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Based in 400 acres of beautiful Suffolk countryside, Alton Water offers sailing, windsurfing and canoeing for members and day access for visitors.  We have a highly acclaimed and long established RYA approved training centre which is the largest and most active RYA training centre in East Anglia.  We operate the RYA ONBOARD scheme for training young people and have been awarded RYA Volvo Champion Club status in recognition for our race training work.

For more information about Alton Water see here.

New members are always welcome and we take pride in making Alton Water a friendly, relaxed and informal place for new members. 

We invite you to join or renew your Membership and if applicable, your Dinghy Park and Race Card, on-line to avoid the queues at this busy time of year.

Please just login and under 'My account details' click on 'My Account'.

If you're new and don't have a login, see here  for instructions.

Some of you may notice a few changes starting to take shape over the next week or four. 

We hope that you will notice an improvement in the user interface. Feedback is always welcome. 

Congratulations to Andy (AWSC Deputy Manager) and Tracy on the occasion of their wedding today.

Wishing you both a long and happy life together.

Congratulations to Will and Matt Taylor on their recent success in last weekend's RS Feva Volvo Grand Prix at Grafham Water.  To read more, see here.

Also, their success is featured in Yachts and Yachting here.

Our popular Spring Racing Series starts on Sunday 7th April.

The series consists of up to 8 races PLUS, enter the Spring Series and get FREE entry into the Spring Afternoon Series (another 8 races).

Spring Series and Spring Afternoon Series races will be sailed back-to-back each week.

Visitors are very welcome.

To enter, please follow this link where you will also find the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions.

Please note that member discount or Race Card free entry for this series only becomes available after 2013/14 membership and where relevant, annual Race Card has been paid. Discount will not be back dated.