Glenmore Sailing Club
The Glenmore Sailing Club (GSC) promotes and provides sailing-related Education, Recreation, Racing and Social Events for people of all ages and abilities in Calgary and surrounding communities.
Programs include:
- Youth Summer Camps
- Start Keelboat Sailing
- Adult Dinghy Lessons
- Friday Evening Socials (sailing season)
- First Wednesday Social (off-season)
- Wednesday Night Racing
- Regattas
- Educational Courses
- Pickup Crew List
- Scouts Canada Introduction to Sailing
- Girl Guides Introduction to Sailing
- Racing School
- Collegiate Sailing
- Sailing in the City
- Warrior Sailing - free learn to sail camps for Active Military and Veterans
- After School Sailing Club
- Experience Sailing (with Club rentals)
Members can rent the Club's boats.
The Sailing Club is available for rental by the public (weddings, anniversaries, birthdays).
GSC is a member of the Alberta Sailing Association and Sail Canada.
Membership is open to all.
Boats sailed at the Glenmore Sailing Club
History
In the 1950s, Calgarians interested in sailing coalesced around Jack Pierce (Ranger Oil) as the first Commodore of the Glenmore Sailing Club to create access to sailing (education, docks, rental boats, recreation and racing activities). The Club started the Calgary Junior Sailing School in 1964 which grew 600% in eight years, to the point where continued management / operation by the Club wasn’t possible. In 1973 the City bought all the assets of the School and took over the program which today is known as the Glenmore Sailing School. In the early 90s the Club ran a pilot program to see if the disability community wanted to go sailing. This program was developed into a separate organization, Disabled Sailing Association of Alberta, with whom we still partner today.
Founded in 1959.
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