lochaber Yacht Club presents itself as beginner-friendly: the home page welcomes people who want to learn to sail, offers a GBP 10 come-and-try session, and says Thursday night at 6pm is enough to get started with wet trainers, wetsuits, buoyancy aids, helmets and boats provided. The learn-to-sail, events and join pages also describe Thursday club sessions during the April to September season for learning to sail.
Training
The club says it is an RYA training centre and a recognised RYA teaching establishment. It trains members through the RYA Dinghy Youth and Dinghy Adult syllabuses, runs club sessions for learning keelboats and dinghies, and says it runs RYA Level 1 and 2 Powerboat and RYA Safety Boat courses for club members.
Lochaber Yacht Club is a Fort William family sailing club and RYA training centre on Loch Linnhe, with dinghies, keelboats, come-and-try sessions, cruising, racing and powerboat training.
The official pages advertise a GBP 10 come-and-try or temporary session. The home page says to pay GBP 10 for a come-and-try session and come along on Thursday night at 6pm, the learn-to-sail page says there is a single come-and-try session for GBP 10, and the events page directs people who want to join or come and try to complete the membership form.
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Suitability
Juniors, families, and accessibility
Juniors
The club describes itself as a family sailing club, says it does everything it can to get young people involved, lists a Junior Rep and Sea Cadet Rep, and includes junior, family, country junior and junior boat-storage membership/fee categories. Thursday club nights also include Sea Cadets.
Access
The official pages provide limited but current accessibility evidence: the home page says progression within the club is accessible to everyone, and the about page says the clubhouse has good changing rooms including facilities for disabled people. The site also uses current homepage imagery labelled as Challenger sailing dinghies for people with disabilities, but no detailed current Sailability programme page was found.
Costs
Costs, membership, and boats
Prices
The join page lists current membership fees: Adult GBP 175, Junior GBP 63, Family including children under 16 GBP 255, full-time student under 25 GBP 95, UHI student first or second semester GBP 47, Country adult GBP 121, Country Junior GBP 31, Country Family GBP 154, Come and Try/Temporary GBP 10, Unemployed adult GBP 53, Unemployed family GBP 63, Social GBP 78, and Come and Try GBP 10 for one session refunded if the person joins as a full member. It also lists boat storage fees from GBP 31 to GBP 106 depending on boat/storage type.
Official site says the club is an RYA training centre, welcomes new members, offers come-and-try sessions and has dinghies, keelboats, wetsuits, buoyancy aids and helmets.
The official site supports a narrow yes: boats are available for club/member/event use, but no standalone public hire price was found. The home page says the club has dinghies and keelboats for members' use and says visitors to open events may attend with their own boat or borrow one of the club's boats. The learn-to-sail page says club sessions include boats, and identifies a large dinghy fleet plus a club Soling keelboat used for teaching.
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