Southport Sailing Club

Southport Sailing Club Southport Sailing Club is a Community Amateur Sports Club situated on the waters of the Marine Lake,

The formation of Southport Sailing Club had its beginnings in the late 1950’s when a few dinghy sailing enthusiasts sailing ‘kit-built’ dinghies began to meet on the water, at the lakeside and later in Tommy Mann’s Bar, (the pub on stilts now known as ‘The Lakeside Inn’). In 1959, with the blessing of Tommy Mann, the club was born, a Commodore, Secretary and Treasurer were elected, however there w

as still no clubhouse and no official water to sail on as a club. Eventually an application was made to the Royal Yachting Association for official recognition, and a delegation from our club was invited to London to meet Officials of the RYA who gave them a sympathetic hearing. Shortly afterwards Southport Sailing Club became an officially recognised club and member of the RYA. The Mayor of Southport, Alderman Simms Mitchell, officially opened the Clubhouse on the 22nd October 1967. The membership was growing rapidly and in that year there were 584 full members and 110 junior members. The Enterprise fleet numbered 46; there were 67 GP14’s and 105 in the Handicap Fleet. It wasn’t long before there was talk of an extension to the clubhouse. Plans were presented in October 1970 at a special general meeting and it was agreed to proceed when funds were adequate. It was 1972 before it was felt safe to proceed with the project and the ‘go ahead’ was given at a general meeting in March of that year. A group of enthusiastic members prepared the groundwork and the foundations so saving a considerable sum of money. The extension was then completed and the clubhouse has remained in that form to the present date. Today our headquarters is the envy of many of our visitors and one of which we should all be proud. General Queries : [email protected]

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12 Hour Queries : [email protected]

⏱️Just over a week to go...don't forget to pack your gear and a box of spares
18/06/2026

⏱️Just over a week to go...don't forget to pack your gear and a box of spares

13/06/2026
⛵️Join us for our Sunday morning racing⏱️10.30am Start
13/06/2026

⛵️Join us for our Sunday morning racing
⏱️10.30am Start

📆2 weeks to go...⛵️Our team at Southport Sailing Club are well underway with their training.Looking forward to welcoming...
13/06/2026

📆2 weeks to go...

⛵️Our team at Southport Sailing Club are well underway with their training.

Looking forward to welcoming everyone in a few weeks.

⛵️Friday Night Handicap Racing.⏱️7pm Start🍺Bar open after racing
12/06/2026

⛵️Friday Night Handicap Racing.
⏱️7pm Start
🍺Bar open after racing

Less than a month to go! Keep an eye an eye on your emails and socials for the latest updates.Thank you to everyone who...
05/06/2026

Less than a month to go! Keep an eye an eye on your emails and socials for the latest updates.
Thank you to everyone who has already signed up. There are still a very small number of spaces for our national junior 12 hour race.

Great week at the club with our juniors learning from stage 1 through to start racing. Great evening tonight with our 3...
29/05/2026

Great week at the club with our juniors learning from stage 1 through to start racing. Great evening tonight with our 3rd and 4th race of our second Friday handicap race and Sunday is the town cup hosted by

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Marine Drive
Southport
PR81RY

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Monday 6pm - 8:30pm

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