Portaferry Sailing Club

The Club now based in its clubhouse at 38-40 Shore Road, Portaferry started as Cooke Street Sailing Club in 1968, named after a previous sailing club in the town which ceased operating in 1956. The Club initially provided racing for ‘Wychcraft’ a locally designed racing dinghy and supplied a social base for local sailors and their supporters as well as visiting boat crews from all over the world. It ran its first Regatta in 1969 and as the years progressed the Club added various classes of... more