Started Oct 2008 : Completed - June 2009
Clubhouse Replacement 2008-2009
Thanks to Stuart Nunn & Robin Flannagan for regularly taking pictures [06Jun 2009 - Internals almost complete ...
[14th May 2009] - Nearly there ... Changing Area opening very soon
The New Inflatable Boat Rack - Thanks Paddy
Roof & Cladding complete [08Apr2009]
Inside is progressing too... [18Mar09]
Tiling almost complete, Cladding started [6thMar09]
Roof ready for tiles ... Inside is progress well too. [28Feb09]
Windows are in ... 14Feb09
Roof progressing ... 09Feb09
Roof trusses up - 5th February
15th January - Walls up!
18th Dec - An now the concrete Slab ...
13thDec - Founds in place, First course of bricks laid, Internal drainage being dug out
_______________________________________________________________29th Nov - Foundations underway
_______________________________________________________________22nd Nov - Infill complete
_______________________________________________________________ 12th Nov Starting the infill
_______________________________________________________________Thursday 30th October 2008 - DCW Ltd has moved in ... Demolished!
_______________________________________________________________ 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. |
What we now have
.. a pitched tiled roof building with a footprint of 450 sq m with adequate changing, clubroom and catering facilities that will accommodate the dinghy and keelboat sailors, both male and female.
These facilities are designed for flexibility to handle the large numbers of sailors attending the local, regional and national regattas held at the club. The new clubhouse also provides for the safe storage for equipment and rescue boats and provide accommodation for the rapidly growing youth and disabled group sections together with their training. In addition it covers the needs of an expanding general membership. The design includes the facility to develop the loft space should membership levels rise in the future. Oh ... and it flooded from time to time!
--- Jan 1991 --- |
