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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-In 2026

Our Crane-in took place on Saturday 4th April, 155 days after Crane-out, which should have been enough time for everyone's winter maintenance! There was some concern about Storm Dave which was predicted to bring strong winds and rain during Saturday, but as the day drew nearer, the strongest gusts were forecast to hold off until Saturday evening, so we went ahead. We reckoned we had a 5 hour window to lift 20 boats before More »

12 Apr 2026

Weekend Work Parties

With two weeks to go before Crane-in and the new sailing season, several members carried out some work around the club during the weekend of 21st /22nd March. On Saturday, a team of mudlarks galumphed over the sand and mudbanks to check and repair the channel markers at low tide. The missing No. 8 channel mark was found and re-attached to its anchor which had buried itself over a metre into the mud. The More »

23 Mar 2026

CBC in Yachts and Yachting magazine

There is a good article in Yachts and Yachting magazine today about our recently retired training principal, Drew Pratt, receiving his RYA Scotland Impact Award. Read the full article here . More »

11 Mar 2026

Chilly Free Sail

There was a chilly Free Sail on Sunday 15th February with six boats taking part. A couple of our newer members, Rod Finlayson and Adam James took club Lasers, and Steven van Stiphout was single-handed on his GP14. Andy Carr and Pavol Mraz took a jaunt to Inchcolm Island while Chris Callendar and Lawrie Elliott found the wind at the end of Cramond Island. The forecast windy conditions tapered off and wind More »

15 Feb 2026

Upcoming events

Apr 18

14:00 - Dinghy SPR1

HW 1600 5.8
Apr 19

Training Cadets 1

HW 1644 5.8
Apr 19

14:30 - Dinghy Free Sail

HW 1644 5.8
Apr 19

15:00 - Cruiser W1

HW 1644 5.8
Apr 22

18:30 - Cruiser A1

HW 1915 5.1
May 2

Training Cadets 2

HW 1605 5.3
May 2

14:30 - Dinghy SPR2

HW 1605 5.3
May 2

14:30 - Cruiser MD1

HW 1605 5.3
May 3

09:00 - Training Sea Monkeys 1

HW 1641 5.2
May 3

15:15 - Cruiser Louis Gumley Trophy

HW 1641 5.2
May 13

19:30 - Main Committee meeting

Meeting in clubhouse
May 16

Training Cadets 3

HW 1454 5.6

Tide predictions for Leith

Sunday

12 April 2026

LW 05:25 2.44m
HW 11:11 4.17m
LW 18:10 1.95m
HW 00:05 4.29m

Monday

13 April 2026

LW 06:22 2.10m
HW 12:23 4.43m
LW 18:57 1.58m

Tuesday

14 April 2026

HW 01:07 4.63m
LW 07:05 1.73m
HW 13:19 4.77m
LW 19:37 1.22m

Wednesday

15 April 2026

HW 01:54 4.97m
LW 07:44 1.37m
HW 14:02 5.12m
LW 20:16 0.88m

Thursday

16 April 2026

HW 02:34 5.26m
LW 08:23 1.04m
HW 14:41 5.42m
LW 20:54 0.61m

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