Emsworth Slipper
Located on the Quay in Emsworth is a warm and friendly sailing club. It has very active dinghy and cruising sections both for racing and social activities, as a RYA training establishment it is very keen on developing juniors and youth sailing. The club also hosts a very active radio sailing section on the adjacent millpond. The Club has just started a very popular rowing section using our Celtic Longboat .The clubhouse itself has some of the best views across the harbour.
Through our Safeguarding Policy, we are committed to providing a safe environment for all club members, youths and juniors to enjoy the water activities we facilitate.
Latest news
ON SATURDAY JUNE 28th - ESSC WINS IN ANNUAL YOKE CRUISER RACE V ESC !
The Yoke annual cruiser race between the two clubs, took place in fine weather on Saturday June 28th. Challenging winds, gusting to the top of F6, made for a lot of exciting sailing up to the finish at Beaulieu River entrance. 14 ESSC cruisers took part and 10 from ESC. See the results below. Our cruiser sec - Jennie Vaughan was presented with the Yoke Trophy at the evening BBQ at Bucklers Hard. More »
30 Jun 2025
DINGHY REGATTAS SUNDAY 13 JULY - ALL WELCOME !
Sunday 13th July Regattas 1) ESSC AND ESC JUNIOR REGATTA, FIRST START AT 13.30 https://www.emsworthslippersc.org.uk/dingh.../notice-of-race 2) Mengeham Rythe SC regatta. First start is at 1pm from a committee boat off Pilsey sands. For the adults, there is no racing at Emsworth that Sunday, but the plan is to join in with the Mengeham Rythe SC regatta: LEAVING ESSC AT 11.45 TO SAIL TO START. TEA AND PRIZEGIVING AT MRSC, THEN More »
27 Jun 2025
SOCIAL DINGHY SAILING - PROGRAMME FOR 2025 SEASON - NEWCOMERS WELCOME !
SOCIAL DINGHY SAILING STARTS IN EARLY MAY. All club members are welcome to join us for relaxed non-competitive time on the water with patrol boat support. Primarily we sail midweek as a fleet with Emsworth Sailing Club. The Social Sailing even dates are posted on the website, https://www.emsworthslippersc.org.uk/dinghies-1/social-sailing-1 , and these are also listed below so you can put them in your diaries: We also meet up socially. The next social More »
2 Apr 2025
REPORT ON FINN OPEN MEETING AT ESSC ON SATURDAY 15th MARCH - A GREAT SUCCESS !
Emsworth Slipper offered up another awesome day of sailing on 15 th March. Again the event was shared with a very competitive D Zero fleet. Visitors arrived from various parts of the UK and some of the HISC Finn fleet sailed up for the day. It was a very sunny but chilly day with a 15 20 + knot gusty breeze blowing from the northeast. Some of the shifts were More »
27 Mar 2025
ANDY GOULD DOWN UNDER IN SYDNEY HARBOUR!
Competing recently in the Musto worlds, Andy was placed 23/39 in the end, which he was quite happy with, given the competition. 1st "old codger" in the "Legend" category!. Lots of hazards in Sydney harbour. It was a very windy event, made worse by the wake from all the power boats and the Manly ferry, not to mention the seaplanes. There were even a couple of bull sharks circling an Australian More »
22 Jan 2025
CRUISER PROGRAMME FOR 2025
CLICK HERE FOR OUR 2025 SEASON CRUISER PROGRAMME! - Cross Channel Rally Now Booked for 13 August to 18 August. Bembridge Booked for 1st mid-week Cruise 14-16 May. Please have a look at the programme and let me have any comments - good or bad - all are welcome. Our future get togethers will be in the bar from 7.30 pm on 2nd Thursday of each month. To More »
15 Jan 2025
SOCIAL COMMITTEE EVENTS - PLANS
DIARY DATES AND BOOKING See our Plans for Social Events:- " CLICK HERE " More »
13 Jan 2025
ENVIRONMENTAL - Winter Birds to See in our Harbour
Claire Power, our environmental lead, has written a lovely article for our website about birds to see in Chichester harbour at this time of year. Many can be seen from the club balcony. Highly recommended ! Click HERE to read. More »
27 Dec 2024
Upcoming events
Jul 2 |
12:00 - Ancient Mariners Regatta (fall… Provisional |
Jul 2 |
18:00 - Wednesday Night Youth (F/Room,… |
Jul 3 |
19:00 - Games Night in the BarGames Night from 7.00 pm This is a regular |
Jul 4 |
17:30 - FNO Junior Sailing (Mill Pond) |
Jul 4 |
18:45 - Tango 3 |
Jul 5 |
FUNCTION ROOM RESERVED FOR BAL…Summer Ball for all members. Marquee to be erected 26th June 2025 |
Jul 5 |
18:30 - Summer Ball - A Midsummer Nigh…The Emsworth Slipper SC Summer Ball Our Premier |
Jul 6 |
09:30 - SMO Junior Sailing (Mill Pond) |
Jul 7 |
12:00 - ERS Management Committee Quart… |
Jul 8 |
09:15 - Rowing - SOCIAL ROW for up to…SOCIAL Open to 5 rowers to include a passenger, crew |
Jul 8 |
19:00 - Shanty Singers |
July 9-10 |
Possible Mid week sailing Venu… Provisional |
Jul 9 |
09:30 - Rowing - SOCIAL ROW for up to…SOCIAL Open to 3 NEW rowers ( and 2 experienced) |
Jul 9 |
18:00 - Wednesday Night Youth (F/Room,… |
Jul 10 |
11:00 - Rowing - SOCIAL ROW for up to…SOCIAL Open to 5 rowers to include a passenger, crew |
Jul 11 |
12:15 - ESC and ESSC Social Sailing |
Jul 11 |
17:30 - FNO Junior Sailing (Mill Pond)… |
Jul 12 |
Phillips Cup Lymington1245 Start |
Jul 12 |
11:30 - Rowing - SOCIAL ROW for up to…SOCIAL Open to 3 NEW rowers ( and 2 experienced) |
Jul 12 |
13:00 - Phillips 3 race series |
Jul 12 |
19:30 - Open Mic Night in the BarBy popular request, we will be holding an |
Jul 13 |
Junior Regatta (ESSC & ESC) (k… |
Jul 13 |
Junior Regatta (use of kitchen… |
Jul 13 |
AP5 |
Jul 13 |
12:15 - Rowing - Langstone Harbour ro…Session for a longer row If you need to |
Jul 13 |
13:30 - Junior Regatta |
Jul 14 |
14:15 - ESC and ESSC Social Sailing |
Jul 15 |
13:30 - Rowing - SOCIAL ROW for up to…SOCIAL Open to 5 rowers to include a passenger. |
Jul 16 |
15:30 - Rowing - SOCIAL ROW for up to…SOCIAL Open to 5 rowers to include a passenger - |
Jul 16 |
18:00 - Wednesday Night Youth (F/Room,… |
Tide predictions
Tuesday 1 July 2025 HW 04:12 4.251mLW 09:44 1.334m HW 16:48 4.38m LW 22:09 1.639m |
Wednesday 2 July 2025 HW 04:58 4.112mLW 10:36 1.515m HW 17:32 4.241m LW 23:06 1.787m |
Thursday 3 July 2025 HW 05:45 3.965mLW 11:32 1.695m HW 18:18 4.097m LW 00:08 1.9m |
Friday 4 July 2025 HW 06:37 3.832mLW 12:31 1.844m HW 19:11 3.979m |
Saturday 5 July 2025 LW 01:15 1.949mHW 07:41 3.751m LW 13:34 1.937m HW 20:16 3.93m |