Project Progress
| Region | Trail | Editable | Published on the RYA Website |
| East | Barton Broad | Yes | |
| East | Blakeney | Yes | |
| East | Hickling | Yes – S.C. Waiting for confirmation of some detail. | |
| East | Northern Broads | Yes | |
| East | Thurne to Potter Heigham | Yes | |
| East | Wroxhan to Ranworth | Yes | |
| East | Hullbridge to Fenn Creek | Yes | |
| North West | Coniston | Yes Trail amended, awaiting comments from local sailing club. Oct. 25. | |
| North West | Ullswater | Yes UYC Committee contacted for an update if required – Steve | |
| North West | Windermere North | Yes S.C. Sailed this trail in May and is preparing the amendments. Oct. 25 | |
| North West | Windermere South | Yes S.C. Sailed this trail in May and is preparing the amendments. Oct. 25 | |
| North West | NEW: Bassenthwaite Lake | Barbara planning to design a dinghy trail, and having a think about it. | |
| Northern Ireland | Lough Erne | Yes | |
| South West | Brownsea Island | Yes | |
| South West | Plymouth Sound | Deleted following safety concerns around the launch location and the trail itself, leading someone to consider landing on a lee shore, which we do our best to avoid. | |
| South West | Salcombe to South Sands | Yes | |
| South West | River Dart from Totnes | Yes but needs validation of the launch location in Totnes | |
| Midlands | Carsington | Yes | |
| Midlands | Rutland from the Sailing Club | Yes | |
| Midlands | Rutland from the public Slipway | Have reached out to Anthony from Anglia Water – Steve | |
| Midlands | Anglia Water 1 | Have reached out to Anthony from Anglia Water – Steve | |
| Midlands | Anglia Water 2 | Have reached out to Anthony from Anglia Water – Steve | |
| Midlands | Anglia Water 3 | Have reached out to Anthony from Anglia Water – Steve | |
| Scotland | Great Cumbrae | Yes | |
| South | Itchenor to East Head | Yes | |
| South | Itchenor to Dell Quay | Yes | |
| South | Itchenor to Pilsey / Thornham | Yes | |
| South | Lymington to Newtown Creek | Yes | |
| South | East Cowes from Southampton SC | Yes | |
| Wales | Llyn Tegid | Yes | |
| Wales | Milford Haven | Removed because the launch location from Dale is positively hostile to visitors arriving by road and attempting to park their trailer. Trailer parking is 1.5 miles away, making the location unsuitable for starting a daysail. | |
| Wales | NEW: North Pembrokeshire | Yes, in draft form, and in progress, awaiting further input from proposer | |
| Wales | Cardiff Bay | Yes Mostly completed | |
| Wales | Menai Straits | Yes – This is an unusual trail in that it is one-way, rather than circular | |
| London and the South East | The Swale | Yes |
Latest News: 5th October 2025 – following internal discussions with the key stakeholders in the RYA, the grading requirement and validation requirement has been removed. The appropriate wording to acknowledge that dinghy trails need updating when they become out of date, and to allow the community access to the dinghy trails, with the request to let the RYA know when a dinghy trail needs updating.
* Grading trails was too complicated given the quantity of changing risks that trails were exposed to (such as wind, speed & direction, tidal conditions etc)
* Different perspectives meant that ‘quality control’ would be too difficult
* Sailing has always been at ’one’s own risk’ and that the Dinghy Trails are no different.
As such it was agreed that there would be no verification process required but that:
* There should be a page clarifying that the trails were unverified and that each person participating did so at their own risk
* Link to the Sail safe – 7 common senses of sailing
( Invitation for feedback on each trail should be actively sought and that those trails without addition feedback should clearly state this
Each trail should have:
* Hazards to avoid
* One column highlighting Things to see/points of interest
Latest News: 10th March 2025 – we have signed up five admins for this site taking us to six in total
We have eight contributors interested in creating new dinghy trails.
We have Simon, Joel, Martin, Akif and Ken joining Steve on the admin team, and between them they are experienced dinghy cruisers across the land and internationally, and will directly contribute their knowledge to porting existing trails and making new ones.
If you are interested in admin or trail creation, please let us know.
Latest News: 22nd December, the project is advertised in the RYA Magazine
The Dinghy Trails project is advertised in the December 2024 edition of the RYA Magazine, including the ways to get involved. If you are interested in keeping the Dinghy Trails up-to-date, and adding to them, please volunteer.
Latest News: 16th November, Two Dinghy Trails have been updated;
Itchenor to Dell Quay
Itchenor to East Head