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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

Free Sail Sunday 19 April

A good number of dinghies turned out for our Free Sail on Sunday 19th April. Conditions were very varied with a light north by northwest breeze for the first half hour and then drifting conditions for around 30 minutes followed by a lovely westerly breeze touching the top end of a force three to finish off with. It was surprisingly mild however the water was definitely on the cool side! More »

24 Apr 2026

Evening Cruiser Race

The first evening keelboat race was on Wednesday 22nd April. Two boats came to the start line, Pegasus II and Seeaway with an extra crew of Steven van Stiphout on board. On the way to the start, the crew of Seeaway were grateful for their lifting keel as they nudged a sandbank, a common hazard of sailing at Cramond. The wind was a stiff F5 from just More »

23 Apr 2026

Cadets Training

The first Cadets training session of the year on Sunday 19th April was greeted with lovely spring sunshine. The weather played its usual tricks as the light winds at the start of the session disappeared, then it rained and then the wind came back quite strong, leading to some swimming practice. Keeps the Cadets on their toes! The weekend sunshine also brought the first visit of the Queensferry lifeboat, carrying the More »

23 Apr 2026

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

Upcoming events

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 8

19:00 - Whisky Tasting

Whisky tasting event for club members - limited number of
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

Saturday

25 April 2026

LW 03:55 2.28m
HW 10:12 4.53m
LW 16:56 1.53m
HW 23:01 4.54m

Sunday

26 April 2026

LW 05:17 2.15m
HW 11:29 4.64m
LW 18:08 1.34m
HW 00:16 4.68m

Monday

27 April 2026

LW 06:18 1.91m
HW 12:35 4.84m
LW 19:05 1.16m

Tuesday

28 April 2026

HW 01:14 4.86m
LW 07:08 1.65m
HW 13:27 5.04m
LW 19:51 1.02m

Wednesday

29 April 2026

HW 01:59 5.01m
LW 07:49 1.40m
HW 14:12 5.18m
LW 20:28 0.93m

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