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Welcome

Welcome to the Cramond Boat Club, situated at the mouth of the River Almond, only 4 miles from the centre of Edinburgh.

We cater for all types of small craft, including dinghies, small cruisers and motorboats. The Club organises dinghy and keelboat racing, open regattas, cruises and family fun days.

The Cramond Boat Club is an RYA Recognised Training Centre and is approved for training Club members in the RYA National Sailing and Power Boating schemes.

The clubhouse includes changing rooms, workshop and storage as well as a bar and function room.

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Latest news

First Race of the Year

Four keelboats came to the start line on Sunday 19th April for the first race of 2026. Some skippers had planned to have a shakedown sail the day before but then decided it was too windy for the first sail. The forecast was NW F2 so the course was set with a beat from club race mark D to Forth Ports channel mark 16, followed by a gentle return via race marks H, C, More »

20 Apr 2026

Crane-In 2026

Our Crane-in took place on Saturday 4th April, 155 days after Crane-out, which should have been enough time for everyone's winter maintenance! There was some concern about Storm Dave which was predicted to bring strong winds and rain during Saturday, but as the day drew nearer, the strongest gusts were forecast to hold off until Saturday evening, so we went ahead. We reckoned we had a 5 hour window to lift 20 boats before More »

12 Apr 2026

Weekend Work Parties

With two weeks to go before Crane-in and the new sailing season, several members carried out some work around the club during the weekend of 21st /22nd March. On Saturday, a team of mudlarks galumphed over the sand and mudbanks to check and repair the channel markers at low tide. The missing No. 8 channel mark was found and re-attached to its anchor which had buried itself over a metre into the mud. The More »

23 Mar 2026

CBC in Yachts and Yachting magazine

There is a good article in Yachts and Yachting magazine today about our recently retired training principal, Drew Pratt, receiving his RYA Scotland Impact Award. Read the full article here . More »

11 Mar 2026

Upcoming events

Apr 22

18:30 - Cruiser A1

HW 1915 5.1
May 2

Training Cadets 2

HW 1605 5.3
May 2

14:30 - Dinghy SPR2

HW 1605 5.3
May 2

14:30 - Cruiser MD1

HW 1605 5.3
May 3

09:00 - Training Sea Monkeys 1

HW 1641 5.2
May 3

15:15 - Cruiser Louis Gumley Trophy

HW 1641 5.2
May 13

19:30 - Main Committee meeting

Meeting in clubhouse
May 16

Training Cadets 3

HW 1454 5.6
May 16-17

Dinghy and Cruiser Opening Cru…

HW 1454 5.6
May 16

09:00 - Training RYA Level 1 & 2

HW 1454 5.6
May 16

13:00 - Dinghy SPR3

HW 1454 5.6
May 17

09:00 - Training RYA Level 1 & 2

HW 1541 5.8

Tide predictions for Leith

Monday

20 April 2026

HW 05:09 5.56m
LW 11:07 0.60m
HW 17:30 5.72m
LW 23:32 0.88m

Tuesday

21 April 2026

HW 05:53 5.38m
LW 11:50 0.80m
HW 18:20 5.47m
LW 00:11 1.29m

Wednesday

22 April 2026

HW 06:41 5.12m
LW 12:41 1.09m
HW 19:15 5.13m

Thursday

23 April 2026

LW 01:00 1.74m
HW 07:38 4.83m
LW 13:47 1.40m
HW 20:22 4.79m

Friday

24 April 2026

LW 02:15 2.12m
HW 08:50 4.59m
LW 15:20 1.60m
HW 21:41 4.57m

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