Tankerton Bay Sailing Club - Kent
The best sailing club on the North Kent coast
The best sailing club on the North Kent coast
Racing and cruising for a variety of abilities
The view
Cadet club
Fun series
Mixed fleet racing
Socialising

Tankerton Bay Sailing Club

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.

 

Dart 15 Open Event

28th to 29th June 2025

Tankerton Bay Sailing Club is pleased to be the host of the first Dart 15 Summer TT on the North Kent Coast in nearly 10 years! Please see below the programme for the weekend – together with information about accommodation and facilities at the club. Entries and Saturday evening meal bookings must be made in advance.

Online entry and Saturday evening meal click here Notice of Race click here  Sailing Instructions click here  &nb

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A brilliant first half of the year for our cadets

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

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Ralph Hadley - future Olympic Hope?

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!

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Laying Up Supper - 2024!

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

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Cadet Sponsorship Success and Opportunity!

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

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Tides

Tide Times & Heights for Whitstable Approaches on 12th May 2025

High Tide 01:105.07m
Low Tide 07:280.71m
High Tide 13:295m
Low Tide 19:520.87m
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