Located on the sheltered north east shore of Lough Neagh Antrim Boat Club sits in woodland just a short walk along the beach from Shanes Castle. Most of our events take place in Antrim Bay giving a safe area of about six square miles while at any time never being out of sight of land. As one of the leading sailing clubs on Lough Neagh, Antrim Boat Club hosts a range of sailing events. From the competitive winter series, attracting boats and sailors from Strangford Lough and further a field, to the more relaxed summer series taking place on warm Thursday evenings throughout the summer months. The Boat club also hosts many windsurfing and jet skiing events as well as accommodating and promoting a wide variety of other water sports activates on the Lough. Antrim, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Offers racing, sailing and seamanship classes, diving activities, and social events. Ballyholme Yacht Club is located on Ballyholme Bay within the town of Bangor, and at the entrance to Belfast Lough. The location is superb with a sheltered bay allowing safe sailing and racing for the numerous dinghies and "big boats" within the club. Ballyholme is an RYA recognised training centre and offers courses throughout the year to adults and cadets (age 3 and upwards) with sailing and power boat courses. Bangor, Northern Ireland, UK

Our club is situated in the village of Ballyronan which lies on the shores of the North Western corner of Lough Neagh. We are a small but very active club and new members are welcome. Ballyronan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

BLS exists to bring the joy of sailing and boating to disabled and disadvantaged people across Northern Ireland. Operating from Carrickfergus, we have a wide range of boats for everyone to enjoy out on Belfast Lough. Contact us or come along to one of our popular Wednesday night Open Sessions to find out more! Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Offering racing and social activities. We have a well appointed Club house with spacious grounds and great views. Whether it's leisurely cruising or exciting sailing in large or small boats, whether you sail or not, no matter what age you are, you can enjoy a wide range of activities. Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland

Founded in 1866, the club offers racing, cruises, training and social activities. New members are always welcome and we invite potential members to view our facilities and see what we have to offer you. We offer a wide range of membership plans. Carrickfergus Sailing Club welcomes membership applications from anyone with an interest in sailing. It is not necessary to own a boat since you can crew for other members. Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

The club offers racing, boating events, cruising and social activities. Cockle Island Boat club is located in Groomsport, Co Down on the southern shore of Belfast Lough. The club is one of the clubs on the lough that forms part of the Belfast Lough Yachting Conference. Although a relatively small club, we have an events programme that runs all year round. Groomsport Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Coleraine Yacht Club was founded on 20th March 1962 at “The Slipway” beside the River Bann at Drumslade a mile downstream from the present clubhouse. We are based on an ideal site overlooking the River Bann convenient to the Marina and the three towns of Coleraine, Portstewart & Portrush. We are approx 4½ miles from the Atlantic Ocean & enjoy all-year-round sailing. If you, or your family, have any interest in sailing, you will be made very welcome at CYC. The club offers Racing, Special Races & Regattas, RYA Training Courses, and Special Function Evenings. Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

County Antrim Yacht Club (CAYC), initially known as Whitehead Sailing Club, was first formed on 25 October 1902. The Club is affiliated to the RYA, is a RYA Recognised Training Centre (RTC), Champion Club and holds the SportNI – ClubMark accreditation. The present Membership includes many active sailors where concentration on developing Junior and Family Memberships is high on the agenda along with attracting new Members from all parts of the Community. The Club is able to offer many types of watersport courses incorporating both sailing and powerboating. The club offers racing, junior sailing and social activities. Whitehead, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

The club, founded in 1961 by a small group of people with an interest in boats, provides a service to people boating, with changing and toilet facilities, a secure boat storage park, social areas and a bar, also by organising events based in the club and on the water. CSBC’s main activity is sailing. The club organises races for both cruising yachts and sailing dinghies, adults and juniors, assists in the organisation of cruises in company, holds events with other sailing clubs and plays host to class provincial and national championships. The club’s own Sailing School provides a wide and extensive range of training for young and old, beginner and expert. In addition to sailing activities the club has also active sections in rowing, sea angling and motorboating while keeping up an active social programme. Cushendall, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Donaghadee Sailing Club brings fun sailing opportunities for all ages in a safe, family friendly environment. Situated on Donaghadee's famous seafront with views of the iconic lighthouse and the Copeland Islands, our beautiful Clubhouse is the base for all of our sailing, racing, training and social activities. We offer a wide range of training courses for juniors and adults, catering for all levels of experience. All of our courses are accredited by the Royal Yachting Association and led by our RYA Principal. As a Club we place a strong emphasis on families, with a wide range of social events offered during the year including picnics, trips to the Copeland Islands as well as children's parties. Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

For over 60 years EABC has been providing exciting racing, a first class base for cruising members and an especially warm welcome for visitors. EABC is an RYA Champion Club with qualified Coaches, Senior Instructors and Dinghy Instructors committed to delivering safe and fun sailing for all ages. We cater for children learning to sail from 8 years-16 years and adults learning or wanting to improve their skills (age 17 and over). Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

East Belfast Yacht Club was founded by workers from the Belfast Shipyards in 1904, and has enjoyed both the high and the low years through its existence. From the high points through the 1920s/30s/40s and '50s when the Club hosted many sailing races and entertained the owners and masters of the massive J-Class yachts down to the more plentiful and massively supported Belfast Lough one designs through to the Flying Fifteens and Dragons and others of the various periods. More recent activities have been more towards the Cruising side of Yachting. As a Club we have always been proud of our working class roots and welcome prospective new members who wish to pursue their dreams of building from scratch or renovating existing hulls, be they Ferro, Wood, Steel or GRP. We are now more associated with "traditional" type boats and building rather than the modern GRP types, although we have members also experienced in this type of construction. Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

East Down Yacht Club ( EDYC ) has extensive facilities for both cruising and racing. The Club is situated on a 9-acre site, which includes a modern clubhouse, car parking, a boat-park, caravan and camping park, pontoons and slipways. Support services and amenities are available in the near by town of Killyleagh, only one mile from the Club. The barbecue and picnic areas provide additional space for relaxed hospitality (weather permitting). The upstairs function room and well stocked bar encourages a relaxed comfortable atmosphere. Strangford Lough, Downpatrick, Co Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Holywood Yacht Club is a small friendly and active sailing club which caters for all levels and abilities. Founded in 1862, it is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Ireland. The sailing season runs from April to September during which there is regular racing and sailing with a rescue boat on hand, training days and an annual Regatta. Members are currently sailing Wayfarers, Picos, Toppers, Mirrors, Holywood Sharpies and Lasers. The club has a number of Toppers available for hire to members. The club welcomes new members of all ages and is well known for being family-friendly and down-to-earth. Throughout the year members organize an entertainments programme which centres on the club house bar and hall with their fabulous views over Belfast Lough. Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Holywood Yacht Club is a small friendly and active sailing club which caters for all levels and abilities. Founded in 1862, it is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Ireland. The sailing season runs from April to September during which there is regular racing and sailing with a rescue boat on hand, training days and an annual Regatta. Members are currently sailing Wayfarers, Picos, Toppers, Mirrors, Holywood Sharpies and Lasers. The club has a number of Toppers available for hire to members. The club welcomes new members of all ages and is well known for being family-friendly and down-to-earth. Throughout the year members organize an entertainments programme which centres on the club house bar and hall with their fabulous views over Belfast Lough. Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

KYC is situated on the South West coast of Strangford Lough, offering a host of facilities to families and individuals for leisure and pleasure sailing, as well as safe weekly competitive racing for Fixed Keel Yachts and Dinghies. There is also a very strong fleet of junior sailors who train on a Monday evening and for the more advanced there is a slot in our Thursday evening racing. To complement our sailing events KYC have a great lineup of social events on offer too. Killyleagh, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, UK

The Club has its roots in competitive sailing which was originally based at the Harbour in Kircubbin and has been active on the sailing scene in Strangford Lough since the early 1900s. Even it the early days of the Club, Kircubbin’s sailors were among the best in Strangford Lough. More recently the Club’s Flying Fifteen fleet produced some of the best competitors in that class in the world. Although as the name suggests, the promotion of sailing is the main objective of the club, we welcome other types of craft as well. If you cast your eye around the Bay during the summer you will see motor cruisers, speed boats, fishing boats and cabin/day boats as well as sailing boats. Kircubbin, Newtownards, Northern Ireland, UK

Established in 1818, the oldest yacht racing club in Ireland. The club promotes sailboat racing, cruising, operates an RYA Recognised Training Establishment, and provides related social and other facilities to members. The Lough Erne Yacht Club is based on a rural waterfront site formerly used as world war two slipway, moorings and hangar. The Club has developed a Clubhouse built in the 1960's and extended in the 1980's, a full service marina and a caravan site. Lough Erne Yacht Club is now used to accommodate members' sailing boats, power boats and caravans and hosts both members' fleet and visiting sailing events throughout the year. The Clubhouse is home to a clubroom, changing rooms, bar, galley and social activities area. Gublusk Bay, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

The club is situated on the banks of the River Foyle at Culmore Point, approximately 3 miles north of the Foyle Bridge. We race Dinghies and Foyle Punts from March to November, on average twice per week. There is a good selection of Dinghies including: GP14's, Scorpions, Lasers, Laser II's, Phantoms, Pico's, Feva's. All classes are welcome. Culmore Point, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

A fun, safe sailing environment for all ages and abilities to enjoy the sport of sailing. Oxford Island, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, UK

Formed in 1962, Newcastle Yacht Club is nestled at the heart of Dundrum Bay, beside the harbour at the foot of the Mourne mountains in Northern Ireland. The sailing season runs from Easter through the summer to the start of October. We offer learn to sail courses, dinghy racing and have an active social membership. Newcastle, Northern Ireland, UK

You are welcome to join us to learn safely how to sail dinghies or to windsurf. Experienced trained instructors help you into the exciting world of water sports. Over the years the mix of dinghies and cruisers has varied Today the club has one of the largest and most active GP14 fleets in Ireland, lots of windsurfers, and a dozen or so cruisers. Newtownards Sailing Club enjoys some of the best sailing water in Ireland. Clean, clear and safe, the club’s location on the North East of Strangford Lough is well suited to a wide variety of sailing activities; offering everything from windsurfing and dinghy racing to cruising. Newtownards, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Founded in 1894 by a group of boating enthusiasts, the Portrush Yacht Club has grown to be one of the biggest and most successful clubs of its kind in Northern Ireland. The club offers: Cruising, Portrush Sub-Aqua Diving Club, Kayaking, Sailing, Sea Angling, Surfing, Training, and a vibrant Social Section. Portrush, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

The Quoile Yacht Club is set at the mouth of the Quoile river at the extreme west of Strangford Lough on the shores of Castle Island. The Club boasts some of the best facilities in Strangford Lough with some of the most sheltered moorings for Club members and visitors alike. The floating jetty is available for loading and offloading both supplies and crew. The Quoile is a busy Club, but maintains it's friendly atmosphere. The QYC is a recognised RYA training centre and holds a RYA Racing Charter. Downpatrick. Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Ringhaddy Cruising Club (RCC) is situated on the western shore of Strangford Lough, in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Strangford Lough boasts some of the finest sailing waters around these shores. The Club, founded in 1975, is located to the west of Islandmore in Ringhaddy Sound, between the towns of Killyleagh and Killinchy. Killinchy, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club is one of the largest Sailing Clubs in Northern Ireland with around 1,000 members and a full racing programme for a range of boats from dinghies to keelboats. We are an RYA accredited training centre. Formed in 1899, the club offers dinghy & cruiser racing, a cadet section, sailing events and social activities. The Club has attractive seafront premises in Cultra. The buildings have been extended and adapted over the years to provide the facilities required for all the Club's activities. Cultra, Co.Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Royal Ulster Yacht Club was established in 1866 and boasts an enviable location on an elevated site overlooking Bangor Bay with views to the Co Antrim shore and north and east to the Mull of Kintyre, Arran and Ailsa Craig. With relatively sheltered waters RUYC runs a full programme of racing each year from Easter right through to October and there are several Cruises in Company to destinations in Ireland and Scotland. Throughout the year we organise a variety of Social Functions from Club Night Talks to Scottish Dancing, from RYA Training Courses to Festive Dinners and Dances. Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland

The club offers Racing, Cruising, and various RYA sailing and powerboat courses open to members and non – members. We promote sailing and enjoy all the social activities that can be associated with it. Members are keen to enjoy and promote racing and cruising on Strangford Lough and throughout Ireland and the world. Killinchy, Northern Ireland, UK

Strangford Sailing Club is situated on the shores of Castleward Bay, overlooking the beautiful Strangford narrows to Portaferry. Strangford Sailing Club moorings are located in Audley's Roads at the north end of Castleward Bay. Strangford Sailing Club is a RYA recognised Training Club and we presently have a enthusiastic Junior Section who sail Toppers, Lasers & Optimists on Friday evenings and Sundays during the season. Many of these young sailors compete at open events at other clubs. The club runs training courses during the school holidays. During the season we have the usual social events with the highlight being the Bar Buoy Race and Regatta which takes place during July. Strangford, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, UK