Hornsea Sailing Club

Hornsea Sailing Club is open to anyone who has an interest in sailing. HSC is at Hornsea Mere on the edge of the East Yorkshire Town of Hornsea.

Apparently in the 1880s the mere began to be used by the public. By 1887 the Hornsea Mere & Hotel Co. had obtained a lease of the mere for fishing and boating, by 1892 over 20 yachts were kept on the eastern part of the mere and there were pleasure boats for hire, just as now.[1]

Hornsea Mere, Yorkshire's largest natural lake an SSSI and an SPA. It has over 250 acres (100 ha) of navigable water and has been the home of the club since 1946, with the first racing season starting in 1947, with a maximum depth of only 2.5 metres (8 ft).[2]

HSC is affiliated to the Royal Yachting Association.

References

  1. ↑ "North division - Hornsea | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Hornsea Mere". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

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