Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club

We have been offering Founder Memberships for just £25 for a little while now. Thank you to all of you who joined us, your money has really helped! In this first year alone the club has grown from the planing stages to the point where we actually have a club, a fence to keep peoples boats locked away and secure kayak storage as well as having ran courses for lots of kids and a few Adults.

We are still offering membership at £25 pounds as we are still a way off achieving our goals so if you are thinking that it might be good to have boats for hire from the beach or that it would be nice to learn to sail then join up and help us to make it happen a bit quicker. As a founder member you can expect to be kept up to date with all the clubs news and events. For those of you that want to store your Boat or Kayak in our compound you will also recieve your membership at this discounted price.

Your memberships will also help us get even closer to our goals. We want to be able to buy our own equipment and get as many people on the water as we can, adults and kids alike. We also want to be able to provide tuition, we have Instructors on board who are raring to go.

Click here for your membership application and more details of what we are aiming to do.sitc-flyer2.pdf

All you need to do is stick the form in the post with cheques made payable to Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club to:

Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club, 55/2 Bath Street, Portobello, EH15 1HE

6th April 2009

For a couple of years now, a group of local Portobello residents has been formulating a plan to bring water sports back to Portobello by forming a new dinghy sailing and kayaking club just off Portobello beach.

The club has leased a 20 X 50 meter piece of land just off the Promenade and has planning consent to turn it into a compound for the storage and rental of sailing dinghies and kayaks.

Last week the land was cleared of most of its vegetation in preparation for the club taking over the space.

The first stage is to secure the land with an 8 ft high fence. Currently this is under construction and should be completed w/b 20th April. Installation will start towards the end of April / Early May, marking the beginning of the return of water sports to Portobello after an absence of over 25 years.

From that point onwards, the club can begin to operate to a degree by providing storage for dinghies and kayaks. We will not yet be in a position to rent out boats or offer courses as we need to raise more money for a rescue boat, a shed, and of course for boats. We hope that will happen over the next 12 months.

Kids sailing taster session for £20

On the weekends of the 24th and 31st May we are offering half day sailing taster sessions for children from 8 – 14 for just £20 courtesy of the RYA’s Sailing in the City program. Places are limited so make sure you secure your child’s place soon. Please contact us for further details.

Developments

To keep abreast of the club and its developments, or to enquire about membership, email your details to sailporty@gmail.com

If you feel moved to help with our fund raising, (we need to raise loads of money) please send anything you can to:

Portobello Sailing & Kayaking Club
55/2 Bath Street
Edinburgh
EH15 1HE

Thanks for your support,

The Committee: Jonathan Bendit, Ian Coldwell, John Kinsley.