Girls Go Sailing
Welcome to Girls Go Sailing
The purpose of the group is to:
- Encourage women and girls to enjoy sailing activities safely within the Exe Sailing Club.
- Provide taster sessions in yachts, the Hawk, dinghies and power boats which will lead on to progression through the RYA courses.
- Encourage social gatherings of women and girls and to have fun on and off the water.
Go to the Calendar for an up to date listing of the wide variety of club events.
If you would like to get in contact with the GGS group please contact the Club Professional for more information ggs@exe-sailing-club.org.
The team are a group of ladies who run and support the Girls Go Sailing come from varied sailing and non-sailing backgrounds, they are here to help you. To find out more, please go to our GGS team page.
About Girls Go Sailing
In 2018 we saw a great revival of our Girls Go Sailing scheme, which we have run intermittently for a few years. By making it a member led activity, we have seen increased numbers of women participating and welcome new members at any time throughout the year.
What do we do?
- We are offering our female members sailing opportunities on cruisers, dinghies and the club Hawk, running the sessions at varying times – some weekends, some weekdays, some evenings, throughout the year.
- We encourage participation in shore-based theory sessions and offer knowledge and safety seminars through the winter and spring.
- Planning social evenings throughout the year.
News
As part of the RYA Steering the Course week highlighting women in sailing, the Exe Sailing Club Girls Go Sailing group had a lovely write up – click here for the article.
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, this video highlights five inspiring female Olympic sailors over the last couple of centuries. It’s worth a look – click here to view it.
Winter 2025 Seminars
We hope you have had a fun sailing season this year and have had happy times on the water. We now have some dates for your diary for the GGS winter programme:
- Friday December 13th 2024 | Christmas meal – 7pm for 7.30pm – restaurant.
- Friday 24 January 2025 | Film Maiden – 7.30pm Preston Room. The story of Tracey Edwards racing around the world with an all female crew on board Maiden.
- Friday 28 February 2025 | Light supper in SC at 7pm followed by talk in Preston Room by Jenny Hart and Bel Bailey – Racing around Ireland – a Foxy Tale at 8pm.
- Friday 21 March 2025 | Talk by Rob Adams – Trimming Sails – 7.30pm. Second hand sailing clothing for sale too.
- Friday 4th April 2025 | Start of Season Meal 7pm for 7.30pm. – restaurant.
Hope to see you there.
If you would like more information or are interested in our previous seminars please go to our Girls Go Sailing Seminars page.
Getting Afloat
Cruisers
A very useful Beginners Guide to Cruising – specific to our club written by Tink.
Cruiser Training & Qualifications - Lots of opportunities to take part in RYA cruiser courses throughout summer on Zephyr with Karen Melling – go to Training for more details.
Dinghies
Dinghy Training & Qualifications
The Club also runs various RYA dinghy courses through the season, go to Training for more information.
Powerboat Training & Experience
If you are interested in improving power boat skills please sign up for Power Boat Level 2 training courses run by the Club throughout the summer. Go to the Training Section of the web site for more information.
Last updated 11:00 on 5 February 2025