Midland Sailing Club describes mixed-fleet sailing and racing as suitable for novices as well as experienced sailors. Sail Birmingham's adult RYA Level 1 course is aimed at people with zero sailing knowledge and no previous experience, and the club says it can arrange a taster session with an experienced sailor for people who have not sailed before.
Training
The club says it is an RYA Recognised Training Centre. Sail Birmingham lists adult RYA Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 dinghy sailing courses at Midland Sailing Club, with Level 1 as the starting course for people with no previous experience.
Midland Sailing Club is a long-established Birmingham club at Edgbaston Reservoir offering dinghy sailing, racing, juniors, RYA training, Sailability and community watersports through Sail Birmingham.
The Midland Sailing Club about page says the club can arrange a taster session with an experienced sailor for people who have not sailed before. A previously checked Sail Birmingham taster URL now returns a not-found page, so no taster-session price or online taster booking route is claimed.
The club describes itself as family friendly and says under-18s can learn through Saturday OnBoard sessions. Sail Birmingham and Midland Sailing Club are members of the RYA OnBoard scheme, run regular junior sessions, and state that RYA youth sailing requires no previous experience.
Access
Sail Birmingham runs a Sailability programme at Midland Sailing Club for people of all ages and abilities, including people with additional needs and long-term conditions. The Sailability pages describe adaptive boats, trained instructors and volunteers, wheelchair-accessible pontoon and hoist support, accessible changing rooms, lift access and wide walkways.
Costs
Costs, membership, and boats
Prices
Membership fees valid from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026 are listed as family GBP 370/year, adult GBP 285/year, junior GBP 75/year, student GBP 75/year, mid-week adult GBP 144/year, social single GBP 63/year and social couple GBP 105/year. Member-only annual boat storage is listed from GBP 40 for an outdoor road trailer to GBP 275 for an indoor boat. Sail Birmingham currently lists adult RYA Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 sailing courses at GBP 180 each, and Sailability adult sessions at GBP 5 where prices are shown.
The club states that members can hire club boats, including Optimists, Toppers, RS Fevas, a GP14, Enterprise, Lasers and Laser 2000s. This appears to be member club-boat use rather than public boat hire, and no hire price was found on the checked official pages.
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