It’s an island — of course there’s a ranking for sailing and watersports. Every genuine club, school and rental shop, on real Google reviews.
We pulled the live Google rating and review count for every genuine sailing and watersports venue across Hayling Island (checked 2026-09-28), and ranked them the same way as every other guide on haylingisland.co: highest star rating first, ties broken by review count, anything under 50 reviews listed after the rest. Nobody paid to be on this list.
1Hayling Island Sailing Club
★ 4.7 · 299 Google reviews. Bracklesham Rd, Hayling Island PO11 9SL
Reviewers most often mention beach (14 mentions), wedding venue (4 mentions) and welcoming atmosphere (4 mentions).
Good to know: Hours: MondayOpen 24 hours; TuesdayOpen 24 hours; WednesdayOpen 24 hours; ThursdayOpen 24 hours; FridayOpen 24 hours; SaturdayOpen 24 hours; SundayOpen 24 hours. Phone 023 9246 3768. Website http://www.hisc.co.uk/.
2CBK Hayling Island Kitesurf School, Club & Shop
★ 4.5 · 60 Google reviews. 222 Sea Front, Hayling Island PO11 0AU
Reviewers most often mention lessons (9 mentions), helpful staff (9 mentions) and friendly instructor (7 mentions).
Good to know: Phone 023 9217 4040. Website https://cbk-haylingisland.com/.
3HaylingWatersports
★ 5 · 45 Google reviews. 16 Marshall Rd, Hayling Island PO11 9NH
Reviewers most often mention paddle boarding (17 mentions), kayaks (7 mentions) and helpful owners (5 mentions).
Good to know: Phone 07539 449789. Website http://www.haylingwatersports.co.uk/.
4Sailing Therapy C.I.C.
★ 5 · 4 Google reviews. Northney Rd, Hayling Island PO11 0NH
Good to know: Hours: Monday9 am–8 pm; Tuesday9 am–8 pm; Wednesday9 am–8 pm; Thursday9 am–8 pm; Friday9 am–8 pm; Saturday9 am–8 pm; Sunday9 am–8 pm. Phone 07773 849747. Website https://www.sailingtherapy.org.uk/.
5Sandy Point Watersports
★ 4.9 · 20 Google reviews. Sailing Club, Hayling Island PO11 9SL
Reviewers most often mention friendly staff (8 mentions), knowledgeable team (4 mentions) and showers (3 mentions).
Good to know: Hours: Monday9 am–4 pm; Tuesday9 am–4 pm; Wednesday9 am–4 pm; Thursday9 am–4 pm; Friday9 am–4 pm; Saturday9 am–4 pm; Sunday9 am–4 pm. Phone 07732 500142. Website https://sandypointwatersports.com/.
6Morning Star Trust
★ 4.8 · 17 Google reviews. Northney Rd, Hayling Island PO11 0NH
Reviewers most often mention learning experience (4 mentions), staff (3 mentions) and dayskipper sailing (2 mentions).
Good to know: Hours: Monday9 am–5 pm; Tuesday9 am–5 pm; Wednesday9 am–5 pm; Thursday9 am–5 pm; Friday9 am–5 pm; SaturdayClosed; SundayClosed. Phone 01243 908026. Website https://www.mst.org.uk/.
7Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club
★ 4.7 · 41 Google reviews. Marine Walk, Hayling Island PO11 9PG
Reviewers most often mention dinghies (2 mentions), cruising (2 mentions) and friendly staff (2 mentions).
Good to know: Hours: MondayClosed; TuesdayClosed; WednesdayClosed; ThursdayClosed; Friday6–11 pm; Saturday12–11 pm; Sunday12–5 pm. Phone 023 9246 3337. Website http://www.mengeham.org.uk/.
8Hayling Ferry Sailing Club
★ 4.2 · 42 Google reviews. Ferry Rd, Hayling Island PO11 0DG
Reviewers most often mention beach (6 mentions) and tide (4 mentions).
Good to know: Hours: MondayOpen 24 hours; TuesdayOpen 24 hours; WednesdayOpen 24 hours; ThursdayOpen 24 hours; FridayOpen 24 hours; SaturdayOpen 24 hours; SundayOpen 24 hours. Phone 07862 455875. Website https://www.hfsc.org.uk/?utm_source=googlemybusiness&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=feb21.
The verdict
On the numbers, Hayling Island Sailing Club is the top-rated sailing and watersports venue in Hayling Island — 4.7 stars from 299 Google reviews.
How we ranked them
1. Which businesses: every genuine sailing and watersports venue on Google Maps across Hayling Island with a real rating. Wrong-category results the same search turned up are excluded by hand.
2. Order: Google star rating, highest first, ties broken by review count. Under 50 reviews is listed after the rest.
3. “Mentioned in X reviews” figures come straight from the review topics Google shows on each listing — real customer language, not picked or edited by us.
4. Nobody paid to be on this list, and nobody can pay to move up it.
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