Welcome

Downs Sailing Club was founded in 1949, when dinghy sailing was very much in its infancy. We are located in Deal, on the East Kent coast, just North of Dover and get our name from the historic safe anchorage known as The Downs, protected to the East by the infamous Goodwin Sands where historically ships would wait for favourable winds to continue their passage.

Downs offers an extremely friendly, inclusive, family atmosphere providing a safe and fun environment in which to develop your sailing skills. You can join the club as a non-sailing social member, individual or family, with or without owning a boat and make loads of friends.

The Clubhouse offers a large clubroom with bar, kitchen and training room. We have modern changing rooms with showers and facilities for the disabled.

We have an extremely active membership with no paid staff and a club which is run for and by the members. Safety boats, race officers are staffed on a rota basis by members, with training available for all roles.

We hope to see you out on the water soon!

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Upcoming Events

2024-06-29_AnniversaryBall 2024-05-11_GetReadyToRace 2024-04-26_HowItWorks 2024-05-04_KSSAGirlsDay 2024-06-22_ChildrenL2S 2024-06-22_AdultL2S

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AnniversaryShirtsAndClothing

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Club boat damage reporting

Click on the QR code below to find out about how to report damage to club boats:

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DSC on YouTube

See the latest RNLI survival videos added to the club’s YouTube channel here:

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RYA Membership

Join the RYA here: RYA Membership

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