Welcome to the Royal Forth Yacht Club’s website.
We are Edinburgh’s longest established sailing club and for non-members and members alike these pages are intended to give some idea of who we are and what we do.
We are based in Granton Harbour, ten minutes from Edinburgh’s city centre. For our boat owning members we maintain swinging moorings in the harbour and our yard provides winter storage for them.
The waters of the Firth of Forth, just outside the harbour entrance, are comparable with any for holding major regattas as well as running a packed club racing programme each season for yachts and dinghies.
The east coast of Scotland is not recognised as highly as it should be as a cruising ground but our members sail the coast north and south and of course northern Europe and the Baltic are only a short hop across the North Sea.
The Club is an RYA Recognised Training Establishment and conducts a number of courses throughout the year as well as regular training evenings throughout the season. We also own a number of modern dinghies that are available for our members use.
The recently refurbished clubhouse is friendly and welcoming and we have an active social programme, mostly through the winter months when we are not all too busy sailing.
Please browse these pages to learn more and if you have any questions still unanswered please contact us.
Jim Lowe
Commodore