About Us

Wells Sailing Club was founded in 1913 by local enthusiasts using the saloon bar of ‘ The Shipwrights ‘ pub and in an annex of East House near the Quay.

The club developed from sailing a mixture of racing dinghies [ including Int 14’s] to a concentration of Int 12 Square metre Sharpies in the late 1940’s and early fifties. The Sharpie is still the main fleet today and incidentally took part in the Olympic Games held in Melbourne in 1956. We also boast a small fleet of Lasers and Enterprise’s.

Our Club House was built in 1965 on land bought for £ 500,part of an old railway siding. Over the years we have bought additional land including part of the East Quay for Boat Parking and the Old Railway Cutting for Car Parking and land further to the east near the Old Whelk sheds for future expansion.

Plans have been approved to extend the Club House to the rear to greatly expand the changing room ,kitchen and the main social and bar area. Work should start on this extension towards the end of this year.

Our aim is to continue to improve our facilities for all members both sailing and social. At present our membership totals around 170 including family, individual, junior, associate, honorary & retired

We run a full sailing programme throughout the season and a very varied selection of social events every month.

The object of Wells Sailing Club as stated in our Hand Book is:

‘Formed to promote and facilitate the amateur sport of sailing and yachting and to organize racing for small boats in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. And for the community participation in the same. Membership is open to anybody interested in the sport of sailing subject to available facilities’

We look forward to the Clubs continuing success due entirely to the enthusiasm of all our members both on and off the water.

Campbell MacCallum

Commodore

Wells Sailing Club