Sailing on the River Thames
Hampton Sailing Club above Molesey Lock
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Enterprises and Lasers racing on the Tideway
Sailing on the River Thames is practised on both the tidal and non-tidal reaches of the river. The highest club upstream is at Oxford. The most popular sailing craft used on the Thames are lasers, GP14s, Wayfarers and Enterprises. One sailing boat unique to the Thames is the Thames Rater, which is sailed around Raven's Ait.
Clubs in the Lower Thames (Thames Estuary) include:
- Gravesend Sailing Club in Gravesend, Kent
- near Erith, Kent
- in Thurrock
- Island Yacht Club in Canvey Island, Essex
- Leigh-On-Sea Sailing Club in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
Clubs in and near the London section of the Thames include:
- Greenwich Yacht Club in Greenwich
- at Millwall Dock
- School at Millwall Dock
- The Ahoy Centre in Deptford
- The Surrey Docks Watersports Centre at Surrey Quays
- Shadwell Sailing Club at Shadwell Basin
- Little Ship Club near Southwark Bridge
- Royal Thames Yacht Club in Knightsbridge
- in Putney
- in Putney
- London Corinthian Sailing Club near Hammersmith Bridge
- in Central London
- Twickenham Yacht Club in Twickenham
- Strand on the Green Sailing Club in
Clubs on the non-tidal Thames include:
- in Teddington, London
- Lensbury Sailing Club at The Lensbury in Teddington, London
- Albany Park Canoe & Sailing Centre in Kingston-upon-Thames, London
- Thames Young Mariners in Ham, London
- Minima Yacht Club in Kingston-upon-Thames, London
- in Surbiton, London
- BMYC Riverclub in Thames Ditton, London
- at Benn's Island in Hampton, London
- Desborough Sailing Club in Shepperton, Surrey
- in in Hampton, London
- Staines Sailing Club in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
- in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
- in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
- Dorchester-on-Thames, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Medley Sailing Club in Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Sailing in England
- Sport on the River Thames