Coastal events
Nore Race
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enfleet Yacht Club celebrates its centenary in 2022, which makes this year’s Nore Race – a combined open cruiser and dinghy event held over a 20-mile circuit of the Thames Estuary, starting and finishing at Southend Pier – even more special than usual. Benfleet Yacht Club has organised the Nore Race since the 1930s and it’s the only race that many of its skippers and crews compete in each year. Together with the Round Canvey Race (see p27), now in its 11th year, the Nore Race makes Benfleet Yacht Club a must-visit for sailors and watersports enthusiasts from as far away
as Whitby and Devon, as well as clubs closer to home along the East Coast. The Nore Race includes all classes of sailing dinghies and cruising yachts, both multi- and monohull. This year’s event takes place on June 19, when there’ll be split start times for the dinghy and cruiser classes, with the ‘fast multihull’ dinghies completing two laps. Benfleet Yacht Club celebrates its centenary later in the year, on September 10, with a full day of activities both on and off the water. Read more about the club on p91 of this edition. •www.benfleetyachtclub.org
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