Preparations are in hand for the St Edmundsbury Sailing & Canoeing Association’s 5th Antigua Sailing Day Regatta, which will be held on 30 April at Lackford Lake, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

The regatta was initiated five years ago as a fun event to celebrate and coincide with Antigua Sailing Week in the Caribbean. Amazingly, through a Google alert, reports of the Regatta came to the attention of the Antigua Sailing Week Race Committee and the Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority, who were so impressed with the initiative that they kindly offered to come on board as event sponsors.

With the Tourism Authority’s generous support, the regatta has become the highlight of SESCA’s sailing calendar and seen participation increase each year, both on and off the water. The club is aiming to make the event even bigger and better this year, as a fitting tribute to the Golden Jubilee of Antigua Sailing Week, which is being held from 29 April – 5 May.

The regatta will feature racing for adult and junior divisions sailing any class of non-trapeze dinghy up to 4.5m.

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