Thames Sailing Club - Thames, New Zealand - Sailing and Yacht Clubs on Waymarking.com

The Thames Sailing Club is a well established organisation dating back to the mid 1940's becoming incorporated in 1953.

The club caters for a comprehensive range of interests which include a purpose built clubhouse with launching facilities for small craft and centreboard sailboats on the Thames coast road at Tararu. The clubhouse and race control centre overlooks a large well protected bay, suitable for small boat racing, sailing and training through a wide range of weather conditions, over at least a 4 hour tidal range period. They race fortnightly on the tides. All classes of dinghy and multihulls are catered for with 'P' Class, Optimist, Frostply, Finn, NZ Moth, International Europe, Laser, Paper Tiger, Hartley TS16 and Hobie catamarans in regular attendance. The club also has a number of it's own boats available for use by members.

The club also has LEARN TO SAIL and youth training facilities at both the clubhouse and afloat under the guidance of a qualified instructor.

Also there is a cruiser section with well organised events, the majority of these craft are kept further along the peninsula at Coromandel.

In the centre of Thames near the wharf, the club has a large hard standing area with haulout facilities where craft with up to 7ft (2.134m) draught can be catered for.

On the south side of Thames the club has it's own pond catering for model boats, where radio controlled yachts are raced.

The clubhouse has numerous facilities which include a large lounge, a bar, BBQ and catering facilities, an observation deck, separate race control tower, toilets, showers and changing rooms as well as storage for small craft and it's rescue boats. Our club is available for hire for social functions such as birthdays, weddings and parties as well as sailing

Facility Rating: Address of Facility: Tararau Rd Thames, New Zealand Fees: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Public/Private: Public? Clear overhead clearance at ramp for mast: yes Good trailer/rig parking: yes Good dock alongside of ramp: no Overnight docking available: no Good staging area for rigging boat: yes Clubhouse facilities: yes Racing committee at facility: yes "On the hard" trailer/boat storage: no Website of Club: [Web Link]

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/17/2010 willbuild visited it