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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

Summer 1, Cruiser MD2 and Cadets 5 Sunday 29 June

Only a few hours earlier, the wind was gusting 40mph but by 4pm the wind had dropped off substantially and was at most a F1 from the WSW. An initial course was set at EYA for the dinghies with 3 boats taking part. After about 40 minutes the racers crossed the finishing line with Ewan Christison over the line first followed by Istvan and Andy Carr and family. Five other dinghies were content to free More »

30 Jun 2025

Wednesday Cruiser Racing

Five keelboats came to the start line on Wednesday 18 June. Jennie and Howie were having their first race in their new Hurley 20, Lucinda. They were joined by Paul and Keith in Seeaway, Kay and Finlay in Innisfallen, and regulars Alastair in Pegasus II and Andy in Exisle. The wind was westerly F2-ish, and there was some discussion about the course. The fleet More »

20 Jun 2025

Freesailing and training

Dinghy sailing trainees weren't deterred by the weather on Saturday 14 June. After raining all day the evening only had one downpour while on the water. The wind was a light north easterly, giving excellent conditions for practicing tacking and gybing round the course marks. One boat was the Wayfarer Yellowhammer practising elements of RYA Level 2 training with Innes Muir gaining tuition from Lawrie Elliot. The other was an RS Vision, More »

16 Jun 2025

Cruiser Saturday Series W5

Four boats participated in the W5 race on Saturday 14 June. The wind was a light northeasterly with the course set as Y, Z, C, M, D. The day was misty and earlier in the day there had been lots of rain. But it was dry as crews arrived at the club. There was a bit of a run on the river after the rain. Andy Walker with 2 crew and his new air More »

16 Jun 2025

Upcoming events

Jul 12

Training Seamanship Skills 1

HW 1648 5.3
Jul 12

14:45 - Dinghy SUM2

HW 1648 5.3
Jul 12

15:00 - Cruiser Lumley Bowl

HW 1648 5.3
Jul 13

Dinghy and Cruiser Day Cruise…

HW 0454 5.3
Jul 13

Training Seamanship Skills 2

HW 1727 5.3
Jul 13

15:30 - Dinghy SUM3

HW 1727 5.3
Jul 13

15:40 - Cruiser MD3

HW 1727 5.3
Jul 15

19:30 - Main Committee meeting

Meeting in clubhouse
Jul 16

18:00 - Dinghy Free Sail

HW 1935 5.1
Jul 16

18:00 - Cruiser A4

HW 1935 5.1
Jul 19

08:00 - Cruiser Long Distance Race

HW 0935 4.9
Jul 20

09:00 - Dinghy SUM4

HW 1050 4.8

Tide predictions for Leith

Wednesday

9 July 2025

HW 02:20 4.83m
LW 08:18 1.54m
HW 14:52 4.85m
LW 20:31 1.56m

Thursday

10 July 2025

HW 03:02 5.00m
LW 08:59 1.32m
HW 15:33 5.02m
LW 21:12 1.41m

Friday

11 July 2025

HW 03:41 5.14m
LW 09:40 1.11m
HW 16:11 5.16m
LW 21:52 1.28m

Saturday

12 July 2025

HW 04:18 5.25m
LW 10:22 0.93m
HW 16:48 5.26m
LW 22:33 1.19m

Sunday

13 July 2025

HW 04:54 5.32m
LW 11:04 0.81m
HW 17:27 5.30m
LW 23:14 1.17m

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