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Notice of AGM: We’re holding our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 16th July at 8.30pm in the clubhouse, and we’d love to see you there! This is your chance to shape the future of the club — share your ideas, vote on important matters, and even stand for election to the council. Fresh voices and […]
Coming Up at GWSC
RNLI Regatta- As sailors we all have some understanding of the dangers of the water, even on our lake, and how we provide voluntary rescue cover for our sailors. We all have an appreciation of the fantastic work of the RNLI in providing “voluntary rescue cover” to absolutely anyone in need around our shores. This […]
Junior/Youth Sailing
The second leg of the Cambridgeshire Youth Sailing League took place at Grafham Water Sailing Club on Saturday 14th June. Despite the forecast for strong winds, 33 intrepid young sailors from the participating clubs: Ely SC, Hunts SC, Cam SC and Grafham Water SC, set sail in gusty conditions. For quite a few of them […]
ILCA Masters Nationals
Grafham Sailors at the 2025 ILCA Masters Nationals: Five Grafham Water sailors — plus one former member — made the trip to Hayling Island Sailing Club for the 2025 ILCA Masters Nationals. The event featured three days of racing, with eight races (one discard), split across two fleets: ILCA 7 (50 boats) and ILCA 6 […]
Alphabet Race and Bank Holiday Fun
The inaugural “Alphabet Race” was held on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 26th May to celebrate completion of the activity to replace all the club buoys with new ones. The weather forecast for a typical wet and windy bank holiday may have put some people off, but 18 intrepid sailors braved the conditions. The Alphabet Race is […]
Join us in 2025!
We are now welcoming new members for the 2025 season. Any class of windsurfer, wingfoiler, dinghy, catamaran or day-sailer is welcome at the club. For beginners, we have an RYA training centre available to everyone from the age of 8 years old to adult. For experienced sailors we have racing on Sundays and Wednesday evenings […]
Graham Wadeley Celebration
For club racing on the 27th April, the Grafham Flying Fifteen fleet invited all current and past members to join in for the day to remember our fellow sailor Graham who sadly passed away earlier in the year after many decades campaigning a fifteen here and around the world. A trophy for this one off event […]
Working Party News
The club has large grounds to support the range of activities we offer and these require continuous improvement and maintenance for the benefit of members and visitors. We are very fortunate to have a group of 10 regular volunteers who turn up every Tuesday to help with these activities and allow us to undertake some bigger […]
Andrew Lawman 1987 – 2023
Andrew Lawman, aged 35, died in a tragic farming accident on Wednesday 3rd May 2023. He had been associated with Grafham Water Sailing Club since he was a pupil at Kimbolton School. His contribution to the club was huge and centred around the Safety Fleet. He worked as a part-time Coxswain for a number of […]
Peter Waghorn Regatta
Good Turnout for the Peter Waghorn Regatta Report by John Aston On Coronation Bank Holiday Monday, Grafham Water SC ran a special regatta to commemorate Peter Waghorn and his huge contribution to the Club. Peter Waghorn passed away on Sunday 15th January 2023 after a brief illness, just short of his 90th birthday. He retired in his […]