Shotwick Lake Sailing Frostbite Open Series starts this weekend
by Dave Turtle 31 Oct 2018 07:47 PDT
4 November - 9 December 2018
Shotwick Lake Sailing Frostbite Open Series © Geoff Weir
Fancy sailing somewhere different this winter? Why not join us at Shotwick Lake for our Frostbite Open Series running from 4th November to 9th December. There are 2 races every Sunday starting at 11:00hrs. We have a mixed handicap fleet from Optimists to Fireballs and use average lap times to ensure that everybody enjoys a good race.
Shotwick Lake is situated on the edge of the Dee estuary which can be reached conveniently from North Wales and the North West England.
Last year there was a convincing win for Gordon Bennell (DZero) with Paul Newman (Streaker) in second place and Joe Sargent (Laser Radial) third. In fact a different class of boat filled each of the top eight positions. It will be interesting to see if Gordon can repeat this success in his Solo and on present form the answer is yes!
There have been great turn-outs all season at Shotwick and with visitors expected from Chester, Gresford and across North Wales there should be some good competition throughout the fleet.
In addition to overall awards, there are weekly prizes for the best performing boat that has not already won in previous weeks. We find this a good fun way of spreading the prizes!
The racing format is two races starting at 11:00hrs separated by a break for lunch available from the galley. Generally, all boats are off the water by 14:00hrs allowing plenty of time to spend with the family or even some Christmas shopping!
We welcome any monohull dinghy and the entry fee is just £10 per boat for the whole series and this includes berthing so there is no need to transport your boat each week.
Further details from or checkout our website, www.shotwicksailing.org