Club Overview

The Club offers dinghy racing in a scenic rural environment, suitable for families. We train people to sail, and have qualified instructors. Safety rescue cover is available all through the week from United Utilities. The club is run by volunteers, and has never had any paid staff. All club members take their share in being Officer of the Day and running the racing and auxiliary rescue facilities whilst we race.

The Reservoir

Llandegfedd Reservoir is over a mile long, and 3/4 of a mile wide. It is controlled by Rangers from United Utilities, under contract to Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water. This organisation issues boat permits on either a day or seasonal basis. The season permit includes provision of a berth to leave the boat tied down safely, and runs from 1 March until the last day of October. (In 2007 this was £7 per day or £160 per year.) Llandegfedd Sailing club organises racing and training. Welsh Water also supports trout fly-fishing and have a fleet of low-power boats or the bank fishing to choose from.

Racing

Racing is on Sunday afternoons from March until the end of October. We also race on Wednesday evening from April until August when there is sufficient light. After the race, we then go to the pub to eat and drink.

We may be unusual in having a lot of boats with asymmetric spinnakers. Indeed we believe that we have the world's largest collection of International Asymmetric Canoes, and the UK's largest fleet of RS Vareos. These often race windward-leeward races for which our geography assists in funnelling the wind between hills. The committee boat Doris helps us set true courses.

The formats of our racing are shown on our Sailing pages

Social

Despite not having a bar or a clubhouse, we are becoming a more sociable club. There is an active social committee, and there are a number of activities planned. The more the merrier! Check the Social web pages, news letters and notice boards to see what we are up to.

Youth

We are pleased that our Youth section has started up again, with Optimists, Toppers and Laser Radials being fierce competitors in races. Indeed, the teenagers are now beating their elders in handicap and pursuit races throughout the year.

The Club has been awarded the Welsh Yachting Association "Dragon Club" recognition. This indicates that we are a safe place to train and support children's sailing. We now have a number of Welsh Youth Squad sailors amongst us, who are travelling on the Youth Circuit to improve their racing and general sailing. We also host Youth Squad training and a Youth Open meeting.

Training

The club has been an RYA Approved training establishment for a long time and are dependent upon our volunteer club members. These stalwarts have given up their free time to train member's families and newcomers, sometimes finding that their own sailing has improved as a result.

Our main structured training is for "beginners", with coaching on racing techniques for both adults and youths through the year. See our Training Section for more details