Herne Bay Sailing Club was delighted to welcome around 70 visitors of all ages to its 2019 Push the Boat Out Open Day.  It was a busy day with our cadet group demonstrating their skills on the water as well as the King's School sailors buzzing about in the afternoon. 

Fifty five of the visitors enjoyed a sail with an experienced helm,  supervised by a team of safety boats, and many had a go at steering as well as controlling the jib.  There were lots of smiles when visitors returned to the shore.

Many club members were on hand throughout the day welcoming the visitors, keeping them fed and watered in the bar and galley and helping on the shore and on the water to ensure everyone had a great taste of sailing and our sailing club. We hope to welcome some new sailing, social and kayak members, as well as see some novice sailors participate in our training programme and some young people join our Cadet group. 

It was a busy weekend at Herne Bay Sailing Club with a Superhero Party on Saturday (for the children, honest!), bar open on Sunday and 18 boats on the water (3 more on the side) for the long distance race. 

Saturday's sploosh decoration was taken literally on Sunday with a number of the sailors falling in on their trip up to Bishopstone, round the pier and repeat, and one sailing so hard he broke his mast in half.  Lots of smiles when the sailors were back ashore. 

The deck and bar were also busy with members eating homemade cake, fresh sandwiches, hot potatoes and enjoying the odd alcoholic beverage. 

Saturday the 18th May is Herne Bay Sailing Club's annual Open Day. Sign up here if you would like to find out why sailing is fun for all ages. We also welcome social and kayak members so pop in to find out more.