5 KINGDOMS

SAILING CLUB

5KSC is the North Western Yacht Division of the Civil Service Sailing Association (CSSA).

We are based in Liverpool and offer low cost sailing opportunities to all public sector staff and their family and friends. 

Join Us

Join to benefit from the reduced rates the CSSA offers. Club membership is open to all public sector employees and also to their family and friends through linked membership.

Sail With Us

You do not need to be a member of either 5 Kingdoms or the Civil Service Sailing Association (CSSA) to start sailing with us and we encourage everyone. We also offer Taster Sails

Train With Us

We are a recognised RYA training centre and have RYA approved instructors who can offer competent crew, day skipper and coastal skipper courses.

News

2026 AGM

The 5KSC AGM will be held on Saturday 7th November 2026 at 1pm at the Holiday Inn Express, Albert Dock- the same venue as last year. You may attend in person and enjoy a free snack lunch at 12 noon, or by Zoom (please inform the secretary by email to secretary@5ksc.org.uk who will send you…

Membership Fee for 2026/7

The 5KSC committee agreed that we should charge a nominal membership fee from November 2026. This is because the club needs to join the RYA as a national governing body and its membership fees are determined either by the level of club membership fee or turnover (which would make joining very expensive for 5KSC). CSSC…

Tasters

We will be offering Taster Sails on our yacht on the Mersey over this Autumn and Winter of 2026. These will be bookable on the CSSC website using Nutickets see https://store.cssc.co.uk/sports/sailing.html. You need to be a CSSC member to book but you can bring a non member along for an additional (larger) fee. Please bring…

Get in touch

Captain
Alison Hutton
Secretary
Deborah Ward
Training
Alison Hutton
Treasurer
Pete Shuttleworth
Inshore Skippers Coordinator
Caroline Todd
Crew Bureau
Karl LLoyd
Yacht Husband
Colin Atkinson
Safeguarding & Safety
Martin Findlow
Maintenance
Colin Atkinson

Please use our Contact Form for general enquires.