East Coast Piers Race 2016
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:49 pm
Hi All
I'm planning to have a crack at the East Coast Piers Race again this year. All the info can be found at http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/. It would be great to have a few more Mustos there to play with.
We will be doing the Colne Point Race which is about 27 miles, although you cover a bit more depending on wind direction etc. It took me just shy of 3 hours last year, and it's a race that could definitely be won by a well sailed Musto. The navigation is easy - you pretty much just sail headland to headland going through a series of gates which they use to keep track of the fleet for safety purposes.
There are requirements to carry some safety kit which are in the SIs. I just had a dry bag clipped around my rack with it all in so it didn't get in the way at all. The hardest thing to store was the paddle, which I tied underneath the spinnaker sock.
There are two round the cans races on the Saturday afternoon with the long distance race on the Sunday. Overall it was a really well run, relaxed event and something a little out the ordinary.
If you have any questions give me a shout, otherwise hopefully I'll see some of you there.
Cheers
Dave
GBR535
I'm planning to have a crack at the East Coast Piers Race again this year. All the info can be found at http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/. It would be great to have a few more Mustos there to play with.
We will be doing the Colne Point Race which is about 27 miles, although you cover a bit more depending on wind direction etc. It took me just shy of 3 hours last year, and it's a race that could definitely be won by a well sailed Musto. The navigation is easy - you pretty much just sail headland to headland going through a series of gates which they use to keep track of the fleet for safety purposes.
There are requirements to carry some safety kit which are in the SIs. I just had a dry bag clipped around my rack with it all in so it didn't get in the way at all. The hardest thing to store was the paddle, which I tied underneath the spinnaker sock.
There are two round the cans races on the Saturday afternoon with the long distance race on the Sunday. Overall it was a really well run, relaxed event and something a little out the ordinary.
If you have any questions give me a shout, otherwise hopefully I'll see some of you there.
Cheers
Dave
GBR535