Night Racing Winter Series

✅ Club boats available to hire (msg WhatsApp group to confirm)
✅ Powerboats on the water (msg WhatsApp group to confirm)

Series Dates: Wednesday evenings November & December
We race Wednesday evening  when conditions are favourable and the spirit is willing. In the dark this means a steady light breeze !

Start time: 18:30 pm, (but this is subject to variability if other events are taking place.) So people start to turn up at about 5:30.

How long do we race? Typically we'll either do a 30-45 minute-ish race

Is it serious racing? Definately not! But we do take safety seriously so lights on the boat and on your buoyancy aid are compulsory. A safety boat will be on the water for these night races.

We're just a bunch of friends who enjoy chasing each other around the cans in our boats. Sure we more or less follow the official racing rules but honestly everyone is very welcome to come and join in - whatever your age, or sailing experience. The more boats we can get out the more fun it is for everyone. We're all more than happy to point newcomers in the right direction.

Afterwards: coffee & biscuits in the club house while we warm up and debate who actually went the right way around the course. 

WhatsApp Racing Group: please join the Racing WhatsApp Group to stay in the loop or email sailing@otley-sailingclub.co.uk