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Marconi Sailing Club
Marconi Sailing Club. Photo: Paul Franks, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Marconi Sailing Club

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

57Fair out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Best on Mon 9, usually: typical for the time of year: good on 64% of days

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 64 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 12 °C4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves
  • Best Feb–Mar, Oct, Dec5 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual sailing conditions at Marconi Sailing Club, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Tue 3to 8usuallySW 8 knF312°C
Mon 9usuallySW 10 knF311°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

best Feb–Mar, Oct, Dec

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Marconi Sailing Club

Blackwater Beach
Photo: Roger Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
England Coast Path near Stansgate Abbey Farm, Steeple
Photo: Roger Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More sailing near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Marconi Sailing Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 12°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 19°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually February, March, October and December, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Maldon. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,190–US$2,210 each

about US$1,190–US$2,210 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$449–US$925
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,210

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Maldon

Closest

Maldon

about 15 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Maldon · Booking.com

About Maldon its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 14h 15m

About 14h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LHR, direct, then 1h 50m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.