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Shoreham Sailing Club's 2025 Open Events - Preview

by James Gerwat 26 Mar 2025 22:10 UTC
Racing at Shoreham SC © Sophie Mackley

Do you need to hone your sea racing skills this year? At Shoreham SC, we have one of the best stretches of open water for dinghy racing in the UK. Launching is easy too - from inside the sheltered harbour, it's a short sail out to sea and the race course.

We welcome visitors to join our club racing (£15 a day and up to four visits allowed) but here is a list of all our Open Events for 2025:

Sunday 20th & Monday 21st April
Easter Cup Open
2 races back to back each day- a 4 race series
Entry is now open

Monday 5th May
Early May Bank Holiday Open
2 races back to back
Entry will open on 21st April

Monday 26th May
Late May Bank Holiday Open
Pursuit race
Entry will open on 19th May

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th June
Festival of The Sea
TBC!

Monday 25th August
August Bank Holiday Open
2 races back to back
TBC!

November (every Sunday)
Cooler Series
2 races back to back each day - an 8 race series

We are also very proud to be hosting three regional Class events and two National events this year:

Saturday 21st June
Topper L&SE Open

26th & 27th July
Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller Open

4th September - 7th September
Contender and Wayfarer Nationals

11th & 12th October
Topper Super South

We hope to see you at Shoreham during 2025 - if you can't get here but meet one of our members on the circuit, please say hello!

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