Type
Sailing / Yacht Club
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Founded Year
1920
History
Portsmouth Sailing Club is based in historic Old Portsmouth in premises that look over the harbour entrance. The Club has the use of two boatyards for dinghies, tenders and RIBS. The Club enjoys quick access to Portsmouth Harbour and the Solent at all states of the tide from the East Street public slip and owns moorings in Portsmouth Harbour. Portsmouth Sailing Club is the home of the successful Parhelion yacht racing series held every spring and autumn which attracts novice and experienced crews alike and has been running since 2002. In addition to the Parhelion, there are well-attended weekend passage cruises to Solent harbours, venues in the South West of England and cross-channel to Northern France. For dinghies, there is the Frostbite series which runs during October and November. 2010 with be its 54th running, making it possibly the oldest dinghy winter series in the area. Portsmouth SC also continues its long affiliation with the historic and competitive Victory Class one-design keelboats, who have been known to compete in the Frostbite.
Street
21 Bath Square
Post Code
PO1 2JL
City
Portsmouth
State
Hampshire
Country
United Kingdom