Welcome to the Stour Sailing club

The Stour Sailing Club was formed in 1936 and is situated on the south bank for the River Stour in Manningtree. The clubhouse was purchased in 1970 and is in an enviable position facing the river. It features fabulous facilities incorporating a very friendly club bar with balcony, library, parlour, toilets & showers.

Opposite the clubhouse on the waterfront, the club offers access to a short concrete slip leading to a gravel hard. Next to the hard you’ll find our East compound with benches and a race starting hut. In the summer this compound is covered by a marquee and is used for regattas, social gatherings, sailing and rowing events.

Stour Sailing Club Facilities

Nearby, the club owns another (West) compound with adjacent slipway to the channel, and both a quayside and floating pontoons for loading and unloading gear and people, as well as filling with water etc.

During the season the West compound is used for Tenders, Rowing Gigs, Canoe and smaller motor boats, and during the winter for the laying up of larger vessels.

Stour Sailing Club Micro Racing

There is a programme of races for Micro class boats throughout the season, including an evening race series when time, tide and weather allow!

The Micro World Championships are held annually at the Club, usually late September early October, and when possible we hold a spring ‘early season’; shakedown race!

Stour Sailing Club Rowing

The Club has an active Coastal Rowing Section and owns 2 Harker’s Yard Gigs “William Rose” and “Hunter”.

Club rows generally take place four times a week throughout the year, two on weekdays and both days at weekends, when tide and weather allow.

Our Gigs also take part in the winter Harker’s Yard race series with thirteen Clubs and twenty four Gigs competing in ten events between September and March each year. The events are a quite a spectacle to watch and the first event in the 2026-7 HYGA Winter Series will take place here at the Club on Sunday 27th September.

Stour Sailing Club Moorings

The club manages the lease of approximately 130 moorings in the area, including visitor moorings and pontoon space.

Our mooring master maintains the details of all users and visitors, particularly pontoon space which is limited to 6 vessels at once, and is a mine of information should you wish to know more.