KGSC- Get London Sailing Again.

Aim

With the club entering its' 50th year, we are looking to match fund and replace our existing single hander fleet with Fusion Dinghies.

Who are we?

King George Sailing Club, established in 1972, enters its' 50th year. To celebrate, we are looking to renew our aged Laser Pico fleet (26 years old) with the latest up-to-date equipment, the Fusion. 

Based in Enfield, the club run by members for members, boasts the largest piece of water to sail on within London and the M25. With a boosting membership, the club is open to all, families, juniors, everyone...

The club does not only offer sailing, but windsurfing, wing foiling and stand-up paddleboarding. 

Members have had success at national and international events, with national and European champions within the club. 

We offer, through our partners The London Watersports Company (LWC) tuition to all, in sailing, windsurfing and SUP, allowing those with no experience to get on to the water.

Community impact

KGSC has been involved in the local community in different ways. We have offered our car park out to numerous contractors doing local works in the area, including but not limited to...

Thames Water

Balfour Beatty

Brownes

This has meant their projects have run smoother and been delivered quicker, whilst reducing the environmental impact of lorries having to make more frequent trips. 

We have also delivered training for the RYA for junior sailing on a regional basis, offering our facilities and equipment for them to use. 

In the sailing community, we have held numerous events for class associations, including the Laser/ILCA, Solo and Blaze. We are also a part of the national Selden Winter Series, holding a large scale event in January for up to 80 boats. All of our events allow for a competitive nature, whilst ensuring they are enjoyable for all those that enter. Take a look at the video below to see a snap shot of the recent King George Gallop, held in January 2022, run by our fantastic set of volunteers. 

Why are we crowdfunding?

We are crowdfunding as our Laser Pico's, now 26 years old, have reached the end of their life span. Our National Governing Body (NGB), the RYA, have highlighted on their last two inspections the age of our equipment and have asked us to create an action plan for improving the equipment we have available. 

With COVID-19 hitting all sailing clubs hard, we have had to utilise our single handed fleet more typically than we would have done in previous years. This has had a profound effect on the wear and tear, and economically repairs and spares are becoming more expensive.

With this in mind, we have decided to match fund our way into a fleet of new boats. We would like to purchase 6 new Fusion dinghies. The club will be fronting £10000 of the £20000 price tag. The rest of the funds will be generated from crowd funding, funding applications, donations, hosting events and selling off old equipment to get us across the finish line. 

The hope, once we are there, is that this will improve the number of members in the club, improve the number of people we can teach, improve the teaching experience and improve the number of equipment hires we make. 

These new boats will be available to all those taking lessons, the young through to the old. 

How we’ll spend the money raised

We plan to spend the money on purchasing 6 new Fusion dinghies. Any money raised above the amount £10000 target will go towards new wetsuits to ensure those learning have the nicest equipment throughout their learning experience.

When sailing, it's nice to have the most comfortable and up-to-date equipment, there is nothing worse than having aged, well used equipment that breaks regularly, ultimately causing frustration to all, students and instructors. 

Adding new wetsuits to the experience will mean that all the students will be significantly warming throughout. 

How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge and claim your reward. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards yourself. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. Create a fundraiser of your own. Use the button on our page to get started. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

This project successfully funded on 19th May 2022