Situated on the North Kent Coast, an area popular with sailors, the Tankerton Bay Sailing Club was formed in 1962. There is a friendly atmosphere, welcoming all ages and all abilities.
We sail most weekends and certain weekdays from late March through to early November, enjoying dinghy and catamaran racing, cruising and relaxed sailing supported by a fun social programme and fun cadet club
As an accredited RYA Training Centre we offer a range of courses.
If you would like to find out more about what we do, then please email.
Click here for the 2024 Calendar
We would like to thank the current sponsors of our cadet development programme. Click here for more information.
Not only has the Saturday cadet club been a brilliant success, we now have cadets competing fiercely across the TBSC races, class and championship races and now on a global scale!
Firstly, looking at this year’s cadet club, run brilliantly by Ed Grundon and the cadet parents. With regular turnouts of 12 to 15 participants each Saturday, the cadets have improved week on week. Ed puts together a programme for each weekend, focusing cadets in 2 groups, those who are mor
Huge congratulations to one of our brilliant youngsters, Ralph Hadley, who recently achieved 3rd overall at the ITCA Winter Championship in Weymouth. Competing against 31 entries he achieved two 1st places, a 4th, 5th and 6th place over the weekend racing in mixed conditions.
Ralph has also been awarded the Barton Marine Rising Star for 2024.
Discover more about Ralph in an article in Yachtsandyachting.com. where you can find out more about how he got into s
TBSC celebrated the end of the sailing season with its annual Laying Up Supper at The Marine Hotel on Saturday, 2nd December 2023. The trophies and awards presented throughout the evening represented so many personal achievements, both on and off the water, during the year.
Commodore, Ian Mills, said: “What a season we had, which was topped off by a perfect Laying Up Supper at The Marine Hotel. So many achievements for so many of our members. There was so much to celebrat
The annual long distance cat cruise was supported by our largest fleet yet. Following a detailed briefing (sailing out on an ebb tide brings sand banks and hidden obstacles into play) 12 cats along with James and Colin on support boat set sail for Westgate Bay, 15 miles east near Margate. We left on the ebb tide around 9am and we were hoping that 2hrs sailing would get us to Westgate. Unfortunately,
The ITCA Topper Coastal Championships (NS4), hosted between Tankerton Bay Sailing Club and Whitstable Yacht Club on 20th and 21st May 2023, was a roaring success.
After nearly two years in the planning, both sailing clubs finally welcomed over 100 young sailors to take part in two days of racing on the North Kent Coast. This was the first time an ITCA sailing event had been to our shores and it was an amazing sight. Over 50 volunteers from our members&
Tide Times & Heights for Whitstable Approaches on 4th December 2024
| High Tide | 01:59 | 5.15m |
| Low Tide | 08:30 | 0.82m |
| High Tide | 14:27 | 5.12m |
| Low Tide | 20:30 | 1.05m |
