Welcome To Starcross Fishing & Cruising Club

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Fishing

A warm welcome to all fishermen, and women. SFCC fishing section caters for members, chiefly in boats, wishing to fish our local waters of Lyme Bay and South Devon areas.

Cruising

Welcome to the cruising section of The Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club. We like to encourage as many people as possible to enjoy cruising in our beautiful local waters, and extended areas.

Social Events

The Club organises a series of events throughout the year, ranging from Speciality Meals, Discos, BBQ’s, Bar Draws and impromptu ‘get togethers’, Annual Gala Night and Festive celebrations,

Membership

Here at SFCC we welcome new members to our club who are active in water based activities across the spectrum of boating pursuits. We regret that we are unable to provide purely social membership.

Training

SFCC is committed to member training and is a certified RYA Training Centre. Courses run include; Day Skipper, Yachtmaster, Essential Navigation, VHF, First Aid, Diesel Engine, and Powerboat 1 & 2.

Club Facilities

The club offers a range of 24/7 facilities to it’s members based around the historic Brunel Tower that dominates the shoreline at Starcross on the western side of the River Exe Estuary,

About SFCC

We are a community based sports and leisure boating club located on the western shores of the Exe Estuary in Starcross, just south of Exeter in Devon. We are the custodians of a grade 1 historic listed building, Brunel Tower, c1847, built originally as a pumping house for the South Devon Railways revolutionary Atmospheric Railway.  The system was designed by the great Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

As our name suggests we cater for wide range of boating interests. Our very successful boat fishing section is well supported and caters for a wide variety of craft from small dinghies through to large diesel powered craft. Our extensive cruising fleet can be found visiting the local ports of Lyme bay to the farthest reaches of the oceans.
We operate programmes to suit all our interest groups and ability levels. The diversity of our members’ boating interests really is one of our greatest strengths.

To read more about the history of our club, see the SFCC Story – The First 60 Years – compiled by our Commodore, Peter Harris. 


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Future Social Events

Brunel Dining at SFCC


Brunel Dining restarts on Saturday 15th March 2025, just in time for the start of the new season.

Please contact our Kitchen Manager, Debbie, either by email tablebooking@starcross-fcc.co.uk or text 07850 088545 to book a table before 9pm on Friday. Please include your membership number, the names of those eating and their meal choices.

Food is available from 19:30 to 21:00. An indication of the time you’d like to eat would be helpful but not essential if you’re flexible.
Sorry, but until the new chef, Colin, has settled in we are unable to cater for walk-ins but hopefully this won’t be for too long.

Colin and Debbie are very much looking forward to seeing you all for dinner again on Saturday nights and serving up delicious meals from the new menu.

Friday Forums 2025

Sharing expertise and experience amongst members

At SFCC we are friendly and informal and know if you’re new to boating it’s often helpful to learn from others. Plus, we need opportunities to get together, so run ‘Friday Forums’ on winter evenings covering a variety of interesting topic’s, not always boating related!

It’s great to see members attend, so come along. Also, if you have an idea for a forum, or wish to present, just reach out to any committee member, help is always appreciated.

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SFCC hours

Club Bar Opening Times

Our Members bar is open every evening other than Monday & Wednesday.

Tuesdays 8pm – 11pm
Thurs & Friday 7.30pm – 11pm

Saturdays
Saturday Cooking 7pm – 11pm
No Saturday Cooking 7.30 -11pm

Sundays 6pm – 9pm

Address

Starcross Fishing & Cruising Club, Brunel Tower, The Strand, Starcross, Devon, EX68PR
Pontoon Location:
GPS: 50°37’.656N / 003°26’.731W
W3W: obey.marathons.intelligible
North Mooring PC741 location:
GPS: 50°37’.674N / 003°26’.621W
W3W: forum.marathons.rush
South Mooring PC648 location:
GPS: 50°37’.389N / 003°26’.484W
W3W: punks.tutored.nicer

Email

SFCC Enquiries

Phone

01626 891996