Membership

Welcome to good company! Helsingfors Segelsällskap or HSS is a place to share your passion for the water, make friends over maritime adventures and learn new things about the fascinating world of sailing. The club enables sailing as a way of life.

What does it mean to be a member?

  1. Community: the HSS is like a family that shares a love of maritime adventure. You will meet like-minded people with a common interest in sailing.
  2. Safety and learning: whether you’re a beginner or an experienced sailor, HSS provides a safe environment to learn new things. Experienced members are ready to share their knowledge and skills, and we organise training sessions, camps and educational events for sailors of all levels and ages.
  3. Events: HSS offers the opportunity to experience the joy of sailing together with other members and to make friends who share the same passion.
  4. A great setting: the HSS offers its members high-quality and varied sailing club facilities in the centre of Helsinki. Members can enjoy boat parking, a wide range of member facilities, a sauna, two restaurants on the island, a kiosk, a petrol station and training facilities in a unique archipelago setting. The future prospects are excellent as the reform of the zoning plan offers many opportunities to further develop the facilities.
  5. Discounts and benefits: As a member, you can take advantage of a range of discounts and membership benefits. The club has a wide range of equipment, two excursion islands and great facilities for recreation. Find out more about membership benefits here.
  6. Social responsibility: HSS aims to promote environmental awareness and responsible sailing. Find out more about the club’s sustainability programme here.

By becoming a member of the HSS you will have the opportunity to participate in unique experiences, develop your sailing skills, and find new friends who share your passion for the marine life. Members can vote at the club’s annual meeting and thereby influence the club’s activities and future.

Are you ready to join us? Join the HSS family!

Read more:

Club member Sachin shares why he is a member of HSS

What activities does the club organise?

Community

  • You join a sailing club that organises events both in summer and winter.
  • You’ll meet new like-minded friends and get more and more out of your hobby.

Training courses

  • Boating and boatmaster courses
  • Lectures on various aspects of racing sailing
  • First aid courses
  • Driving and handling RIBs and club’s powerboats

Regattas

  • We organise sailing competitions and events for both experienced and novice sailors.
  • Competing is both a sport and a fun way of doing things together.

Sailing and Windsurfing Center for adults

  • Introductory windsurfing courses
  • Sailing beginner courses
  • Winter camp in Spain with rental boats
  • Opportunity to practice and compete independently on boats owned by the club
  • Coached weekly training in sailing and windsurfing
  • J/70 project: aim of the Finnish Sailing League
  • Read more

Sailing school for juniors

  • Sign up your junior family member for either a summer camp or regular training.
  • The club’s active and high quality junior activities offer the opportunity to train in sailing up to the top and the national team.
  • The community of parents is close-knit and many have found good friends for life.
  • Read more about junior activities.

Boating sites

  • You get a berth and harbour services in a well-managed and maintained HSS harbour.
  • Possibility of winter storage of your boat.
  • Read more.

Classic sailing

  • Join the classic community’s own WhatsApp group and you’re sure to find plenty of opportunities to sail great boats, there’s always a need for crew!
  • Sail on a club-owned Hai boat and explore Finland’s stunning archipelago, read more.

Club activities

  • Parties and events
  • Get involved in organising different events
  • Meet new people and find new opportunities like boat sharing
  • Read more

The three islands and the facilities

  • Get a guide to the club’s islands (Andö and Getören) and visit them with the club’s boats, a rental boat or a friend’s boat. Boats on the club’s register can use the islands free of charge.
  • Make free use of the club’s facilities, for example for remote working, and spend your free time on beautiful Liuskasaari, right in the heart of Helsinki. Have a look at the facilities.
  • All members have free access to the club’s guest facilities for four days a year; rent or borrow a boat and take advantage.
  • Get your own boat and apply for a berth at Liuskasaari.