Portaferry Sailing Club

19/09/2026

"High Tide Friday" became "Low Tide Saturday" and we swapped dinghys for motor boats for a fun, windy, wet trip to Down Cruising Club.
Thanks to them for a great BBQ and an informative tour of The Ballydorn Lightship by Jimmy.
Special thanks to Seamus, Ralph, Peter and Chris for providing the boats.
Lots of smiles, laughter and even squeals from all.
Thank you to all our volunteers, parents and kids, its been a great season.
Portaferry Sailing Club

17/09/2026

Please come and help our neighbours Strangford Sailing Club celebrate when they present over £3000 to Friends of the Cancer Centre.
The event is at Down Cruising Club
Sunday 27th Sept, 2pm.

17/09/2026

⛵ THE F15 WEEKEND IS COMING! ⛵

Two clubs. One lough. One weekend.

🏆 PSC Boston Trophy

📅 Saturday 10th October
⏰ 11:30am start
📍 Portaferry Sailing Club
👉 Enter on the day at PSC

🏆 SSC Tyrone Crystal

📅 Sunday 11th October
⏰ 12 noon start
📍 Strangford Sailing Club
👉 Enter online: https://www.itsplainsailing.com/org/strangford

Whether you’re racing for the weekend, joining for one day or cheering from the shore, it’s set to be a brilliant weekend of F15 sailing on Strangford Lough! ⛵️

13/09/2026

Final High Tide Friday.
What a super evening to end our fun Fridays for this season.
As always thankyou to all.

11/09/2026

⛵️ RYA NI John Minnis Youth Championships – Good Luck! 🏆

The Youth Champs weekend is here! 🙌

40 sailors from the Strangford Lough Youth Series will be taking to Belfast Lough this weekend to compete at the RYA NI John Minnis Youth Championships.

From new faces to experienced SLYS sailors, it’s fantastic to see so many of our youth sailors taking the next step, putting their skills to the test and representing their clubs on the big stage!

Good luck to every single one of you!

Sail hard, enjoy the racing and most importantly – have fun! ⛵️🌊

04/09/2026

Strangford Sailing Club 80th Anniversary Regatta
Saturday 12th September 2026
First gun 12:30
Sailing Instructions now available to download!

https://strangfordsailingclub.com/sailing-instruction-notice-of-race/

02/09/2026

⛵ GIVE AN OLD OPTIMIST SAIL A NEW LIFE 🌊

Portaferry Sailing Club is appealing to sailing clubs, sailing schools and sailors across Northern Ireland and beyond for used or unwanted Optimist sails that are still in usable condition.

The sails will support a special community project in Carriacou and Petit Martinique in the Lower Grenadines, where local people are rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricane Beryl in 2024.

This summer, local shipwrights worked alongside children on the islands to build seven wooden Optimist dinghies by hand as part of efforts to revive their traditional boat-building heritage and introduce a new generation to sailing.

The boats are built now they need sails. ⛵

This project has a strong connection to Portaferry Sailing Club through our Sailing Secretary, Karen Brown, who has previously worked with the islands and community through her university research.

If your club or members have an Optimist sail gathering dust in a sail loft, garage or store, it could now help a young sailor take to the water for the first time.

📞 Karen Brown: 07762 783119
📧 [email protected]

Please share this appeal with sailing clubs, junior sections and Optimist sailors.

One old sail here could give a young sailor a whole new beginning there. 💙



some images from Carriacou & Petit Martinique

29/08/2026

The "High Tide Friday" gang had another glorious evening sailing dinghies, where else, but on the Narrows in front of Portaferry Sailing Club
How much the kids have improved and grown in confidence over the past year is very rewarding. Thanks go to instructors at SSC but more especially volunteers at PSC who have been giving the kids this opportunity every Friday.
Finges crossed we get a few more good ones before end of season.

28/08/2026

22/08/2026