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.
