Heritage

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Keeping the Stories Alive​

 

Portaferry Sailing Club is associated with the highly successful Portaferry Recreational Hub.​One of its missions is to ensure intergenerational transmission of sailing knowledge and stories.​ For the project 'Stories of the Shore', see here.​

 

Boat Building and Sailing​Portaferry has a strong history of boat building since merchant times and before.

 

​One enterprise was the design and building of the Ruffian class. Many Ruffian 23s are still sailed in Strangford Lough, Dublin Bay, Carrickfergus, Hong Kong and other locations.​

 

Read about this rich sailing heritage in articles written here (written by Billy Brown), and here (Afloat magazine).​