Takes place on the 26th/27th July at Thames sailing Club in Surbiton SW London.
To give it it's full title this is actually the Vintage and Open Regatta so is open to boats of all ages as we run all ages together with seperate trophies for overall postions and highest placed older boats.
So, whilst it's a great opportunity for some of those Fairey hulled boats to pick up a pot, it doesn't preclude any Albacores!
In order to develop the event as something a little bit different, we've done a lot more work this year building this year's regatta as a spectator event. We've had an article in Classic Boats about the club's focus on classic sailing, and we've got a number of features coming out in the local media ahead of the event. We have also secured the services of David Henshall, who writes extensively in the yachting press an all matters classic, as commentator on the Sunday.
We expect this year’s event to be fairly modest but, over the next few years, with the support of as many, we hope to build this event into a public showcase for all classic dinghy classes. With the growing dominance of modern asymmetrics, my personal belief is that promotional initiatives of this sort are essential to keep the older classes and some of the inland clubs that rely on those classes thriving.
For full details just go to the website
www.thamessailingclub.co.uk
and follow the competitor link from the regatta banner at the top. If you are thinking of coming please let me know as soon as you can - it will help with the commentary prep and the spectator info sheets that we're producing.
Hope to see some more Albs other than mine at the event!
