ABOUT US
Thames Sailing Club was founded in 1870, making it Britain's oldest river sailing club. We still use our original clubhouse, and race the historic Thames A Raters, the most exciting boats on the river. We offer excellent river sailing afloat, combined with a friendly, traditional setting ashore that is second to none - all within easy reach of London.

THE BOATS: Our biggest class is the amazing Thames 'A' Rater which is the unchallenged 'Queen of the River'. They were designed in Victorian times specifically to make the most of the light river breezes, and are still the fastest boats on the Thames.

Built in wood or glass fibre the raters are mostly operated by syndicates. New members will find no difficulty getting a crewing slot on these three-person boats, and if you get the bug (as most do!) it's relatively inexpensive to join a syndicate for a full share of the action.