Sailing on the River Thames is practised on both the tidal and non-tidal reaches of the river. The highest club upstream is at Oxford. The most popular sailing craft used on the Thames are lasers, GP14s, Wayfarers and Enterprises. One sailing boat unique to the Thames is the Thames Rater, which is sailed around Raven's Ait.
Clubs in the Lower Thames (Thames Estuary) include:
Gravesend Sailing Club in Gravesend, Kent
Erith Yacht Club near Erith, Kent
Thurrock Yacht Club in Thurrock
Island Yacht Club in Canvey Island, Essex
Leigh-On-Sea Sailing Club in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
Clubs in and near the London section of the Thames include:
Greenwich Yacht Club in Greenwich
Docklands Sailing And Watersports Centre at Millwall Dock
Capital Sailing School at Millwall Dock
The Ahoy Centre in Deptford
The Surrey Docks Watersports Centre at Surrey Quays
Shadwell Sailing Club at Shadwell Basin
Little Ship Club near Southwark Bridge
Royal Thames Yacht Club in Knightsbridge
South Bank Sailing Club in Putney
Ranelagh Sailing Club in Putney
London Corinthian Sailing Club near Hammersmith Bridge
London Sailing Club in Central London
Twickenham Yacht Club in Twickenham
Strand on the Green Sailing Club in Strand on the Green, Chiswick
Clubs on the non-tidal Thames include:
Tamesis Club in Teddington, London
Lensbury Sailing Club at The Lensbury in Teddington, London
Albany Park Canoe & Sailing Centre in Kingston-upon-Thames, London
Thames Young Mariners in Ham, London
Minima Yacht Club in Kingston-upon-Thames, London
Thames Sailing Club in Surbiton, London
BMYC Riverclub in Thames Ditton, London
Hampton Sailing Club at Benn's Island in Hampton, London
Desborough Sailing Club in Shepperton, Surrey
Aquarius Sailing Club in Lower Sunbury Road in Hampton, London
Staines Sailing Club in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
Upper Thames Sailing Club in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
Goring Thames Sailing Club in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dorchester Sailing Clubnear Dorchester-on-Thames, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Medley Sailing Club in Oxford, Oxfordshire
See also:
The Thames Sailing Barge Trust
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