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The Club has a strong Cadet Training Section with numbers of RYA Qualified Instructors, Senior Instructors and Coaches. There’s a good spread of young enthusiastic instructors through to a few who have years of experience behind them, along with less hair than their young peers. Every year, the club runs Cadet Week, tradition stretching back decades. The week sees some spirited racing, coaching for the improvers and a full programme of RYA courses for beginners. The social scene during the week is legendary, with Mudlarks and the dinner perhaps being the highlights. Cadet Week has produced many a fine sailor over the years including many top class national racers and not forgetting Jock Wishart, the famous explorer and adventurer.
Adults are not forgotten and Kippford Week racing has become an annual pilgrimage for many families, from all parts of the UK. Six days of racing cater for dinghies, keelboats and cruisers. Again the social side is very much part of the week and the village is jumping for the week. It’s a holiday area but, for that week, there’s no room in any hotel, B&B or guest house.
The Solway Yacht Club offers a cordial invitation to visiting sailors, however, Kippford is not really a suitable berthing area for fin keel cruisers due to drying moorings. Any boat that can take the ground will be able to moor in the Urr. There is limited space at the club’s pontoons but charges are very modest and the pubs in the village serve great food.
Most importantly, we are a friendly club. We welcome new members, visitors or just anyone who would like to pop in for a blether about boats, the Solway, the weather (always great in Kippford) or just the state of the world. Remember though that we're glass half full folk.
Regards,
The Solway Yacht Club Committee
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The Solway Yacht Club offers a cordial invitation to visiting sailors.
The Solway Yacht Club offers drying out pontoon berths for approximately 6 yachts at £20 per night payable at the Mariner Hotel at the head of the pier.
However, Kippford is not really a suitable berthing area for Fin Keelers as there are no deep water moorings. Additionally, the Club ask fin keelers not to 'tie up' onto the pontoons as they put too much pressure on the structure and cause damage.
Temporary Membership
Please visit our membership site at http://webcollect.org.uk/syc to apply for a temporary membership or email
Both Cruiser and Dinghy visitors can have access to the Clubhouse for showers and toilets. WiFi is available in the Clubhouse free. The WiFi is with BT so a BT Open Zone is available for BT Broadband customers. Ask the Hon Sec for the pass codes for the Clubhouse and WiFi when you book. There are water and electricity points on the pier and pontoons.
We can sail to and from the pontoons and slipway between 2.5 to 3 hours each side of high tide. The channel is buoyed and there are few hazards in the bay or estuary(see chart and sailing instructions)
Kippford Area
A bus service calls at the village and stops at the shelter in the village.
The Kippford Caravan Park (up the hill on the way out of the village) provides a seasonal shop with a wide range of fresh foods, newspapers etc. It also has cycle hire.
Adjacent to the Caravan Park is a Golf Course which welcomes visitors.
Kippford has two hostelries, the Anchor and the Mariner both of which do bar meals. The Mariner also has rooms available.
There are some spectacular walks from the village and the Jubilee Path between Kippford to Rockcliffe is publicised as one of Scotland's best. There is the Rockcliffe Gallery in the Barons Craig Hotel and a tea shop in Rockcliffe, on the left, just where the road leaves the village.
The path along the shore from Rockcliffe to Castle Point will not disappoint.
Solway Smuggling - during the 18th century the Solway was one of the most prolific smuggling areas in the country, particularly, with the independence of the Isle of Man and the numerous creeks, coves and caves, between Southerness and Fleet. The link will take you a summary of smugglers tales.
Items of Interest
The Solway Yacht Club in the 50's and 60's The SYC when it was based in Rock Villa - kindly donated by Guy Mathison read on...
A history of Kippford
The Kippford Association has an interesting insight into the history of Kippford click here read on...
Smuggling Tales on the Urr Estuary
Solway Smuggling - during the 18th century click to read on...
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Free Members' WiFi at Clubhouse
The committee has decided to offer free WiFi to all members at the Club House.
The WiFi key required to join the network can be found on the members' area of the website or can be obtained from a committee member on request. We hope you will find the useful for checking your e-mail, news and weather forecasts whilst waiting for the tide!
Members' Only Area
The Members' Area contains Club Access Codes, Committee Minutes, the Club's Constitution and other member only information, which arises from time to time.
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Tidal Predictions at Hestan for next 7 days
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Full Tide Tables are available in the Members' Area - publication restrictions prohibit displaying them here.