Facilities and Equipment
Our Club House
The clubhouse is on the dam at the end of the Welsh Harp, overlooking the slipways and pontoons and with the best view of the activities taking place on the water.
It has had a major extension over 2007/8 to give it new changing rooms, training area and office, with better galley (kitchen) & disabled access.
See press release (413 kb) for more details of the extension.
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The new training area that can be incorporated into the main social area.
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The new galley.
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The new bar.
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Our Club Dinghies
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The club has 6 GP14s, 14 foot (4.3 m) long which is our main racing class. The Welsh Harp has one of the largest GP fleets in the country.
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We have 6 club Lasers (4.2 m long), the most exciting Olympic class of single-hander, with Radial and 4.7 rig options.
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We have 2 Challenger trimarans (4.6 m long) as part of the RYA Sailability programme for the disabled.
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We have 2 club Picos
(3.5 m long) used for training and fun sailing for all ages.
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We have 8 Toppers
(3.4 m long) for youth sailing
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We have 2 Optimists
(2.4 m long) for younger children
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Thanks to a Lottery Fund grant in 1998 we were able to purchase 6 new GP14s and 4 new Lasers (as well as a new Safety Boat and windsurfing equipment described separately).
Since then we have had a rolling replacement programme to ensure that we always have enough high quality club boats and boards for members to train and race in before (in most cases) they buy their own.
In 2004 we were given 2 new Challenger trimarans by ECI Partners and Sportsmatch as part of the RYA Sailabilty programme for the disabled.
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Thanks to a Lottery Fund grant in 1998 we were able to purchase 10 new boards with rigs (as well as a new Safety Boat and dinghies described separately).
Since then we have kept up a rolling replacement programme to ensure that we always have enough high quality boards for members to train on before (in most cases) they buy their own.
We have a large number of beginner's rigs, plus some fully battened rigs for training courses.
The club has the following boards (sorted by volume) which are regularly replaced with new.
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| No. | Make - Name | Length
(cm) | Beam
(cm) | Volume
(Litres) | Weight
(Kg) | |
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Hifly Revo 335
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335
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70
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220
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19.8
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2
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Hifly Motion
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290
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90
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219
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18.9
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4
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Starboard Rio Medium
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275
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80.5
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195
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14.3
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3
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Hifly Magnum
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323
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73
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187
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16.2
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2
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Hifly Mambo
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275
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80
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175
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15.9
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2
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Hifly Madd 165 (twin fins)
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265
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80
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165
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8.8
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Thanks
We are very grateful to the following organisations who gave £150,000 funding towards our clubhouse extension and £15,000 for improving disabled access in 2007/8:
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Awards for All gives sums of up to £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
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The Foundation for Sport and the Arts channels money originally donated by Littlewoods and other football pools companies to a wide range of sporting and artistic causes.
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Sport England is the Government agency responsible for advising, investing in and promoting community sport to create an active nation. It distributes Lottery funds in support of these aims.
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The London Marathon Charitable Trust uses profits from the annual event to support recreational events in the capital.
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The Veolia Environmental Trust supports a wide range of community and environmental projects throughout the UK with money from the Landfill Communities Fund.
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The Michael Davies Charitable Settlement is endowed by the architectural and masterplanning practice Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners. Mike Davies is a senior director of MDCS, chair of their charity trustees and a member of BTYC.
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The Edward Harvist Trust, established in 1610, supports voluntary organisations in Brent, Barnet, Camden, Harrow and the City of London. In Brent, its funds are managed by Brent Council.
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The Milly Apthorp Charitable Trust provides charitable funds for individuals (particularly those on low incomes) and voluntary organisations offering services in the London Borough of Barnet.
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