About this flying site
Vehicle Access & Parking:Strictly no vehicles to be parked on the roads or fields. Unload your gear and remove your vehicle to one of the car parks shown on the plan.
Vault Bay paragliding site and weather forecast
Cornwall. Live seven-day flying weather, launch directions and site information for Vault Bay.
Altitude102 m
Launch directionsSE
Coordinates50.2306, -4.8015
AreaCornwall
Managing club: Kernow Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association · Access: open
Flying profile
Best Workable Not recorded
Vault Bay is a hill site in Cornwall with a recorded launch elevation of 102 m. It works best in south-easterly winds. Pilots fly it for ridge soaring, using foot launch.
- Terrain
- hill
- Lift
- ridge soaring
- Launch
- foot launch
- Cross-country
- Not recorded
When the wind is wrong for Vault Bay
The nearest site we have rated for each wind direction Vault Bay doesn't cover.
St. Agnesnortherly or north-easterly wind, 32 km away · 93 m · N, NE, NW launch · ridge soaringStruddick Farmsoutherly wind, 32 km away · 122 m · S launchWhitsandsouth-westerly wind, 41 km away · 44 m · SW launchPerran Sandswesterly or north-westerly wind, 29 km away · 66 m · W, NW launch · ridge soaring
Site briefing highlights
Short extracts from Kernow Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association and ParaglidingEarth. Read the full guide before you fly.
Take-off
Beware of turbulence from the trees and hedges in front of the west launch. Rigging Notes: Keep the landing area clear. Keep the air in front of launch clear. Marshalling: Use common sense and consideration for others.
Landing
Top Landing Notes: Try to avoid Landing outsite the designated areas. DO NOT land in any field where livestock may be disturbed. Beware of rotor downwind of hedges and wind shear where fields slope away downwind.
Access and parking
Where possible KHPA sites are open to all BHPA flying members; a few are members (or accompanied guests) only. Pilot level: CP.
Local weather notes
Hazards: Wind shear at the back of the landing area. Keep speed on and aim to land near the brow. Restricted Areas: Avoid all fields outside the site boundary, except where indicated land.
Flight rules
All information is for guidance only. All pilots must make their own assessment of the site. Don’t Forget: Military Freephone for midweek flying. 0800 51 55 44 Red Arrows, Royal Flights and TRAs. 0500 35 48 02
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Paragliding sites near Vault Bay
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