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Access to the Local Notices to Mariners from Poole Harbour Commissioners website- Advent Calendar 2025 – Day 4
”The bitter end” The bitter end is the final part of an anchor chain or rope that secures the anchor to the ship. To reach the bitter end was to have the chain or rope extended as far as it can go. Similarly, if you say you’ve reached the ‘bitter end’ today, it means you’ve … Read more - Advent Calendar 2025 – Day 3
“Not enough room to swing a cat” The word ‘cat’ within this phrase doesn’t refer to a feline, but rather to a whip called the ‘cat-o’-nine-tails’. A flogging with a cat-o’-nine-tails was an infamous naval punishment. it was too cramped to swing the whip below deck – hence this phrase was born. Today you might … Read more - Advent Calendar 2025 – Day 2
“Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea” Rumour has it that to caulk the devil seam of the ship, a sailor had to hang off the side of the boat. Hence, they would be “caught between the devil and the deep blue sea”. Written by Lindsey
About the Club
Established in 1875, East Dorset Sailing Club is located on Evening Hill, Sandbanks on the northern shore of Poole Harbour. We are now the oldest sailing club in Poole and in 2025 we will be celebrating our 150th Anniversary.
Members enjoy club sailing with regular dinghy racing and cruiser events run between April 1st and October 31st. EDSC is run by the members for the members. As such each member is expected to complete a number of duties during the sailing season as a condition of their membership.
During the sailing season we have moorings available for small cruisers and yachts up to 35ft. Our club house and pier were in fact built by our members many years ago, the clubhouse has fabulous views across the harbour to Brownsea Island and Sandbanks.
The club has a dinghy yard, rack space and a toast rack for tenders in addition to this we have the longest private pier in the harbour with numerous tender outhauls.
In the boatyard we have space for members’ dinghies and club owned boats, which now include two family size Topper Argos, Fusion Pro, Toppers, a Laser and an Optimist which are all available for members to use on a fee paying basis during the sailing season. This means that members don’t have to have their own boat in order to enjoy sailing from the club. We are also fortunate to have a sailing season car park.