Emberton Park Sailing Club

Emberton Park Sailing Club wasn't always at Emberton. The club was first started by a group of keen sailors on 1st April 1956 and was known as the South Bedfordshire Sailing Club. The club sailed on Lower Drakeloe Pond which was situated in front of the main house in Woburn Abbey Park. Initially, four classes of dinghy were adopted, namely: Heron, Graduate, National 12 and Firefly. The GP14 was adopted at the end of the 1956 season, with the Enterprise class being adopted at the beginning... more