Stone Sailing Club, Tinnocks Lane, St Lawrence Bay, Southminster, Essex CM0 7NF

(Plus a fun race on 6 May)

A first visit to Stone sailing club for the Dart 18 fleet, however the venue has already been tested for us by the D15, Shearwater and Hurricane fleets who all count it as one of their favourites so we thought we should taker a look!

Stone sailing club has a small fleet of D18s but is very close to our newest active fleet at Marconi SC and the Marconi boats are all due to join us and make up a good ‘home fleet’. For those that have enjoyed the East Coast Piers Race in the past,  Stone is on the left, ¾ mile after the start, where the estuary widens, meaning there is a longer tidal window and less current at Stone than neighbouring Marconi.  As part of the Blackwater estuary Radio Caroline can be seen in the distance, along with passing Thames sailing barges and the odd seal.

The club will be open from Friday lunch time for early arrivals. Camping and motorhomes are allowed on site, as are well behaved dogs on a lead.  The bar will be open Friday night and food is available from the local Indian and Fish and Chip shops. Catering will be available at the club throughout the rest of the weekend.

There will be a Saturday night surprise in terms of entertainment, at this point I should mention this is the home club of the ‘Fat Boys’ and somebody called ‘Skippy’ so those of us with longer memories will know to expect anything!

The TT event will take place over the Saturday and Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend and provided there is sufficient interest, a fun / long distance race will take place on Monday. First race on Saturday will not be before 12.30 and the aim is to run Mondays fun race early in order to let people depart for home in good time.

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