Thursday 30th October 2008 -
DCW Ltd has moved in ... Demolished!
Clubhouse Replacement 2008
Artist Impression of New 2008 Building
Brief History
The Club was formed in 1951 to encourage amateur boat sailing in the waters adjacent to Helensburgh, is a properly constituted sailing club with membership open to the general public. The first clubhouse was on Helensburgh Pier It is competently and prudently managed by an elected committee of responsible enthusiasts. Its active membership, drawn from a fifty mile radius of Helensburgh, is growing and it has a thriving Junior Sail Training Group and Challenger (Disabled) Fleet. It is an RYA approved training establishment and is Scotland’s first Volvo Championship Club.
Why replace the clubhouse?
The 1967-2008 clubhouse was a flat roofed timber construction and was augmented by two Portakabins. It had become too small, obsolete in design and reached the end of its useful life. Despite regular maintenance the structure had become nail sick, the roof leaked badly, the changing rooms and toilets needed major refurbishment and the electrical system required major up-rating.