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 2025 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
A lot of you will already be aware that one of our young cadets, Ralph Hadley, has enjoyed a hugely
successful year of competitive Topper sailing here in the UK and abroad, and if you (click here) you'll be
able to read his father Chris's account of Ralph's many achievements that as fellow members of TBSC we
can all take pride in as, of course, it all started here!
This year's Laying-up Supper and Prize-giving was held for the first time at Whitstable & Seasalter Golf Club, and the feedback from the 95 members and guests who attended in all their finery (see photos) was overwhelmingly positive. The food prepared and served by Mike, Sally and their team was truly delicious - a step up, or several steps up from past offerings at other venues I'd say - and after the prize giving and speeches that included tributes to our retiring Commodore, Ian
We are delighted to announce Silver Cadet Sponsorship from both Practical Car & Van Hire Herne Bay and Jim and Maureen Flower (Jim is our current Club Admiral). Their sponsorship will help embed and support ongoing cadet development at the club. Thank you!!
But this isn't all! We are currently inviting other businesses and individuals to be part of this exciting regeneration programme of the Club’s equipment and facilities to support t
Approximately 120 people joined together over the weekend of the 16th and 17th July to help celebrate our 60th Diamond Anniversary. Founder Members, Former Members, Members, Honorary Members, previous Commodores, and Commodores from local clubs, came together to celebrate 60 years of Tankerton Bay Sailing Club. Rosie Duffield, MP and Neil Baker, Local Councillor joined our celebrations, too. Festivities started with speeches by Rosie, Jim Flower, Tankerton Bay S
Tide Times & Heights for Whitstable Approaches on 17th April 2025
| High Tide | 03:50 | 5.04m |
| Low Tide | 09:55 | 0.83m |
| High Tide | 16:02 | 4.93m |
| Low Tide | 22:16 | 0.95m |
