Sailing on the River Thames

Hampton Sailing Club above Molesey Lock

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

Sailing on the River Thames

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