Sailing In Babbacombe

For 182 years Babbacombe has hosted a regattawhich makes it one of the oldest established events in the country. In 1935 the Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club was founded to establish a an organised community to manage these events and develop sailing locally.

The Club’s headquarters were in an old fisherman’s hut on Oddicombe Beach, the walls of which now form the bottom storey of the present Club House. This Blue Flag beach is served by by the cliff railway and a long sloping walk down. The building was opened by the Mayoress of Torquay on 26th June 1937 which was the year of the Coronation Regatta. The last race held by the Club prior to the outbreak of war was on 2nd September 1939. All activities of the Club were suspended during the second world war and the Beach Offices were appropriated by the Royal Air Force and Home Guard.

The Club restablished itself in February 1947 and adopted “Redwings” as its main sailing class. Since that time the main class has changed Tasars. The club has represented the UK in the previous 3 world Tasar championships and held the National team champions title in 2007.

The social events of the club take place in a building in St Marychurch Fore Street precinct that used to be a sales office for the locally mined marble – hence the stonemason’s crest over the main doors.

The following is taken from the Corinthian Cadet Club Website.

The Babbacombe Corinthian Cadet Club was formed as part of BCSC in 1997 for sailing training purposes and has been very successful with over 1,500 young trainees to date, all of whom are trained by club volunteers, three of whom have been presented RYA awards for their efforts in voluntary training. The club was honoured by a visit from HRH The Princess Royal in June this year in her capacity as Patron of the RYA “Sailability ” scheme. She attended a reception for all the pupils undergoing training during the year to present RYA certificates and to thank the volunteers.

Fore Street
St. Marychurch
Torquay
TQ1 4LY
Latitude: 50° 28′ 55.07″ N
Longitude: 3° 31′ 25.10″ W

Website: www.babbacombe-sc.com
Email: Babb.Sailing@btopenworld.com
Phone: 01803 329037
Activities:
Established: 1935
Single Membership: £27.50
Classes Sailed: Laser Tasar