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Sailing club
Normanville Sailing Club is a small community sailing club based at Normanville on the Fleurieu Peninsula (District Council of Yankalilla), South Australia. The club runs social sailing and racing from the Normanville foreshore / beach area and is managed by volunteer officers. Public presence is through a Facebook page and community directory listings.
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Normanville Sailing Club is a small community sailing club based at Normanville on the Fleurieu Peninsula (District Council of Yankalilla), South Australia. The club runs social sailing and racing from the Normanville foreshore / beach area and is managed by volunteer officers. Public presence is through a Facebook page and community directory listings.
Service area: Normanville / District Council of Yankalilla, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
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Normanville Sailing Club is a volunteer-run community sailing club at Normanville on the Fleurieu Peninsula, about an hour south of Adelaide. It sails from the Normanville foreshore, running club racing and social sails for members.
What the club offers. Organised racing and social sailing, run by an active volunteer committee that coordinates fixtures and club business.
Setting. Normanville sits in the middle of a 7.3-kilometre sandy beach on Yankalilla Bay, and it's the largest coastal settlement on the Fleurieu's west coast. The club uses the bay and nearshore waters for its sailing, and the beach is patrolled by Surf Life Saving in summer.
Membership and contact. The club is community-run and has no dedicated website. The best contact is its Facebook page, phone (0402 340 029) or email (brian.matthews51@gmail.com).
It's a relaxed, beach-based club and a lovely way to sail on the Fleurieu without the bustle of the city clubs. See our Normanville sailing clubs page and Fleurieu Peninsula page for more.
The club's core activities are racing and social sailing. It doesn't publish formal learn-to-sail, junior or training programs, so prospective members should contact the club directly (by phone or Facebook) to ask about training or junior sailing.
Beach clubs like this are a friendly place to start. Turn up on a sailing day, meet members and ask about crewing. Before your first sail off an open beach, read our FAQs on checks before your first sail in SA waters and launching from beaches, and our guide to sailing safety for beginners.
The club sails from Normanville Beach and the nearshore waters of Yankalilla Bay on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Normanville is a long, sandy foreshore town with beach access and foreshore facilities, and the club uses the bay and nearby coast for social sailing and club racing.
Yankalilla Bay opens onto lower Gulf St Vincent, so the water is open but usually more sheltered than the ocean coast. Summer sea breezes fill in reliably, and onshore winds can make beach launching and landing part of the challenge. Further south, Cape Jervis and Backstairs Passage lead to Kangaroo Island. See our FAQ on wind and sea conditions in Gulf St Vincent and the Kangaroo Island page.
Normanville Sailing Club is an established local sailing club and an active part of the community. Council documents about the Normanville foreshore have long included access for the sailing club, and the club has met with the council in recent years about foreshore facilities.
The town has a long history of its own. It was established in 1849 by Robert Norman, South Australia's first dentist, and grew into a beach holiday destination for Adelaide families. The sailing club has been part of that seaside life for years, keeping sailing on Yankalilla Bay relaxed, social and community-run.
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