Stromness Sailing Club

Stromness Sailing Club Stromness Sailing Club is a friendly club based at Ness slip in the South end of Stromness harbour, close to Stromness Golf Club.

The membership of Stromness SC comprises a mixture of dinghy sailors who race during the summer season and others who sail just for fun. The main class of dinghy raced is the Snipe and around thirteen of them are based at the Club. Having a principal class ensures that there is good racing but other classes are also welcome and handicap racing can be provided. For more information about racing cli

ck on the Club Racing link on the Club web site. New Members are welcome and information about membership fees are given on the Membership page on the Club web site. If you do not have your own boat you might consider offering your services as crew. Some skippers have regular crews but others have to settle for picking up whoever is available or not sail at all. If you are not already experienced, crewing is a good way to learn the ropes and gain confidence in a boat. Building up a stable partnership between skipper and crew helps to improve competitiveness. Crews also have their own points series and the Club aims to offer one Crew Race each Thursday evening, weather permitting. Although Stromness SC is not itself a training establishment, several members are trained RYA Instructors and able to provide basic training for youngsters and to assist new members. A small group of youngsters is currently undergoing basic training in this way. For those who wish to progress to courses that lead to RYA certification, this can be arranged through Orkney SC in Kirkwall which is a recognised RYA Training Establishment.

24/05/2026

First time racing single handers for some of them 🤣🤣 fun was had!

6 of our sailors had a bit of fun on the water today! A few of them being last year's beginners, some of whom haven't ma...
24/05/2026

6 of our sailors had a bit of fun on the water today! A few of them being last year's beginners, some of whom haven't managed to get into the racing circuit just yet, or are crew and are trying their hand at helming.
We are primarily a snipe class racing club, but we offer fun sailing to competent members who have either learnt to sail on our beginners course, or has learnt some place else.
Here's to a fun filled summer! ⛵️

17/05/2026

Sail training weekend complete!
Our 5 students have spent 2 days on the water in Stromness, learning all the basics and can now happily take a dinghy out and sail independently!
The Instructors have been very impressed with their progress, and looking forward to seeing them improve further.
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Topper Sailboats
RS Sailing
Sailingfast
RYA Scotland

We were happy to gift Rousay Sailing Club 3 Toppers recently! They have been putting a tremendous amount of work into th...
09/05/2026

We were happy to gift Rousay Sailing Club 3 Toppers recently!
They have been putting a tremendous amount of work into their club, and are focused on getting folk of all ages into dinghies to enjoy the benefits of sailing!

This could only have happened due to getting funding a year ago ourselves, to purchase new dinghies here in Stromness for our beginners to learn on.
Recycling our old, but sailable Toppers is important, aswell as working together with other clubs who may be just starting out, to help benefit each other for the wider community.
we hope they get a lot of use over in Rousay.
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Topper Sailboats
Sailingfast
RYA Scotland

We had our first beginners session this week! It was a nice calm night for familiarising.Sailingfast RS Sailing RYA Scot...
06/05/2026

We had our first beginners session this week! It was a nice calm night for familiarising.

Sailingfast
RS Sailing
RYA Scotland
Sportscotland

May has arrived! ⛵️ The begginers course starts on tuesday.Points racing starts on thursday.Sunday funday starts on the ...
01/05/2026

May has arrived! ⛵️
The begginers course starts on tuesday.
Points racing starts on thursday.
Sunday funday starts on the 24th of May.
Everyone is absolutely scratching to get oot on the water and have some fun!

13 to 18 year olds are welcome to join the training this year! There is a few slots still available so get in touch by s...
26/04/2026

13 to 18 year olds are welcome to join the training this year!
There is a few slots still available so get in touch by sending us a mesage if you are interested.
Training starts on the 5th of May on tuesday evenings, plus a full weekend training on the 16th and 17th!
Our training course is great value for money and comes highly recomended.

After training, there will be
Sunday fundays and potentially
racing on Thursdays until
winter. 💪😎
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Happy birthday to our Commodore! Mark has been sailing and teaching at the club for a number of years now. Here he is at...
23/04/2026

Happy birthday to our Commodore!
Mark has been sailing and teaching at the club for a number of years now. Here he is at the island games, about to do rescue boat and watch our Orkney team compete, after all the dedication he put into the team.
Happy birthday Mark Taylor

We are blessed here at the club to have WannaPizza right next door to us! What could be better than pizza and dinghy mai...
20/04/2026

We are blessed here at the club to have WannaPizza right next door to us!
What could be better than pizza and dinghy maintenance.. hmm... pizza and sailing! Check their page for when they open.

17/01/2026

Our Regatta this year will be the 11th & 12th of July!
That's right, it's a two day Regatta! 🥳
More details to follow!.

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