Club Sailing Calendar 2025 is now live for Glencoe Boat Club
We are delighted to announce that after months of preparation led by volunteer and Vice commodore Peter, your club is set to see sailing activity return to the club. The Club sailing calendar 2025 is now live for Glencoe Boat Club!
It has been a challenge, as it has been for many club to reinstate activity post lockdown period, but we have done it thanks to Peters commitment, enthusiasm and determination. With support from the RYA Scotland, and from volunteer committee member for members events, Pam. Team work is making the dream work, and we invite all sailors to update your calendar!
Please note that motor boats and other vessels are also welcome to engage in sailing events, although only sailing yachts can compete in the Round Balnagowan Race.
You can find all sailing activity dates for 2025 on the Club website calendar.
You you can put any questions or suggestions about sailing activity to Vice Commodore Peter Duggan at anytime.
Summary of club sailing calendar 2025
Here is a summary of the events now published for your diaries. You can add directly to your diary form the events calendar on the Glencoe Boat Club website.
| May – Aug | Wednesday nights | Loch Leven sailing |
| Thursday 19 June | Evening muster | Camas na h-Eirghe/Lochleven Seafood Café |
| Saturday 26 July | Day muster | Ardgour |
| (Sunday 27 July) | (Day muster reserve date) | Ardgour |
| Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 August | Weekend over night muster | Lismore |
| Saturday 23 August | Race day (sailing yachts) | Round Balnagowan Race |
| (Sunday 24 August) | (Race day reserve date) | Round Balnagowan Race |
An additional Saturday/Sunday, or weekend event for May could also be arranged more informally if members would like that. Please let the Vice Commodore know.
Glencoe Regatta also set to return 2026!
We are also delighted to share that the much love Glencoe Regatta is set to return in 2026, when we hope and expect to see the traditional ‘three in a row’ progression from Oban through Glencoe to Lochaber restored.
Preparations are underway
We’re currently auditing the condition and readiness of all Club sailing dinghies as well as looking at tuition possibilities, although this would be arranged to suit availability of instructors and appropriate Club volunteers and wouldn’t necessarily be on Wednesdays. If you are interested in learning to sail, please contact the Vice Commodore to be added to the information list about this at .
Sailors, please also consider joining our informal ‘GBC Sail & Power’ WhatsApp group for both Club updates and quick communication among boat owners and crews; you can do this through Peter or fellow Sailing Officer Fraser Houston, at . If you do not use WhatsApp, please let Peter and Fraser know on the sailing@ email address, this will not exclude you at all!
We hope to see many of you on the water soon.
New members welcome
If you would like to join Glencoe Boat Club and enjoy participation in this sailing activity, and or boating, kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, coastal rowing or fishing you can find membership details and how to apply here.
To see what we’d like to see again, check out my 2008 and 2009 Regatta galleries at:
https://www.petestack.com/sailing/reports/2008/glencoe/
And:
https://www.petestack.com/sailing/reports/2009/glencoe/.
Not the most recent Regattas, but the last I photographed like this!
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