St Mawes Sailing Club

The Club was founded in 1920 and has functioned, apart from the War years, without interruption from that date. Originally it was started by local people racing against each other and later it developed into organised racing for holiday visitors as well. This is still one of its principal functions. It was largely the initiative of Philip Sharp which got the Club re-started in 1946. The racing was controlled from a caravan on the Quay and, for some fifteen years, a Clubroom was found at various... more