Wirral Sand Yacht Club is based in Hoylake and have a license from the Local Authority to use the foreshore for land based wind powered sport; sand yachting; kite buggying; kite landboarding It is affiliated to The British Federation of Sand and Land Yacht Clubs (BFSLYC, or 'The Fed') which arranges our insurance, officiates at a series of national regattas and selects the British team for europea
n/world competition. The club sails on the East Hoylake Bank, a vast sailing site off the coast of Hoylake on the Wirral, which is one of the best sites in the country
Founded originally by a group of local sand yachters, the club welcomed parakarters (class 8, kite-buggies) into its membership, and all members share the facilities at the club headquarters and the sandbanks at Hoylake, Wirral
The club offers a friendly environment for the novice or experienced pilot, the flying area is truly massive and can accommodate almost any wind direction when the bank is "dry". This is during 'neap' tides when the high tide is less than 8.2m and is typically periods of 4 to 6 days every fortnight. The membership cost will seem worth every penny the first time you come back from a day on the bank/beach on a cold or wet day to a large clubhouse with heating, hot showers, kettle, microwave, and cooker, and for those hot summer days we have 2 fridges and a tall freezer in the club house. If you need to make any repairs we have an industrial sewing machine in the club house and a small workshop with bench grinder, pillar drill, compressor and plenty of hand tools. Though don't expect to find the tools that easily as they seem to walk around the workshop and end up in different spot each time you visit. well we sit and chat on sofas, watch TV in the club house, surf the net on the club pc or fettle the buggies with the club workshop, its just not the same as sitting in the car waiting for the rain to stop!
