Real Club Náutico de Cádiz
Real Club Náutico de Cádiz is a historic sports and sailing club at Punta de San Felipe on the Bay of Cádiz and ranks among the oldest yacht clubs in Andalusia and Spain. The club offers a marina with pontoons and finger berths, water and electricity, diesel supply, dry storage, a slipway, and a clubhouse with bar-restaurant, social rooms and an events hall. Focus areas include an active Snipe fleet with a monthly league, the ORC cruiser fleet and a sailing school with youth programmes including Optimist. Since the revival from 2019 with strong membership growth and facility upgrades from 2020, the club has again become a sporting, social and cultural landmark for the city.
History
Real Club Náutico de Cádiz was founded in 1868 and is registered as a private non-profit sports club with the Junta de Andalucía. Based at Punta de San Felipe in Cádiz, it is among the oldest yacht clubs in Andalusia and Spain. The Snipe class has been closely linked to Cádiz since the 1970s; Flota Snipe Cádiz was refounded in 2000 on the foundations of the former club fleet, has been active for over 20 years and has been reintegrated into the Náutico since 2020. It is now one of Spain's largest and most active Snipe fleets, with a monthly league regatta and the Trofeo Aniversario, once the largest national class event by entries. SCIRA named Flota Snipe de Cádiz Snipe fleet of the year 2021. In 2019 a new phase began with a large influx of members: numbers rose from about 160 to 518. From 2020 the Club 2.0 modernisation started; in summer 2022, coinciding with the Spanish Snipe Cup, facilities with a semi-Olympic pool, children's splash pool, sun terrace, events hall, offices, gym, changing rooms and stores were inaugurated. The former Comisión Naval Militar building was refurbished as a training and fleet base with classroom, skippers' room, lookout tower and boat hall. The club continues to run Liga Driveris Snipe, regional and national regattas and ORC cruiser activity alongside cultural and social events.
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Facilities
Marina with pontoons (about 160–173 berths), water and power, diesel, ice, changing rooms, slipway, dry storage and yard; bar-restaurant with terrace, lounge, multipurpose hall (up to about 280 guests), parking area; pool complex with semi-Olympic pool, children's pool and solarium; refurbished former Comisión Naval Militar building with classroom, skippers' room, terrace, lookout tower and boat hall (about 450 m²).
Activities
Monthly Snipe league and regattas (including Liga Driveris, Trofeo Aniversario, Copa de Andalucía), ORC cruiser racing, sailing school with youth programmes, cultural events (talks, exhibitions) and social gatherings on site.
Youth section
Active sailing school (Escuela de Vela) with youth programmes; Optimist competitions are mentioned; contact via club phone and email.
Parking
Yes, parking area available