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This year's 50th anniversary of Mersea Week is about so much more than a Regatta. Together we will celebrate dedicated sailors and supporters filled with passion for this event that started out simply as a joint club Regatta and has grown to one of the largest Regattas held annually on the East Coast.
In 2024 besides our usual classes of keelboats, Classics, Smacks, IRC, Sonata, dinghies and MFOB we will be organising within the week some special events celebrating those classes. These are
The IRC East Coast Championship, all five days, with own class start and courses
The National Sonata East Coast Championship all five days, with own class start and courses
ILCA Open Regatta 3 days of racing
The Sunk race organised by EAORA will be finished at West Mersea on 17th August, with moorings available to allow boats to stay and participate in Mersea Week from 18th August. We plan to have the Notice of Race published and entry open from 1st February 2024. Early Bird entry to be open to 31st May 2024, with entry closing on 11th August. To enter use this link.
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Please visit the club website to book this event.
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May Regatta
The first of the seasons 2-day mini-Regattas was held last weekend. Fortunately, the event coincided with some glorious sailing conditions that could be the start of the summer. Under blue skies and a fresh breeze, the race on Saturday was advertised as the Long Distance Race; in reality the aim was a 3-4 hour race over a ‘longer’ distance than the normal round-the-cans racing. To this end, RO set a course East against wind and tide with Colne Bar as the windward mark. Ten boats gathered at the start line, however, a torn foresail resulted in an unlucky early retirement for ‘Golden Fleece’. The race itself was eventful, with conditions providing a genuine challenge around Colne Bar, prompting further retirements from ‘Rendezvous’ and ‘Naiad Of Arne’. For everyone else the downwind leg back into the river and the relative calm for the remainder of the race was a welcome relief. In the LH class, after approximately 4 hours sailing, less than 5 minutes separated the first 4 boats on corrected times, with the two Nordic Folkboats, Robin Dutton ‘Strider’ and John Munns ‘Pip’ finishing first and second respectively, the latter in his first sail in the boat! ‘Bananaman’ , ‘Starfall 2’ and ‘Marionette’ made up the places. In the WS fleet Dave Amass ‘French Mistress’ was the victor with Jack Davis ‘Clockwise’ runner-up.
Sunday was another great day for sailing and two traditional races; the Wallet Cup and Ancient Mariners Race provided different challenges. Short-handed sailing is aim of the Wallet Cup and as with the previous day the Folkboats were to the fore, with the Robin Dutton in ‘Strider’ again taking the honours with Scot Yates in ‘Flicka II’ runner-up. In the afternoon, the Ancient Mariners Race, in which a high average crew age gives a significant handicap advantage, saw a now fixed ‘Golden Fleece’ with a commendable average crew age of 79 years (young) line up against the youthfully crewed ‘Clockwise’ ‘Pip’ and ‘Strider’. Clearly, the tactical skills of the 93 year old Jim McNaughton on board ‘Golden Fleece’ paved the way for a well sailed race that resulted in Michael Wheeler winning with John Munns ‘Pip’ runner-up.
Many thanks to Alan Jones who ‘Gate Started’ the race on Saturday and to Brian and Wendy Bolton who provided their usual Committee Boat service on the Sunday.
In summary, the event was blessed with excellent sailing conditions and despite many of the participants having only recently launched their boats there was some competitive and enjoyable sailing. The next mini regatta is the 125th Anniversary event on 22/23 June, further details of which will be published shortly.
Bryan Gasson Vice Commodore (Sailing)
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The Round Mersea Island Race 2024 takes place this year on 21st September 2024. We welcome once again entries from windsurfer race boards, rowing boats (gigs/skiffs), dinghies and catamarans.
Entry will be online only and will open on 1 st July 2024. The entry form and NOR will be below. Fee £25 per vessel, payable on line at entry.
High Water is at 15:09 5.85m. Start times are from 12:00 to 16:00 at 5 minute intervals. Your chosen start time and class of boat cannot be changed after receipt of entry. Port or Starboard rounding is chosen when registering. For safety reasons the maximum number of boats we can safely accommodate irrespective of type is 150, so enter early. Once that total number is reached we will start a waiting list.
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Saturday 24th August 2024
Regatta Day – Mersea Island
We hope all competitors will take part in the ‘TOWN REGATTA’
This Mersea Island tradition dates back to 1838. This is an action packed day starting with sailing races in the morning, water-sports in the afternoon and waterside attractions and refreshments all day.
Separate entry forms and details will be found in the Town Regatta Programme which can be obtained from:
Dabchicks Sailing Club
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Visit the Town regatta website www.mersearegatta.org.uk for more details.
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Saturday 24th August 2024. Regatta Day - Mersea Island. We hope all competitors will take part in the 'TOWN REGATTA'. This Mersea Island tradition dates back to 1838. This is an action packed day starting with sailing races in the morning, water-sports in the afternoon and waterside attractions and refreshments all day.