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Canadian Canoeing

Take to the water

10 Island Street
Plymouth, Devon TQ8 8DP
United Kingdom
+44 1548 53 1176
http://www.icc-salcombe.co.uk

More experienced canoers, who do not need an instructor with them, can hire a craft from the ICC Splash Centre at South Sands Beach in Salcombe. There are experts available to advise on the day's weather and tides. Rescue boat cover is always available and safety equipment is provided free.

Review © 2007, Wcities

ICC Splash Centre

Watersports centre for experienced sportsmen 10 Island Street
Plymouth, Devon TQ8 8DR
United Kingdom
+44 800 917 9025
http://www.icc-salcombe.co.uk If you are experienced in water sports and do not need an instructor with you, this centre at South Sands Beach is the place to visit. Here you can hire craft for sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, inflatable rides, water-skiing and wake boarding. The centre does not take children under 8 and may advise any participant to take an instructor if they think it necessary. There are always experts available to advise on options, as well as the important matters of the day's weather and tides. Rescue boat cover is always available and safety equipment is provided free. Bookings are not taken in advance, so phone for more details.

Review © 2007, Wcities

Mount Batten Sailing & Watersports Centre

For sailors and landlubbers 70 Lawrence Road
Plymouth, Devon PL9 9SJ
United Kingdom
+44 1752 40 4567 This is one of the "Centres for Excellence" for sailing in the UK. It was funded through Sports Lottery and European finance totalling over £4 million and built on a former Air Force base on the Mount Batten peninsula. It offers a wide range of activities for watersports enthusiasts including sailing, diving, powerboat racing, Cornish gig racing and even angling. Landlubbers are catered for as well, with mountain biking, caving and orienteering. The facilities are ideal, with wide slipways, 100 metre mooring pontoon, and ample parking for cars and dinghies. Access to the Plym estuary, Plymouth Sound and adjoining rivers is easy and direct. There is also purpose built accommodation, with facilities for 60 people residentially, lecture rooms, bars, and a conference room for 150 people.

Review © 2007, Wcities

Photo: Jason Nolan
Photo: Joe Hesketh

Watersports at Salcombe

All levels of watersports instruction 10 Island Street
Plymouth, Devon TQ8 8DR
United Kingdom
This new and exciting watersports centre offers boating instruction for everyone from age 5 upwards. The ICC Sailing Centre is a floating, residential sailing base. MV Egremont is actually a 150 foot converted ferry and is ideally suited to the Salcombe estuary. Instructions in powerboating, Canadian canoeing and kayaking are all available for a day or half day session.

Review © 2007, Wcities