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UK Fleets information

Official Flying 15 Fleets and Fleet Captains

Sailing Club	Class Captain	Telephone	Navigate with What3Words	Water / Launching
Bassenthwaite	Ian Preston	Send email	///leathers.affair.giggled	North Cumbrian Lake, located between Keswick and Cockermouth just off A66, the club is at the northern end. Jetty and slipway launching with winch retrieval, hosts Bass sailing week at the beginning of August Click here for club website
Bewl Sailing Association	Chas Evans	Send Mail or Phone 01580 240292	///winds.drank.balanced	900 acre Bewl Reservoir. Launch by slipway with floating pontoon alongside, moorings available for F15.
Blackpool and Fleetwood	Robert Mountain	07807677689 or email	///incorrect.prop.closed	One of our newest fleets; B&FYC club is situated on the river Wyre (near Poulton-le-Fylde). We were founded in 1906 to provide a place for sailors to meet and learn new skills. Our club is made up of people of all ages who enjoy sailing, boats and making new friends. Our members are very active on the Northern, National, European and International circuits, including our furthest member with a FF15 campaign from Northern Australia.
Broxbourne	Pip Hudson	01799 541565	///fried.summer.moods	Lake of 70 acres. Crane adjacent to hardstand and mooring pontoon
Burton SC	Grant Pollard	send email	///vibrating.whistling.flatten	Foremark Reservoir of 250 acres. Wide concrete ramp with a 160 foot pontoon.
Carsington		Carsington Sailing Club 01629 540609 or Email	///pirates.riverbank.convey
Chew Valley Lake SC	Claire Jefferis	send email	///chugging.forgot.ideal	Chew Valley Lake is situated eight miles south of Bristol. Launching by slipway and winch.
Datchet	Captain - Angus Scott Vice Captain - Jeremy Valentine	07881 314821 or email	///photos.drag.ship	Queen Mother Reservoir covers 475 acres. Launch by slipway to water-side floating pontoons
Derwent	Athol King	send email	///acrobatic.archive.dance	1,000 acres of reservoir 725 feet above sea level. From 4 concrete slips,jetty available.
Dovestone	David McKee	07836 602084 or send email	///apparatus.loans.senior	100 acres of reservoir. Launching from concrete ramp to moorings in sheltered bay.
Draycote Water	Richard Hope	07773 718665 or send email	///unionists.forwarded.retraced	Lake over 600 acres approx. 1.5 by .75 miles on an northeast/southwest axis. Launch by slipway to pontoon and mooring buoys in water.
Grafham	Peter Wolstenholme	07506 594849 Send Email	///last.mindset.sensibly	Lake 1,600 acres (3 by 1.5 miles). By trailer from two ramps and jetties with tractor assistance.
HISC	Charlie McKee	Send Email	///table.grinders.september	Sailing in Solent and Chichester Harbour. Dry sail from slipways with winch recovery.
Llangorse	Paul Atwell	Send Email	///tailed.family.deprives	400 acre lake in Brecon Beacons. Recent purpose built jetty, two concrete slipways with winch.
Loch Lomond	Steve Lee	07744 104506 send email	///jabs.marker.cackling	Inland freshwater loch approx 22 miles by 5 miles wide. Launch via beach or slipway.
Notts County	Angus Wright	07980 489577 or send email	///breeze.belonging.darts	200 acre reservoir. Launch via concrete slips and recently extended fixed and floating pontoons.
Parkstone	Mervyn Wright	send email	///rift.fingernails.pile	Poole Harbour and Poole Bay. By way of concrete slip, all states of tide.
RMYC	Sally Davies/Peter Stubbs	n/a	///stages.refers.maker	Sandbanks, Poole Harbour. Launch via slipway, all states of the tide.
Royal Windermere	Nigel Tullett	07773 040248 email	///permanent.variously.flagging	Windermere Lake is 10.5 miles long and up to 1.5 miles wide. Launching by slipway, tractor recovery, Racing Sat, Sun and bank hols, friendly welcoming club, well stocked bar and wine cellar, food available most weekends.
Rutland	Chris Wright	07940 832293	///splinters.quit.conga	We sail on 3000 acres of water with great facilities launching from concrete slips onto pontoons.
Solent	Roger Guy	Phone 07515477640 email		Please note Roger is fleet captain for the Solent Fleets, which represents those sailing FF's from Cowes, and not representing any particular club.
Ullswater	Graham Donkin or Paul Lewis	Graham Donkin Email Paul Lewis Email	///pegged.practical.observe	Ullswater Yacht Club is located between Pooley Bridge and Howtown at the Northern end of Ullswater. The lake is 7 miles long overall. The club is 10 minutes from the M6 at Penrith (J40). Launching is via a single slipway. The club has a growing fleet of 12 fifteens and fleet members are looking to build interest in the class.

Other locations where Flying 15s are sailed and Class Contacts

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Sailing Club	Class Captain	Telephone	Navigation	Water / Launching
Aldeburgh	Tikkii Mawson or Henry Gordon-Jones	email or email	///outboard.returns.blazers	River & estuary sailing from a friendly local east cost club, a resurgence in the class recently convenors or Aldeburgh Sailing Week, a relaxed family week of sailing.
Bala SC	John Eaton	send email	///stream.growth.proper	Bala Lake. Launch by slipway.
Brading Have IoW	Chris Wilkinson	send email	///topping.adopts.published	New emerging fleet on the Isle of Wight near Ryde, they have 8 boats with 5 racing regularly
Clywedog	Keith Rollinson	send email	///reprints.panic.driving	600+ acres of water. Launching down steep ramp to floating pontoon.
Tees and Hartlepool YC			///cried.sugars.shark	Hartlepool Bay, North Sea. Excellent boat parking. Launching is via slipway with assisted recovery.
Holy Loch	John Orr	send email	///onlookers.tunes.steady	On the sea, within shelter of Holy Loch. Slipway launch, best effected at high tide.
Humber Yawl	Peter Clark	01430 422460	///caring.porridge.seat	3 x1 ½ nautical miles for racing, clear of obstructions, so steady winds and clear skies. 1 mile off the A63, at Brough Haven, 9 miles west of Hull. More Information
Lerwick	Chris Coyne
Loch Ard	Colin Boyd	n/a	///mammoths.defeated.constants	Freshwater loch about 2 miles long. Launch over beach via steel plate slipway with jetty alongside.
Loch Earn	Hugh Simpson	01764 655825	///immune.summer.pianists	Freshwater loch apprx 7 miles by 1 mile wide. Launch via slipway.
Loch Tummel	Michael Barron	send email	///moment.pulse.presenter	sailing water 4.5 km long by 1 km wide. Launch by slipways, with jetty and power winch.
Middle Nene	Emma Brown	07540 960514 or send email	///subway.hardens.tilting	:nbsp;
Monklands	Brian Hendrie	0141 771 0168	///times.recover.impressed	Hillend Loch is a freshwater reservoir, 1.25 miles long by 0.75 mile wide. Launch from slipway.
Northampton	Chris Bowen	01604 647998	///asset.sing.exist	Reservoir Z-shaped; 2 miles long by 0.5 mile wide. Launching by slipway.
Ogston	Jonathan Ward	07748 118444 or send email	///wacky.dangerously.signed	Lake approx 230 acres. Launching by concrete slip and tractor.
Oxford			///daunting.chitchat.idea
Queen Mary	Martin Pride	01932 848945	///asking.aware.keys	Largest of London's reservoirs, Staines/Sunbury area.
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club (Burnham)	Justin Waples		///boggles.crawler.modem
Roadford Lake SC	TBA		///locate.devoured.shocking	Roadford Lake is a reservoir formed by the flooding of the Wolf Valley in 1989, and is just a couple of miles off the A30 about 10 miles to the East of Launceston (so is very easily accessible). It is the largest open inland body of water in the South West and provides domestic water supplies to large swathes of Devon.
Royal Torbay	David Ramsden	send email		On the sea. Launch via double slipway.
Shropshire	John James	n/a	///violinist.lightly.eventful	Whitemere is a natural lake, about 70 acres and roughly square. Launch by ramp and trailer.
Solway	Colin Filer	send email	///smallest.crass.listening	Sail in the tidal River Urr/Solway estuary - inshore and offshore courses.
South Cerney	John Harvey	01453 833368	///once.arch.circus	Lake in the Cotswold Water Park. Dry sailed with crane with own pontoon.
South Windermere	Peter Holt	01539 821346	///absorbs.casually.stability	Windermere Lake. Easy for dry sailing, but limited space on shore.