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Sailing club
Port River Sailing Club is a family-oriented dinghy club at Snowden Beach on the Port River in Largs North, sailing since the early 1960s. It races off-the-beach classes such as Herons, Sabres, Impulses, Optimists and Pacers on sheltered water, runs sail training for all levels and the Iceberg Winter Series, and offers boat storage and clubroom hire.
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Port River Sailing Club is a family-oriented dinghy club at Snowden Beach on the Port River in Largs North, sailing since the early 1960s. It races off-the-beach classes such as Herons, Sabres, Impulses, Optimists and Pacers on sheltered water, runs sail training for all levels and the Iceberg Winter Series, and offers boat storage and clubroom hire.
Service area: Snowden Beach / Port River, Port Adelaide (Largs North), South Australia
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Port River Sailing Club (PRSC) is based at 45 George Robertson Drive, Largs North, with its clubrooms at Snowden Beach on the Port River. It is a family-oriented club for off-the-beach dinghies, with fleets of Herons, Sabres, Impulses, Optimists (for sailors up to 15) and Pacers, and a particularly strong Sabre fleet.
The club runs sail training for different experience levels, competitive racing through the season and the Iceberg Winter Series, and it is hosting the 61st Heron State Titles in the 2025–26 season. Boat storage and clubroom hire are available. Contact the club on (08) 8449 1818 or at portriversc@y7mail.com. See our Largs North sailing clubs page for more.
PRSC runs sail training for sailors of different experience levels, from complete beginners to those looking to sharpen their racing. Young sailors start in Optimists, which the club sails with juniors up to age 15, and two-person Herons and Pacers are great boats for families and friends learning together. Single-handers can move into the Sabre or the Impulse, a lively single-handed skiff.
The sheltered water of the Port River makes it a safe place to learn, and the season's racing — plus the Iceberg Winter Series for those who keep sailing in the cooler months — gives plenty of chances to practise. If you are choosing between clubs, our guide to choosing a sailing club can help.
The clubrooms are at Snowden Beach, 45 George Robertson Drive, Largs North, on the Port River near Port Adelaide. The river offers sheltered water that is safe for beginners yet still challenging for experienced sailors, with good viewing for spectators from the shore.
The club shares the Largs North marina precinct with Port Adelaide Sailing Club, and Largs Bay Sailing Club is a short drive away on the Gulf St Vincent beachfront. Boat storage is available for members, and the clubrooms can be hired for functions.
The river is part of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, so resident bottlenose dolphins are often seen near the racecourse, a highlight for young sailors.
Port River Sailing Club has a history going back to the early 1960s — the club celebrated 50 years of sailing covering 1963 to 2013. Over the decades it has built a reputation as a welcoming family club and a stronghold for classes such as the Heron and Sabre, and in the 2025–26 season it hosts the 61st Heron State Titles.
The club was born out of a disagreement. When it was proposed that Port Adelaide club racing move out to the open gulf waters off Semaphore, a group of dinghy sailors who loved the river broke away in 1963 and kept sailing on the Port River. Their aim was to keep sailing affordable and open to everyone, and the club still keeps its fees among the lowest of Adelaide's city clubs. That founding spirit, along with the club's strong Sabre and Heron fleets, has made it one of the city's friendliest places to learn and race.
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