Lynmouth Sailing Club

03/09/2026

30/08/2026

THE ANNUAL RICHIE BERRY CUP SWIM RACE & FUN SWIM
SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2026 @ 5:30pm Lynmouth Harbour

EMAIL [email protected] to Register

SPONSORED by Horizon Coffee Company & Lynmouth Sea Sauna

Join us for the annual race and fun swim organised by LYNSEALS & LYNMOUTH SAILING CLUB.

The Richie Berry Cup is a race to the furthest Eastern pole and back to the Lynmouth harbour slipway.

Prizes for the Fastest Male Swimmer and Fastest Female Swimmer.

1st Prize FREE Lynmouth Sea Sauna Session for two and a Hand Crafted Ceramic Medal.
2nd Prize FREE Lynmouth Sea Sauna Session for One and a Hand Crafted Ceramic Medal

FUN RACE: Join us for a gentle swim to the second or first weir post and down the river.

FUN RACE PRIZES for Swimmers with the most style, two prizes up for grabs

1st Prize FREE Lynmouth Sea Sauna Session for Two and a Hand Crafted Ceramic Medal
2nd Prize FREE Lynmouth Sea Sauna Session for One and a Hand Crafted Ceramic Medal

Registration is at 5:15pm on the Lynmouth Harbour Slipway, Races start at 6:15pm Race & Fun Swim £5 (Cash Only) entry fee, paid on the day, which goes towards safety cover and insurance. EMAIL [email protected] to Register

Full Safety Cover in place.

Join us for an apres swim at the Lynmouth Sea Sauna located at The Foreshore, Lynmouth.

Looking forward to meeting you at this great event!

LYNSEALS & LYNMOUTH SAILING CLUB

27/08/2026

RAFT RACE CANCELLED – SATURDAY 29TH AUGUST

We’re absolutely, heartbrokenly (that’s a word) sorry to say that Saturday’s Lynmouth Raft Race has sadly had to be cancelled.

The forecast sea and weather conditions, and the way in which the launching of the rafts must happen this year, mean that there is simply no way for us to safely run the event. Trust us when we say we’ve explored options B through to Z, but safety has to come first, and unfortunately that means we just can’t go ahead. Boooooooo.

First and foremost, a huge thank you to all the volunteers who have already given up their time to help get everything to this stage, and to our FIFTEEN raft entries – you mad fools - we were absolutely delighted to have so many! We’ll be contacting all entrants individually to make sure the message has been received.

That also means that tonight’s flour bag packing is also cancelled – we know SO many of you were (absolutely not) looking forward to that! Again, thank you to those who had generously agreed to sacrifice your time – you may stand down.

There is, however, still something to salvage from the weekend! Lynmouth Shanty Crew will be at The Ancient Mariner from 8pm tonight for their final shanty sing-a-long of the month, and The Ancient Mariner had booked an amazing band tomorrow, so there’s plenty of opportunity to sing away your lack-of-raft-race related sorrows.

We’re disappointed not to be able to go ahead after all the work and enthusiasm that’s gone into it, but thank you to everyone who entered, volunteered, helped, shared and supported the event.

We’ll be back!

Lynmouth Sailing Club
A Community Interest Company

20/08/2026

Just over a week to go until Lynmouth Raft Race 2026 on Saturday 29th of August - we've already got FOURTEEN teams who have registered their interest for this year's race, so it's set to be a cracker.

There's still time to join in if you want to, either pop us an e-mail or facebook message to be sent an application form.

On the Thursday 27th we're Raft Race Flour Bag Blitzing outside The Ancient Mariner, which happily ties in with the Lynmouth Shanty Crew's last Thursday of the month shanty-a-long. All are welcome, but if you are coming along to help please expect to be inevitably COVERED in flour!

If you're up for selling some flour bags on raft race day, doing a spot of marshalling, shaking a bucket, or helping our brave and hardy competitors, please do get in touch.

Lynmouth Sailing Club
A community interest company

30/07/2026

Black Tot Day tomorrow 31st July, 1530 at the harbour; Laver, Bacon, Rum, all welcome!

28/04/2026

A request for help...if anyone is available Tuesday 5th May time: TBC we will begin to decorate the Harbour. The decorations will stay up until well into June if not beyond. If we have enough helpers this may only take the day. As always all help great fully welcomed.

24/04/2026

Looking for a couple of victims!! ( volunteers ) for the Miller and Sweep contest after the seagull race on 16th May ....who's up for it ....