Southampton Water 

Sailing remains a popular pursuit on Southampton Water, which is home to a number of sailing clubs.

8. Southampton Water
© Clive Mason/Getty Images - Southampton Water remains a popular sailing site, with the Great Britain SailGP Team taking to the water in August 2019 ahead of their debut competition on home soil.

Ten of them are represented by the Southampton Water Sailing Association, which aims to promote sailing on this body of water and non-competitive racing between its member clubs.

The water motorsports races at the 1908 Olympic Games started from and ended at the Enchantress, the floating clubhouse of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, which was asked to organise the competition. Founded in 1905 and still in existence today, the club moved to Sandbanks, at Dorset’s Poole Harbour, in 1936. The Enchantress was destroyed when it was hit by a bomb during World War I.