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Welcome

Welcome to the Cramond Boat Club, situated at the mouth of the River Almond, only 4 miles from the centre of Edinburgh.

We cater for all types of small craft, including dinghies, small cruisers and motorboats. The Club organises dinghy and keelboat racing, open regattas, cruises and family fun days.

The Cramond Boat Club is an RYA Recognised Training Centre and is approved for training Club members in the RYA National Sailing and Power Boating schemes.

The clubhouse includes changing rooms, workshop and storage as well as a bar and function room.

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Latest news

Crane Out 2025

Our annual crane-out was scheduled for Saturday 4th October but with Storm Amy bearing down on us, this looked increasingly risky as the day drew near. Forecasts were predicting 50 knot northerly winds, so we concluded that lifting the boats on Saturday would not be safe and the decision was made to postpone by one day. Fortunately Bernard Hunter was able to provide a crane and driver (our old friend Stevie) on the Sunday. More »

31 Oct 2025

Closing Cruise to Aberdour

The weather forecast for the weekend of 20th / 21st September was mixed. Predictions of heavy rain and strong northerly winds over the two days meant that many people swithered and delayed making a decision about whether to take part in the closing cruise to Aberdour. In the end, 12 people in five boats made the crossing: Pegasus II, Scherzo, Seeaway, Stravaig and Talisker . The wind on Saturday was More »

21 Sep 2025

Last Evening Race

Four boats took part in the rescheduled cruiser race A5 on a pleasant Friday evening, 12th September. Fortunately, the rain showers had stopped. Exisle , Pegasus II and Seeaway all started roughly together, with Innisfallen bringing up the rear. Exisle was at the windward end of the line, which proved advantageous, permitting Andy to reach Mark D first, but with Keith close behind. The small More »

18 Sep 2025

Visiting Lifeboat

On Friday 12th September, we had a visit from the Anstruther lifeboat 13-47 "Robert and Katherine Steen" on a familiarisation exercise to Cramond. This is the latest state-of-the art Shannon class lifeboat deployed by the RNLI and it came into service at Anstruther last year. Driven by twin 650hp waterjets and capable of 25 knots, it is a powerful all-weather lifeboat, and an impressive sight in our little harbour. At 13.6m More »

13 Sep 2025

Upcoming events

Nov 6

12:30 - Launch moorings boat

Nov 8

Training Powerboat backup

HW 1614 5.6
Nov 8

08:00 - Moorings work party 1

Nov 8

16:00 - Private party

Private party in function room
Nov 9

08:30 - Moorings work party 2

Nov 14

09:30 - Private meeting

Private meeting in function room
Nov 14

19:00 - Private party

Private party in function room
Nov 15

09:30 - Dinghy FB4

HW 1119 4.7
Nov 15

10:00 - Recover moorings boat

Nov 15

19:00 - CBC Prizegiving

Nov 18

19:30 - Main Committee meeting

Meeting in clubhouse
Nov 23

09:30 - Private party

Private children's party in function room

Tide predictions for Leith

Wednesday

5 November 2025

HW 01:30 5.81m
LW 07:46 0.57m
HW 14:02 5.78m
LW 19:57 0.75m

Thursday

6 November 2025

HW 02:15 5.98m
LW 08:30 0.53m
HW 14:44 5.84m
LW 20:44 0.63m

Friday

7 November 2025

HW 03:01 6.02m
LW 09:15 0.65m
HW 15:28 5.79m
LW 21:33 0.64m

Saturday

8 November 2025

HW 03:50 5.92m
LW 09:59 0.92m
HW 16:14 5.64m
LW 22:23 0.79m

Sunday

9 November 2025

HW 04:42 5.68m
LW 10:43 1.31m
HW 17:03 5.41m
LW 23:14 1.04m

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