History

Our club “Penzance Sailing Club” was formed in 1939 by seven people who bought 14 foot West of England Conference Redwings. These clinker-built sailing dinghies were built at Looe, East Cornwall, where the class is still sailed.

The first premises were an old cottage on the west end of Penzance Promenade where the Wherry Town car park is now situated.

After the war the membership increased but had a set back when the clubhouse was destroyed in the "great storm" of March 1962. The Club then had temporary use of the' old Coast Lines dock offices as a bar, galley and changing room (now a cafe) near the Ross' Bridge slipway in Penzance Harbour. Its dinghy park was located on the site now occupied by the gardens opposite the old lifeboat house.

The club has come a long way since these early years and this section of the website is an active archive of our history and key times in the clubs history.

Detailed History
A more comprehensive history of our club [detailed history...]

Commodores
Find out the details of our founder members and each commodore since our club was founded [past commodores...]

National Championships
Since the 1970s we have hosted class championships bi-annually including world record fleets [championships...]

PASAB
The Penzance Around Scilly and Back race has been run annually since 1978 [PASAB...]

Mini Transat
The first 4 editions of the internationally famous "Mini Transat" transatlantic race started from our club [Mini Transat...]

Club Handbooks
Take a look back in times by reading through our club handbooks [Handbooks...]

Results
All available results of past events can be found online [results...]