The Little Ship Club, established in 1926, whilst always mindful of its proud traditions (including being the only club invited to apply for the privilege of having its own blue ensign defaced with the club emblem) is today a vibrant club of approximately 1300 members involved in a wide range of activities in the clubhouse and perhaps more importantly on the water. The club has always had two main objectives, social and educational. It provides those with a love of the sea and boats, both sail and power with a place here they can meet like minded people and exchange ideas and it also provides members with the opportunity of training in navigation, seamanship and other skills. From the out set it has been an objective of the club to provide crewing opportunities at all levels of experience for members without boats and crews for owners, who require them via its Skippers and Crew register. The club has a distinctly international perspective and is represented at home and abroad by a number of Honorary Port Offices and has several reciprocal membership arrangements arrangements with other clubs most notably the Corinthians in the US. The joint Corinthian and Little Ship Club cruises and take place biannually alternately in the UK and US. The club is always open to new members (see membership information) the main requirement being at least a passing interest in either sailing or motorboating. The club in no way seeks to usurp the functions of coastal sailing clubs indeed by simulating interest in the sport it tends to strengthen their position.