This Saturday! Long distance race - skipper's meeting at noon

[James McTurk]

Fun in the Sun   …..   A Seabrook Sailing Club Tradition …..  The Long Distance Race

Only once a  year around Labor Day Seabrook Sailing Club hosts the Long Distance Race.  The race is not our typical around the buoys racing.  Participants sail down toward Houston Yacht Club then turn and parallel the Houston Ship Channel before turning back toward SSC. 

The race is open to all types of Cats, Sailboats and Windsurfers. Your Portsmouth rating will be used to determine your start time. The slower boats start first so that everyone should finish at the same time if they sail to their rating. This is a fun race with relaxed  long reaches and  beats.  If you are not an active racer just follow the other boats and have fun.  The weather forecast is for 5-10 kt winds out of the south with smooth water, which should be ideal. 

Enjoy seeing part of Galveston Bay that we don’t normally sail in.   When sailing along the ship Channel look for Channel markers and stay out of the Channel  ( Big ships don’t stop)   Get to SSC by noon to hear the Skipper’s Meeting. The PRO  will discuss  the starting line, the  course, and  give out   times to start.   Enter the water early and try to cross the starting line right after you starting time.   Then try to catch the boats ahead of you.   Take plenty of water, hats, sunglasses and sunscreen since it is a long race.

First boat to finish wins.  Good Luck to all Sailors!   

P.S. You've got to do this race once – it’s a Club tradition.  Invite your friends that are not SSC members to sail their boats as guests.  However, guests are not eligible to trophies.