West Wiltshire Youth Sailing Association

Monday Youth Sailing
2025-04-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-07 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Our weekly Monday night Youth Sailing Training.
For more information about our Youth Sailing training, please click here.

Friday Youth Sailing
2025-04-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Our weekly Friday night Youth Sailing Training.
For more information about our Youth Sailing training, please click here.

Wednesday Youth Sailing
2025-04-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Our weekly Wednesday night Youth Sailing Training.
For more information about our Youth Sailing training, please click here.

Pre-Season Training catch up session
2025-04-12 12:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Refresher Sessions.
For 2025 it is essential that all volunteers & instructors attend one of these two sessions so that I can update everyone on any changes in operations and also so that we can cover some basic recovery drills when driving the safety boats.

Pre-Season Training
2025-04-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom

First Aid Course
2025-03-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Details Here

AI Winter Training
2025-03-15 12:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
ON SHORE: presentation & visual aids
ON WATER: sailing backwards, follow-my-leader

RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show
2025-02-22 - 2025-02-23 | Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, Gate F, Farnbourough, GU14 6TQ, United Kingdom
The must-see sailing and watersports event of the year will return to Farnborough International on 22-23 February 2025.
Featuring dinghy sailing, windsurfing, wingsurfing, foiling and paddleboarding, however you like to get afloat, we’ve got you covered. Join us for interactive family fun, watersports displays and demos, live coaching sessions, hundreds of boats and the biggest names in marine retail all under one roof.
Find out more via the video below, or on the RYA website.
Tickets can be purchased from the WYA Website here

AI Winter Training
2025-02-15 12:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
ON SHORE: RYA EDICTS model
ON WATER: rudderless & centreboard-less sailing

Disability Awareness Course
2025-01-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Peter Bone, Sailing Developer – RYA South West, has kindly offered to run a 1-day course on Disability Awareness.
This will be held on Saturday 25th January 2025 starting at 9.30am and will be held at our Clubhouse. It is anticipated to finish around 4.00pm so please bring your own lunch.
Spaces are limited so please can you email Principal@WWYSA.org.uk if you would like to reserve your space.
A maximum number of 12 can be accommodated initially but if the demand is higher, Pete has said he will see what he can do.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Around 1 in 5 people have a disability so understanding the barriers that prevent people taking part is really important.
Based on the social model of disability and using several scenarios, the course will give you:

A set of frameworks, principles and models to engage people so that can be active and take part in boating
Ideas on identifying and removing barriers to participation
The confidence and skills to adopt a person centred approach based on asking not assuming, listening and adapting, and delivering opportunities to get on the water and learning from them.

AI Winter Training
2025-01-18 12:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
ON SHORE: ways that people learn;stages of learning
ON WATER: man overboard, coming alongside

HRH The Princess Royal visit to WWYSA
2025-01-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
1. RSVP Requirement:
As required by the Royal Household protocols, we kindly request that you RSVP by Friday 3rd January 2025 for all members of your party. Please note, if we do not receive your RSVP by this date, your name will not appear on the guest list and therefore you will not be permitted to enter the premises.
2. Identification and Invite Confirmation:
On the day of the event, anyone aged 16 or over will need to bring valid photographic ID and present your invite email upon arrival for security purposes.
3. Parking:
Please be aware that the car park will not be available. We recommend making alternative parking arrangements and encourage lift-sharing with other attendees. There is a car park within walking distance of the club, just past the train station. Please note charges apply and are only payable using phone app or card.
4. Photography and Mobile Phones:
As required by the Royal Household protocols, personal photography is not permitted during the event. All phones must be switched off and put away. We will have an official photographer capturing the event.
5. Consent for Photography:
Please indicate in your RSVP whether or not you give consent for yourself and/or your child to be photographed during the event. These photos may be used on our website, social media and club newsletter.
6. Limited Toilet Facilities:
Please note that there will be limited toilet facilities available at the venue during the visit.
7. Invitation Limitations:
This invitation is extended to members and their direct family only to a maximum of 5 persons. We kindly ask that you adhere to this limitation. The name of each person attending must be provided at the time of the RSVP, with no exceptions. Places for additional family members are limited, so we encourage you to reply as early as possible to secure their attendance.
8. Arrival Time:
You must be on site no later than 1:25 PM. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate any entries after this time. Please allow time for parking and walking to the club.
9. Outdoor Event:
You will be outdoors for the duration of the visit (approximately 1.5 hours), so we recommend you dress warmly to ensure your comfort.

New Year Frostbite Sail
2025-01-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom

AI Winter Training
2024-12-14 12:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
ON SHORE: briefing & debriefing
ON WATER: tight circles drill and mark rounding

Christmas Sailing
2024-12-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom

Tuition Place Confirmation Deadline
2024-11-30 | Wiltshire
Please note that tuition places do not automatically renew for next season. If you or your child/children would like to continue sailing
tuition with us next year, please confirm places by emailing membership@wwysa.org.uk no later than Saturday 30th November.
The training sub-committee is currently reviewing options for next season’s training nights, and we also have a substantial waiting list.
Knowing our numbers early will greatly help us in planning, ensuring as many students as possible have the opportunity to sail.

Winter Working Party
2024-11-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
Today we host our annual winter working party. For those unfamiliar, this is when we come together to clean the boats, tidy the club, and tackle odd jobs around the lake. We also trim bushes and trees around the lake and the island.
If you have a couple of hours to spare, any help would be greatly appreciated to get the club ready for winter.

AI Winter Training
2024-11-09 12:00 - 15:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
ON SHORE: the RYA Method
ON WATER: tacking, gybing, roll-tacking & roll-gybing

Sunday Sailing
2024-11-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Westbury Lake, Station Approach, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4HP, United Kingdom
