Marine services in Abbotsford

Sailing club

Ask a Sydney sailor of a certain vintage about "CAGS" and they'll know exactly where you mean: the Concord, Abbotsford, Gladesville Flying Squadron, as this club was known from 1937, and the spiritual home of twelve-foot skiff sailing on the Parramatta River. Today it trades as the Abbotsford 12ft Sailing Club, but the character has survived every name change since 1936 — a family-oriented, member-run river club where involvement in working bees and race duties keeps fees within reach of ordinary families. The racing menu tells you who the club serves. Juniors start in Optimists and Sabots, a strong Laser division carries sailors through their teens and beyond, Cherubs bridge the gap for the ambitious, and at the top of the pyramid sit the twelve-foot skiffs themselves, the class around which the whole club was built. An Open class keeps the door wide for any other monohull dinghy that turns up. The club also hosts the Parramatta River Championship for 12ft skiffs, a fixture on the NSW circuit, and its current roster includes the father-and-son pairing of Peter and Steve Hill sailing Arrogant Frog. Ties to the neighbourhood run deep. The club works closely with the Abbotsford Sea