Portishead Cruising Club

Before the Second World War & as sailing started to become a leisure activity a club was set up in a building at Portishead Dock. This was used as a base for cruises which mostly went 'downalong' with the ebbtide. Events of 1939/45 curtailed access to the Dock so 'temporary' moorings were found at Crockerne Pill and Sea Mills. Pill was the favourite location, with its choice of two dozen pubs. Whilst access to Portishead Dock was restored after the war, no right of way was allowed across Parish... more