TO BE THE CLUB WHERE MEMBERS LOVE TO BE, VALUING THE GOOD TIMES SPENT BOTH ON AND OFF THE WATER
Loch Earn Sailing Club Vision, 2018
As a family club, our philosophy is to make sailing available to all.
Racing will be competitive and fun, providing entertainment and challenge across the field. Our racing credentials are well established and LESC is a highly sought after venue on the Traveller circuit with an excellent reputation for race management and organisation.
And for those new to sailing, LESC has been an RYA Training Centre since <date> and offers both adult and junior RYA dinghy, keelboat, and powerboat courses.
Sailing is open to anyone, no matter what age or ability. You don't need to be able-bodied, or even a strong swimmer. Our sailability section seeks to raise awareness in the disability community of the tremendous benefits that sailing can provide and aims to help people with a disability get on the water at Loch Earn.
We also use the IOCA class association Optimist or Oppy, the children's sailing dinghy, to support our youngest juniors in sessions on various Sunday mornings during the summer months to provide a more informal and practical introduction to sailing and racing in particular. Older children move on to the Topper dinghy. It's difficult to provide an age-based guidelines for these groups: with attitude and water-confidence the main attributes needed to enjoy dinghy sailing; some are ready to start as young as five, others will enjoy the fishing, swimming, camping, and all the other benefits of our family club!
CLUB HISTORY
LESC began in 1954 when it was founded by four keen sailors: W. G. Leckie, K. Sturrock, J. Brown and L. Drysdale on a site belonging to Crieff Hydro on the south side of the loch.
LOCH EARN
Loch Earn derives its name from the Scottish Gaelic Loch Eire and is thought to mean "Loch of Ireland". Interestingly there is an apparent "tidal system" called a seiche.
FACILITIES
LESC is fortunate to have a large clubhouse with a fully fitted kitchen, lounge, and changing rooms. In addition, there's camping and caravan plots, as well as boat and gear storage!
MEMBERSHIP
Thinking about joining? LESC has a large and varied membership of avid dinghy and keelboat sailors. There are also long-time families that spend the summer camping and caravanning at LESC.
PROUDLY CELEBRATING OVER 60 YEARS
Sailing & Racing
The racing season begins with the First Fling held at the end of April and finishes with the Final Fling at the end of September. For the hardier members open sailing starts at the end of March and extends until October.
Training & Coaching
For over 60 years LESC has prioritised widening competitive sailing to school aged children by hosting the Brown Cup, aka Scottish Schools Sailing Championship. The annual LESC Training week in July is one of the club's largest events every year.
Social Events
It's not all about getting on the water. LESC hosts social events that bring club members together off the water like the Lochearnhead Race (to the pub at the end of the loch) and Family Week.
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