Forget winter, Summer is coming ….

Chester Race Week

 

Mar 22, 2018

Last summer’s Chester Race Week was an enormous success with 120 boats participating, 20 official course boats, over 1000 participants on the water, many spectator boats and spectators, and a variety of conditions from flat calm to 30 knots of breeze. It’s not too soon to plan your summer sailing. Here’s the Notice of Race for this year’s Chester Race Week.
Chester Race Week 2

https://yachtscoring.com/event_documents/4668/CRW%202018%20NoR.pdf

Photo credits: Tim Wilkes


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