We are ensuring great tender care this autumn, 2024!
We need to do a full stock take of all tenders stored at the club.
Would members please mark their boats name on their tender stored at the club by 30 September.
We currently have 22 tenders at the club, however only 14 boats. With members cooperation, we shall have this all ship shape by end September ready for autumn winter storage to get under way!
Non marked tenders by end September ,will then be removed and disposed of.
If you are not able to access the club to resolve marking your tender, please notify with the details, who will liaise with locally based members to mark it for you.
“It’s been a packed past month, between the big boat action of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in Oban, and the Olympic sailing which has just wrapped up – not to mention the wealth of club and centre activity that’s on the go, regardless of what weather our Scottish summer throws at us.
Everyone surely enjoyed all the excitement and drama of the Paris 2024 Olympics, especially the sailing events in Marseille. While Team GB may not be bringing home as many medals as we would like, there have certainly been some impressive and memorable performances. All our Olympians should be proud of their accomplishments, as we are.
Members of Glencoe Boat Club enjoyed being part of the start of the final leg of the 2024 Round The World Clipper Race, from a blustery hillside near Dunstaffnage maria by Oban this month!. Corrag our Skiff set out on the water, joined with crews from Lorn, Appin and Isle of Seil Coastal Rowing Clubs for a grand day out on the water. What an experience!
Musters are back! While your new GBC Sailing Officers have plans for diverse musters and the phased reintroduction of a keelboat racing programme over 2025–6, we felt it important to be able to offer something this season and have settled on a day muster to Ardgour.
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.
Facts and Figures for Planning
Our proposed date of Saturday 17 Augustsuits this particular trip, with Oban tide times and heights as follows:
RYA are inviting clubs, Sailability providers, class associations, charities and club-based training centres to join them again this autumn for a series of free conferences and development workshops.
Online booking will be launched in September. The Scotland ‘Connected Event’ will run 2-3 November.
Lochaber Yacht Clubhas kindly issued an invitation for Glencoe Boat Club members; anyone at Glencoe Boat Club who is keen on doing a bit of evening racing at Lochaber is invited to join them there on Monday nights .
Glencoe Boat Club has a plan to get sailing musters and racing back on the calendar, and so member Peter W thought he may not be the only one keen to take Lochaber up on their kind invitation to get some practice in!
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Save the date for this years annual ‘On the Water’ weekend!
Glencoe Boat Club is throwing open its doors to everyone to try something new. Open to non members, visitors and members, 13th and 14th July 2024. 10am – 4pm each day.
Try something new!
DISCOVER SAILING AT GLENCOE BOAT CLUB
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Looking for a new way to get outdoors and get active? Trying to find something you can enjoy together as a family? Want some fun and adventure? Want to discover the magic of Glencoe from a different perspective… on the loch?! …
If your answers are yes, and you are in or near Glencoe this July, we are inviting you, your friends, and your family to come and try sailing, rowing, kayaking, paddleboarding, canoeing, fishing or wild swimming for free.
Whether you’re completely new to any of these sport ,or looking to get back on the water, this is the perfect opportunity to give it a go.
“There is lots of fun to be had out on the water this summer and our Discover Sailing event is a great way for people to come a long and literally dip their toes in the water”, commented Gordon MacIntyre, Commodore at Glencoe Boat Club.
“Everyone is invited to come down and have a go and see what the Glencoe Boat Club has to offer. Who knows, you might just get hooked!”
We will have the BBQ fired up and be ready to welcome you.
RYA Scotland Discover Sailing, is a series of nationwide events taking place throughout Scotland.
Thousands of people will be taking part in the sailing, rowing, paddling or fishing activities at open days and taster sessions taking place at sailing clubs and centres across the country.
Activities on the water or by the water, can be as physical or as relaxing as you want to make it, you can sail with others or on your own, do it competitively or potter about and just enjoy the gentle escape of being outside in the elements.
We will have a rep from RYA Scotland throughout the event to help and give visitors information.