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Liberation Regatta
The Liberation regatta takes place on Thursday, 9th May. The Vega pursuit race starts at 10:00. And then the sailors will come ashore for lunch.
The House committee will be serving a lunch of Chicken kebabs, Vegetarian quiche, New Potatoes and House Salads, along with Apple tart and Ice cream.
£5 for Adults, £3 for Juniors.
Please sign up in advance to help our catering, but of course all welcome on the day!
All donations of cakes and salads as always gratefully received.
After lunch two more open handicap races will be held back to back. First the Beagle, then the Liberation race.
We only run two pursuit races during the year and they are great fun, it may seem complicated at first but once you have started it is just great fun, please ask us at the club to explain the start sequence if you are unsure.
Did you know….
That the St. Catherine’s Liberation Day regatta has been held every year since the club started 65 years ago. The 3 races held on Liberation day are The Vega, The Beagle and The Liberation Day Trophy all with historic significance to the Liberation of the Channel Islands. First race of the day is the Vega named after the Red Cross Ship SS Vega that made several trips to Jersey with Red Cross parcels, then on 9th May 1945 HMS Beagle arrived at St. Helier harbour and later that day the island was liberated, hence the order of our races!