Dabchicks Sailing Club: weather statistics and wind history

We are an active, family friendly club situated  on the south coast of the Blackwater at Maylandsea, Essex, in a sheltered creek opposite Osea Island.  We offer sailing for dinghies, cruisers, kayaks and windsurfers, for all levels from novices to experts.

Interest encompasses all types of sailing, including sailboarding and canoeing, with racing organised on Sundays during the season. Since 2000 the club has each year staged the highly popular Kestrel Open. A small number of motor boats are also allowed. 

Marconi Sailing Club provides great leisure and competitive sailing at all states of the tide from the River Blackwater in Essex on the East Coast of England.

Stone Sailing Club is run by and for its members with the objects of promoting and facilitating amateur yacht and dinghy racing and boat sailing, rowing and canoeing, providing opportunities for tuition and practice of the art of seamanship and providing social facilities for Members.

This Clubs safety RIB is out most weekends to support sailors, with launching at any state of the tide, what more can you ask for, other than good winds and sunshine to enjoy the best the river has to offer. The club provides racing for all classes dinghies (we regularly have at least seven boats racing out of a fleet of approximately 18!!) and has an active cruising membership. Handicap racing is also welcome with a separate start every Sunday.

Established in 1973, Marine and Industrial engineers Volspec Ltd have specialised in the sales and support of power solutions from market leader Volvo Penta. This commitment is reflected with the company achieving the position as the UK’s most successful Volvo Penta Centre, and with ever changing technologies, Volspec Ltd have continued to invest in technology, staff and premises ensuring we continue to provide a world class service in supporting products from a world class manufacturer.

Tollesbury Cruising Club is a proprietary club with Julian Goldie as the President, Louise Goldie the Secretary and a Committee heavily involved in the racing and cruising activities. We welcome members with children and encourage family activities. The Club runs a number of yacht races each season, but is mainly a Cruising Club and the Club's Burgee has been carried all over Europe from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, to the West Indies, South and North America and to the Pacific. The club is an approved RYA shore based training centre and runs a wide range of training courses.

Fellowship Afloat offers a full range of Dinghy Sailing and Powerboat courses as well as weekends of birdwatching and watercolour painting. Our other activities include archery, climbing, team building games and rafting.

Woodrolfe Brokerage have been helping buyers and sellers of boats for nearly 30 years.   We are based at Tollesbury Marina on the River Blackwater in Essex and usually list over 80 sailing boats and motor yachts for sale in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent and throughout the UK and Europe.

Bradwell offers a purpose-built residential unit with accommodation for up to 67 young people in comfortable bunk rooms, with separate rooms for staff, plus a lounge, dining room and games room.