Community sailing, Traditional sailing, Dinghy sailing, Youth sailing, Boat handling, Rowing, RYA course hosting
Beginner
The club explicitly invites people who would like to learn sailing or boating, says its main aim is to help people get afloat, and says adults who wish to learn can arrange to go out in the Lugger and be shown the ropes.
Training
The club says it saw the need to teach people how to sail, has been running classes in Port Rae since 2013, is RYA affiliated, and has provided school-summer-holiday instruction courses for youngsters run by Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust. RYA affiliation was found, but no specific claim that RYA courses are currently offered.
Rosehearty Community Boat Club is an RYA-affiliated community boat club offering recreational sailing, traditional boats and youth sailing activity at sheltered Port Rae.
No explicit current taster session or open day information was found on the official pages checked. The site invites people to call or join if they would like to learn, and rowing copy says people will not know if it suits them until they try, but this is not a published taster/open-day offer.
Membership is open to families, individual adults, and children. The sailing page says youngsters have been introduced to sailing through school-summer-holiday instruction courses, and the boats page lists youth-suitable boats including Toppers and Optimists.
Access· Unclear
No specific accessibility, disability access, changing access, pontoon access, or adapted sailing information was found on the official pages checked.
Costs
Costs, membership, and boats
Prices
Membership prices are published: families GBP 30 per year, individual adults GBP 20 per year, and individual juniors under 16 GBP 10 per year. No separate prices for sailing courses, tasters, or boat hire were found.
Official site describes a voluntary charity providing recreational sailing and community boating, with Toppers, Optimists, traditional sailing boats and youth courses run by Aberdeenshire Sailing Trust.
The club lists several club boats and says experienced adult sailors can arrange to use boats at suitable times, while youngsters who graduate from courses can arrange to use small boats. No public boat-hire offer or hire pricing was found.
Facilities
Facilities and equipment
RIB safety support· SafetyYole· OtherParking· AccessClubhouse· ClubhouseDrascombe Lugger· OtherMotorhome aire facilities· OtherPort Rae sheltered water· OtherOptimists· OtherToppers· Other
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