RYA-affiliated offshore club and training centre for Reading and the surrounding area
Reading Offshore Sailing Club welcomes you!
Reading and the surrounding area's own RYA-affiliated club and RYA training centre for people interested in sailing and motor yachts
The Reading Offshore Sailing Club (ROSC) is the inland club for the offshore sailor. It is RYA affiliated and an RYA training centre. Our club is for people resident in and around the Reading area who are interested in sailing or motor yachts.
Our membership is made up of those who have yachts, whether based in and around the Solent area or further afield, others without boats who would like to crew, and those simply interested in learning more about sailing.
In the sailing season we have regular rallies. These are usually to venues along the South Coast, but have also included destinations in other parts of the UK and in the Med.
In winter we have monthly meetings, at the Upper Thames Motor Yacht Club (UTMYC).
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We welcome you to explore our site and find out more about Reading Offshore Sailing Club and all that we have to offer.
September 2025 update from our Commodore
Jackie Bignell says:
We have had some excellent speakers for our monthly meetings in Sonning over the past 12 months and a well attended rally in May at East Cowes Marina. The summer has been wonderful, although we are missing the heat and the sunshine as at last our gardens are having a welcome respite with the rain.
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Our programme for the 2025 to 2026 year starts on 1st September with the annual BBQ by the riverside. We have speakers already lined up for October, December and February and have our AGM and laying up supper to look forward to on Saturday 1st November.
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This year we will have a change of officers as I have completed 2 years as Commodore and our secretary is moving to the wilds of Cornwall – hoping to continue with some wonderful sailing in that area. So we are looking for some new enthusiastic minds to take the club forward. Reading Offshore has been running for 55 years, since Mike Bowyer set it up in 1971. It has been a thriving club over the years with winter series races in the Solent area, Beaujolais runs to France to pick up the newly ready wine and a friendly annual race around the cans in the summer ending at the Folly Inn, East Cowes, for dancing on the tables and medal presentations!
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Many of our original boat owners have either moved to different sailing areas, given up their boats altogether or moved to ‘the dark side' in motor boats, although most remaining as members of ROSC. In the last year we have 2 of our newer members buy their own boats and so we hope to return to more on the water gatherings next year.
In the meantime we continue with our monthly meetings with speakers on various boat related topics, a varied social calendar and a very friendly welcoming club meeting on the waterside in Sonning.
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We welcome new members, so please make contact if you wish to join, introduce yourselves and we can tell you more! Our venue has security gates and you will need to become a member or be the guest of a member to come along to meetings.
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Happy sailing one and all.
Wind in our usual sailing grounds
Why join?
Benefits of membership
RYA affiliated
We are the only offshore club in Reading affiliated with the RYA
Occasional training opportunities
Through contacts, partners and neighbouring clubs
Regular talks
From experts on a range of nautical subjects
Programme of rallies
Taking place in the UK (Solent and elsewhere) and wider-afield
Occasional charters
Members who don't have boats either charter together or join other members on their boats
Social events
A broad selection of social events
Like-minded people
Meet like-minded people from different backgrounds to share sailing experiences
Discounted yachts
We've partnered up with Hamble Point Yacht Charters to offer club members an exclusive 10% discount. More detail here.
Interested in joining?
Membership fees
for the period 1 January to 31 December
Individual membership
£41 per year
(discounted to £37.50 if paid by 31 January)
Family membership
£55 per year
(discounted to £50 if paid by 31 January)
Associate/Country membership
£17 per year
(discounted to £15.50 if paid by 31 January)
New members joining after 1 June will pay half price membership for their first annual subscription.
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New members joining after 1 November will pay nothing in respect of that year's membership.