Spinnaker Sailing Club

Spinnaker Sailing Club Spinnaker is the perfect venue for anyone to develop their sailing skills in a safe, friendly environment. Finalist of RYA Club of the Year Award 2010 and 2011.

Our location is easily accessed from Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The Spinnaker Club is based on inland water at Blashford Lakes, close to Ringwood with easy access to the A31 trunk road. We pride ourselves on being a family friendly Club which encourages sailing for all ages and abilities. The Club employs 3 permanent staff, a Chief Instructor/Boatswain, a Lead Instructor/Administrator and an Accounts Administrator who are all very approachable and happy to help with any query. Being based on a lake we can offer safe access to the water for dinghy sailing, windsurfing, paddleboarding and kayak throughout the year, from sunrise to sunset, unhindered by tide times! We are often able to get afloat when the weather conditions mean sailors at other venues are ashore due to the cold or blustery conditions. Spinnaker Club combines its welcoming and inclusive approach to sailing, with its full time staff and voluntary Committee’s, who are always looking to improve the Club for its Members.

What a great weekend!!!!!Saturday saw tons of activity witha group of young carers supported by Royal Southampton Yacht ...
21/09/2026

What a great weekend!!!!!

Saturday saw tons of activity witha group of young carers supported by Royal Southampton Yacht Club Trust sailing and kayaking, Bryanston School and King Edward VI School Southampton were out team racing alongside Southampton University Sailing Club who were running their trials!

Sunday saw a beautiful morning for Spinnaker Youth Training before club racing!

RYA South

⛵️Optimist Open Meeting⛵️Our annual Optimist Open Meeting is later than normal this year on Saturday 24th Oc9tober! Come...
15/09/2026

⛵️Optimist Open Meeting⛵️

Our annual Optimist Open Meeting is later than normal this year on Saturday 24th Oc9tober! Come and join us for a great day with 7 short races planned for Main and Regatta Fleet!

Check out all the details and enter here 👇
https://www.spinnakerclub.co.uk/event/optimist-open-2022

IOCA UK RYA South

A great day on the lake with loads going on! Salisbury Sea Cadets were out all day sailing and windsurfing, our Model Ya...
12/09/2026

A great day on the lake with loads going on! Salisbury Sea Cadets were out all day sailing and windsurfing, our Model Yacht Racers were out with DF65s and DF95s, before Bryanston School Wi******er College and Sherborne Boys joined us for an afternoon of team racing!!!

MYA Radio Racing and Free Sailing

Yesterday's beautiful sunshine made for a great start to the next block of Spinnaker Youth Training! Over 6 Sunday morni...
07/09/2026

Yesterday's beautiful sunshine made for a great start to the next block of Spinnaker Youth Training! Over 6 Sunday mornings 29 aspiring sailors will be out in a mix of Optimists, Teras, Toppers and Zests in groups from Beginner to Racer!

After a very busy summer we now have a couple of quiet weeks in terms of teaching and coaching! However, this doesn't me...
02/09/2026

After a very busy summer we now have a couple of quiet weeks in terms of teaching and coaching! However, this doesn't mean our staff team are quiet!

Today James took a trip to KSail HQ to pick up a lot of Firefly parts and some new flags!

Our race mark flags have served us well over the last several years, but the most commonly used ones are starting to show their age, so we have a new batch!
The dark blue, red, and green ones will continue to be used for Fleet Racing. Our new yellow ones are for Team Racing, and we have some shiny new light blue ones (with some more funky colours on the way) for coaching groups to use!!

Our red and blue fireflys have provided many years of faithful service, and this winter are being replaced! A new to us flight is currently being refurbished and will enter action early next year! The spars, foils and some of the other parts are now on site. Keep an eye our for updates on the progress!!

Firefly Sailing Team Racing UK British Schools Dinghy Racing Association

It may have been grey and damp today but that didn't stop the fun at our Blashford Barrel, an awesome day of kayaking, p...
30/08/2026

It may have been grey and damp today but that didn't stop the fun at our Blashford Barrel, an awesome day of kayaking, paddleboarding and sailing!

Whilst some might describe it as organised chaos we think it was brilliant fun with more than members of Christchurch Sailing Club joining us as part of their Junior Week!

We were very sorry to hear this week about the issues with the water quality faced by Christchurch Sailing Club We are v...
27/08/2026

We were very sorry to hear this week about the issues with the water quality faced by Christchurch Sailing Club

We are very happy to have been able to help and are looking forward to welcoming them onto the lake this weekend!

This summer we have heard of a number of local venues facing environmental challenges. We are hugely grateful to a number of members (most notably Dick) who work behind the scenes to liaise with Wessex Water and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust to help protect the beautiful environment we sail in and keep it accessible!

RYA South The Green Blue RYA South West

Samples taken by volunteers find "alarmingly" high levels of E. coli at Christchurch Harbour.

Last night was our Commodore's Cup and Alice Lisle Tankard Races, and what a way to spend an evening with 2 races (with ...
27/08/2026

Last night was our Commodore's Cup and Alice Lisle Tankard Races, and what a way to spend an evening with 2 races (with sailors ages 2 to 82 racing) followed by fish and chips and a prizegiving!

For the next 4 Wedneadays we have our Twilight Handicap Series with a single race each day starting at 17.45!

📷 Thank you to Graham and Alexa for these photos!

RYA South

Our latest weekly news is now on our website! Read about:⛵️Club Racing tonight🏆The Blashford Barrel this Sunday😁Spinnake...
26/08/2026

Our latest weekly news is now on our website! Read about:
⛵️Club Racing tonight
🏆The Blashford Barrel this Sunday
😁Spinnaker Youth Training Block 3
🌞And more!

https://www.spinnakerclub.co.uk/article/weekly-news-2044

📷 Our Stage 1 & 2 course enjoying light winds and sunshine this morning!

We've had a fantastic day on the water with over 40 people taking part in RYA Training Courses, Model Yachting, New Fore...
20/08/2026

We've had a fantastic day on the water with over 40 people taking part in RYA Training Courses, Model Yachting, New Forest Sailability Race Training, Social Sailing and a windsurf taster for New Forest Young Carers Service

RYA South

Address

Ivy Lane, Blashford
Ringwood
BH243LY

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+441425483692

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