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 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!
Saturday night anchorage TBC to suit weather close to date, but expected to be one of Port Ramsay, Achadun Bay or Bernera Bay on Lismore or possibly Camus Nathais on the mainland.
Making use of similar tide times to our former ‘Ardgour Double’ day of yacht racing there and back, this brings an interesting ‘mini adventure’ through the tidal gates at Ballachulish Bridge and Corran Narrows with visitors’ moorings and the option of a nice pub lunch but, as a muster rather than racing event, is of course open to Club craft of all kinds.
Local goes from Glencoe Boat Club to the 2024 America’s Cup!
We’d like to share some fantastic news regarding a great achievement by a young sailor from Glencoe.
J Class Barcelona Regatta. Hosted by Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, one week before the America’s Cup 2024 final.
@ Sailing Energy / J Class
11 October, 2024
Ruaridh Mills, who was born and brought up locally in Ballachulish, started his sailing career at Glencoe Boat Club in the successful Community sailing program. Ruaridh went on to sail with his family and others locally before representing GBR in the Scottish Sailing Squad both in the UK and overseas.
More recently Ruaridh has been racing at the 2024 America’s Cup in Barcelona as a professional sailor on one of the World’s most famous racing yachts, the J class Velsheda.
We’re delighted to see Ruaridh sail Velsheda which came 2nd in the J class Barcelona Regatta 2024, and were awarded Overall Winners of the 2024 season.
Take a bow Ruaridh, we’re all very proud of you and your magnificent achievements.