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ClubCoastalPortsmouth, HampshireLangstone Harbour and the Solent

Tudor Sailing Club

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Tudor Sailing Club is a Langstone Harbour club on Eastern Road in Portsmouth, with dinghy cruising and racing, cruiser activity, club-owned dinghies, junior and family access, and a self-help membership model.

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Can a beginner start here?

Dinghy cruising, Dinghy racing, Yacht cruising, Yacht racing

Beginner
Tudor Sailing Club presents dinghy sailing as a good starting point for beginners and says its dinghy section provides friendly support for novice sailors. Its cadet page says junior sessions cater for all abilities from complete novices, and its club boat page lists several beginner-suitable boats. The club also describes itself as family friendly and welcoming to prospective members.
Training
The club explicitly says it does not offer RYA training courses and is not an RYA recognised training centre. However, it says members provide friendly novice support, junior cadets receive supervised recreational sailing rather than structured tuition, and some tuition/coaching is provided by member instructors. Tudor points members wanting RYA courses to Andrew Simpson Watersports Centre, with discounted courses for TSC members.
Taster
A linked official Tudor Sailing Club Discovery Day page advertises a Discover/Re-discover Sailing day with dinghy and yacht taster sails, gig rowing, kayaking, tours, bar and BBQ. The visible date is Saturday 6 June, which is already past as of this check on 2026-06-14; no later future taster date was found in the reviewed official pages. The main membership page also lists prospective members evenings through 2026 for people to meet the committee and ask questions, but these are information evenings rather than confirmed on-water tasters.

Activity tags

Dinghy cruising· ActivityDinghy racing· ActivityYacht cruising· ActivityYacht racing· Activity

Suitability

Juniors, families, and accessibility

Juniors
The club describes itself as family orientated and family friendly. It has a cadet section for junior members aged 8 to 18, running Wednesday evening sailing from late April to early September, with club boats available. The Discovery Day page says there are club boats suitable for cadets, adults or families and notes no on-water activities for under 5s at that event.
Access· Unclear
The reviewed official pages mention a long shallow slipway, access at all tide states, and dinghy sailing as an activity for people of all abilities, but they do not give specific accessibility information such as step-free access, accessible toilets/changing, disability sailing support, or adapted equipment.

Costs

Costs, membership, and boats

Prices

The membership portal publishes 2026 fees: individual membership from GBP 57 under 26, GBP 163 over 26, and GBP 100 senior; family membership from GBP 82 under 26, GBP 232 over 26, and GBP 131 senior; cadet membership GBP 69; joining fee GBP 63; key deposit GBP 25. It also lists dinghy/kayak compound fees, harbour permits, moorings, cruiser compound and other charges, and notes some season ticket prices are TBC. The cadet page states cadet club boat use costs GBP 2 per person per session, while the Discovery Day page says club boats are available to members for a small fee of GBP 4-GBP 10.

Membership

Official pages describe membership categories, club-owned dinghies, family access to the sport, cruisers, racing, juniors, and a self-help club model. The dinghy page states that Tudor does not offer RYA training courses.

Boat hire
Tudor Sailing Club has club boats available for members to hire/book, including sailing dinghies, kayaks, SUPs and rowing gigs. The club boat page lists named dinghies such as Wayfarer, Wanderer, RS Fevas, RS Quba, Topaz, Pico, RS Teras and Optimists, with booking links via the members system and usage rules. The cadet page also says cadets can use club boats for GBP 2 per person per session.

Facilities

Facilities and equipment

Boat storage· StorageClub dinghies· OtherCompound· OtherClubhouse· ClubhouseSlipway· Launch

Location

Portsmouth · 6 nearby clubs mapped

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Trust

Sources and data quality

Data status
Verified
Find Watersports check
14 Jun 2026
Club verification
Not listed
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