{"id":42,"date":"2020-08-06T12:46:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T12:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-09-19T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:33:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Sailing Centre (CSC) has been teaching people to sail for over 55 years and established a strong reputation for watersport activities. It\u2019s also renowned for running high profile events alongside its main role as an activity provider.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-293 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Cardiff_Bay_Aerial_View-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Bay Aerial\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Cardiff_Bay_Aerial_View-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Cardiff_Bay_Aerial_View-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Cardiff_Bay_Aerial_View.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Originally set in the surroundings of Llanishen Reservoir in North Cardiff, the centre now operates from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/directions\/\">Barrage in Cardiff Bay<\/a>, which has become a widely respected sporting destination in its own right.<\/p>\n<p>CSC is a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Training Centre, as well as being an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rya.org.uk\/programmes\/rya-sailability\/Pages\/hub.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RYA Sailability Centre<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rya.org.uk\/programmes\/onboard\/Pages\/onboard-home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RYA OnBoard Centre<\/a>. We also host an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rya.org.uk\/programmes\/rya-team15\/Pages\/hub.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RYA Team15<\/a> club (The Welsh Windwackers) and hold the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilitysportwales.com\/guidance-and-resources-for-clubs\/read-the-aims-for-each-insport-club-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inSport Bronze Award<\/a> from Disability Sport Wales for our commitment to inclusion.\u00a0 In addition, we are a flagship centre for the 1851 Trust and the <a href=\"https:\/\/rebels.stemcrew.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INEOS Rebels Sailing Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Managed by Cardiff Council, the centre offers a full range of courses, from complete novice to fully qualified instructor in dinghy and keelboat sailing, powerboating, as well as RYA Shorebased courses, such as First Aid and Marine VHF. The comprehensive year-round programme caters for all ages in the safe and exciting environment of the Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, CSC has taught tens of thousands of individuals from schools, families and organisations to sail and powerboat. Previous participants often return to us repeatedly to further their sailing skills and fulfil their potential in their chosen watersport.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/centre-short.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Sailing Centre Aerial\" width=\"1016\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/centre-short.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/centre-short-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/centre-short-768x302.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Sailing Centre (CSC) has been teaching people to sail for over 55 years and established a strong reputation for watersport activities. It\u2019s also renowned for running high profile events alongside its main role as an activity provider. Originally set in the surroundings of Llanishen Reservoir in North Cardiff, the centre now operates from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbwac.com\/sailing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}