ClubCoastalCaernarfon, GwyneddMenai Strait and Irish Sea
Royal Welsh Yacht Club
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Yacht cruising, Cruising in company, Sailing experiences, RYA training, Menai Strait regattas, Rowing, Social activity
Beginner
The club says applicants do not need to own a boat, newcomers may row or sail free in two taster sessions, and it promotes free day-sailing access for novice crew through the Guillemot Trust partnership. Its RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship course is described as a basic introduction for anyone new to boating.
Training
RWYC states it became an RYA Recognised Training Centre in 2024 for shore-based navigation courses: Essential Navigation and Seamanship, Day Skipper Theory, and Yachtmaster Theory. The RYA listing confirms Training Centre services for navigation courses including Essential Navigation and Seamanship, Day Skipper Theory, and Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Theory.
Royal Welsh Yacht Club is a historic Caernarfon yacht club on the Menai Strait, with cruising, Menai Strait regatta activity, sailing experiences, RYA training links and rowing.
The membership page says newcomers may row or sail free in two taster sessions before being invited to join if they wish to continue. The sailing-experiences page also describes free day-sailing access for groups of up to three novice crew through the Guillemot Trust, arranged via a booking system.
The club publishes age-based adult membership categories from 18 plus and says full and senior members can add a partner or family member as a linked member, but no current official junior sailing programme, children-specific training, or family sailing offer was found.
Access· Unclear
No current official information was found about wheelchair access, disabled facilities, Sailability, or specific access-needs support.
Costs
Costs, membership, and boats
Prices
Membership pricing is published via the club's linked MemberMojo form: Initial age 18-25 GBP 30, Intermediate age 26-35 GBP 72, Full age 36-64 GBP 144, Senior age 65 plus GBP 72, Social age 18 plus GBP 60, Overseas age 18 plus GBP 72. The page also lists Honorary and Temporary as Free and says paid memberships expire 31/12/2026. No separate current prices were found for RYA courses, taster sessions, or club boat use.
Official site welcomes visiting sailors and says people without boats can contact the sailing, training or rowing contacts. Members-only content contains the current yearbook.
The club does not present this as commercial boat hire, but full non-social membership includes use of club-owned boats. The listed craft include three Celtic Sea Rowing Longboats, two Yoles, a Whilly, a Caledonian Yawl with trailers and safety gear, and a RIB for safety boat use. The homepage also directs people without a boat to contact the sailing, training, or rowing addresses.
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