About BCSC

There has been a Regatta at Babbacombe for 182 years, which makes it one of the oldest in the country. Although this Regatta included sailing events, it was not until 1935 that the Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club was founded in order to manage and maintain local sailing throughout the sailing season.
The Club’s headquarters were in an old fisherman’s hut on Oddicombe Beach, the walls of which now form the bottom storey of the present Club House. The beach has held a Blue Flag award for a number of years and sits below the highest esplanade in the country – fortunately the beach is served by a cliff railway! The building was formally opened by the Mayoress of Torquay on 26th June 1937, the year of the Coronation Regatta. The last race held by the Club prior to the outbreak of war was a race for Sea Scot Whalers on 2nd September 1939.
With the exception of three races held during June 1940, all activities of the Club were suspended for the war period and the Beach Headquarters was taken over by the Royal Air Force and Home Guard. The Club reformed in February 1947 and adopted Redwings as its main class. Since then the main class has changed to Sprogs and now it is Tasars. The club has represented the UK in the previous 3 world Tasar championships and held the National team champions title in 2007.
The Babbacombe Corinthian Cadet Club was formed as part of BCSC in 1997 for sailing training purposes and has been very successful with over 1,500 young trainees to date, all of whom are trained by club volunteers, three of whom have been presented RYA awards for their efforts in voluntary training. The club was honoured by a visit from HRH The Princess Royal in June this year in her capacity as Patron of the RYA “Sailability ” scheme. She attended a reception for all the pupils undergoing training during the year to present RYA certificates and to thank the volunteers.
The social events of the club take place in a building in St Marychurch Fore Street precinct that used to be a sales office for the locally mined marble – hence the stonemason’s crest over the main doors.