4th POSH (Paignton Open for Single Handers) to be held on 9-10 May

The 4th POSH at Paignton will be held on 9-10 May © Paignton Sailing Club

The 4th POSH at Paignton will be held on 9-10 May © Paignton Sailing Club

The 4th POSH at Paignton will be held on 9-10 May © Paignton Sailing Club

Now in its 4th year, POSH, one of Paignton Sailing Club's two annual flagship events is taking place on 9th/10th May. Despite its rather ostentatious name POSH, standing for Paignton Open for Single Handers, has nothing to do with smoking your pipe while perched nonchalantly on the gunwale of your ketch or clipper! It is a full on, no holds barred battle of mono-hull single handers with a PY of 1200 down to how high performance would you like sir?!

Being the only BIG single hander event in the south-west, since it's inception it has attracted a variety of fast classes: Contenders, Lasers, Musto Skiffs, Phantoms, Blazes, D-Ones, RS600s, and RS100s, whereby the latter five classes have made it one of their circuit events, and brought some crack helms along too!

Paignton Sailing Club is located in Paignton Harbour on the shores of the sheltered yet challenging waters of beautiful Torbay (the scenery can be very distracting!). Boats can launch at any state of the tide and the winds are generally off the land and not excessive, only steady easterlies generate big waves and add that extra dimension to the sailing.

The regatta takes place over two days, with three races scheduled each day. There is an early entry fee if paid before 2nd May, and included in every entry is a meal for the competitors at the Saturday night reception, which is a perfect time to catch up on the days racing and check out the results. There is easy access to the club with free parking within a few minutes walk and ample reasonably priced accommodation, and this year we are capping the entries to 120, for fear of having too many boats arriving.

Paignton Sailing Club is renowned for hosting large regattas including Laser World Qualifiers, Topper National Championships, RS100, Scorpion and Enterprise Nationals and this year the Musto Skiffs and Supernovas are entrusting us with their Nationals too. So if you have a single handed dinghy and fancy taking part in this prestigious event then PRE-ENTER NOW to save disappointment. If you have any problems or queries please email us at

Quotes from previous events:

"Great to be back at Paignton; friendly club and superb race course" Huw Powell, RS100

"Thanks for the slick organisation, five races in under five hours, awesome" Mark Harrison, RS100

"Food good! Seconds and pudding" Martin

"OMG that was one hell of a gust" Simon

P.S. You could also bring the family down and let them enjoy the multifarious attractions of one of the countries top holiday destinations, the English Riviera, with its wonderful scenery and beaches and UNESCO-recognised Global Geopark, while you indulge yourself slugging it out for the various trophies.