| There are records of organised sailing and racing in | | | | Peter Gartrell, finished as runner-up. He went one |
| Mount's Bay dating from the middle of the nineteenth | | | | better the following year at Stone Sailing Club where |
| century. One of the local sailing clubs, Mount's Bay | | | | he became National Champion. During the 1960s and |
| Sailing Club, has trophies from this period; these | | | | early 1970s the local Osprey fleet went from strength |
| trophies are still awarded annually for the Club's dinghy | | | | to strength with the fleet growing to more than 40 |
| racing. | | | | boats - believed to be the largest fleet in the world. |
| The first serious class racing probably started in 1903 | | | | 1970 proved to be a sensational year for Marazion's |
| following a decision to adopt an 18 foot Jolly Boat | | | | Osprey sailors. In the national championships, held at |
| Class. Major the Hon. Edward St. Aubyn bought one | | | | Saundersfoot, with an entry of 99 boats, Mount's Bay |
| and sailed in Mount's Bay under the Royal Yacht | | | | Sailing Club helmsmen (Ken Robertson, James |
| Squadron flag. When he had to leave for service in | | | | Curnow, John Mathews, Ian Roxburgh and Neville |
| Egypt, he gave her to the Mount Men to race; she | | | | Noye) took the first five places. The Osprey remains |
| was renamed 'Mount Lily'. | | | | an established Club class today. |
| By the 1930s the population of the Mount had | | | | Since the mid 1970s dinghy sailing has grown in |
| increased and more people became interested in | | | | popularity and there was a demand locally for a wider |
| sailing and racing sailing boats. Formal series racing | | | | range of boats to sail. Over the years, the Mount's Bay |
| was introduced on Tuesday and Friday evenings with | | | | Sailing Club has adopted the Enterprise, Laser and |
| weekends reserved for regattas. | | | | Mirror dinghy classes. |
| In 1938, a sailing club, The Mount's Bay Sailing Club, was | | | | The Enterprise is a very seaworthy two-person racing |
| founded, but its early activities were short lived with | | | | or cruising boat designed by Jack Holt in 1956. Over |
| the outbreak of war. | | | | 20,000 have been registered worldwide but the design |
| In 1946, The Mount's Bay Sailing Club re-established | | | | is no longer sailed locally. |
| itself. The small fleet of Jolly Boats increased to eight | | | | The Laser is a popular one-design class of small sailing |
| with the purchase of three further boats: "Westwind"; | | | | dinghy, designed by Bruce Kirby. Nearly 200,000 |
| "Sheila"; and "Happy Days" from the Isles of Scilly. | | | | Lasers have now been produced. The Laser owes its |
| Competitive dinghy racing in Mount's Bay became a | | | | popularity to the very competitive racing that it |
| regular occurrence and local helmsmen gained | | | | provides as a result of the very tight class association |
| formidable reputations. Summer regattas took place | | | | controls that eliminate differences in hull, sails and |
| between the Mount's Bay and Isles of Scilly Isles fleets. | | | | equipment. The Laser is an Olympic Class racing |
| In 1954 the renowned boat designer Uffa Fox visited | | | | dinghy. |
| Mount's Bay to demonstrate his latest design, an 18 | | | | The Mirror is a highly successful pram dinghy, designed |
| planing hull dinghy. It was purchased by Lord St. Levan | | | | by Jack Holt and TV do-it-yourself expert Barry |
| and named 'Judy'. By 1956, the Mount's Bay Sailing | | | | Bucknell in 1962. It employed a novel construction |
| Club fleet of such racing dinghies had grown to five. | | | | method where sheets of marine plywood are held |
| Towards the end of the 1950s, many members of | | | | together with copper stitching and fibreglass tape. |
| The Mount's Bay Sailing Club had come to prefer the | | | | More than 70,000 have been built. |
| Ian Proctor designed Osprey to the Uffa Fox boat. | | | | More recently still, Mount's Bay Sailing Club has |
| The Osprey was thought to be better suited to the | | | | accepted monohull handicap fleet racing which allows |
| often extreme weather conditions experienced in | | | | the Club's members to race many of the latest |
| Mount's Bay. By 1960, 15 Ospreys were racing | | | | designs from which new Club fleets may evolve. |
| regularly at the Club. | | | | Each summer Marazion hosts a National, European or |
| In 1959, Marazion hosted the second Osprey National | | | | World Championship dinghy sailing event. |
| Championships - Mount's Bay Sailing Club member, | | | | |