Nelson Yacht Club, Tasman Bay Cruising Club and the secondary school sailing programme have joined together to host a big week-end of Teams Racing on the harbour
All sizes and shapes of sailing boat and sailors are welcome and the teams will be assigned based on ability and the class of boat so that the event will not only be a great fun week end but competitive too as points will add up over the regatta with the team with the lowest points winning the competition.
Each team will be made up of six boats, each from a different class and with sailors of different abilities. An example of a team could be a junior in an optimist or a starling, youth sailors in a laser or a 420, a family in a Sunburst and an adult team in a Flying Dutchman. Each team will include a trailer sailor and a keelboat with a crew of 4 to 6 sailors.
It’s free to enter at Nelson Yacht Club between 7 and 8pm on Friday 14th March. Teams will be allocated and announced at the race briefing at Nelson Yacht Club at 9.30am on Saturday before racing gets underway at midday. There will be four races each day.
There will be spot prizes at Tasman Bay Cruising Club on Saturday evening and the final Prize Giving and a BBQ on the deck at Nelson Yacht Club on Sunday evening where the overall winning team will be announced.
Racing will take place in the Harbour, so spectating will be easy from the Nelson Yacht Club, where the canteen will be open and from the piers and restaurants on Wakefield quay.