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Pelican Week 2025

18th - 22 August 2025

A full week of racing with a slow fleet for RS Feva and slower and a fast fleet for anything faster than a Feva. This is an open event, non-members are welcome to bring their boats and race with us for the week. Members may either bring their own boat or borrow a club boat.

To maximize the number of people afloat we will allocate club boats based on the entries we get. We will do our best to get you sailing the boats you want with the people you want to sail with but this may not always be possible. Club boat hire is free for members taking part in Pelican week.

Friday BBQ and Prizegiving!  18:00; prize giving 18:30

Pelican week is a different offering to Cadet weeks as it is based on racing rather than instructing.  We won't have lots of instructors on site with responsibility for children so we do need parents/guardians to remain readily available at all times.  If a participants needs to return to shore for any reason we need a parent/guardian to be available to receive them.

You can choose to race for as many or as few days as you like.  We will do our best to ensure less experienced participants have a great time practicing racing and more experienced participants have some great competitive races.

Please create an account with your email address and tel no and you'll then be able to sign up. £tbc for the week (+ Family m'ship £tbc or Youth m'ship £tbc)

Start times

  • Monday  arrive       race 12:30
  • Tuesday  arrive      race 14:00
  • Wednesday  arrive   race 15:30
  • Thursday   arrive     race 16:00
  • Friday  arrive         race 17:00

What should I bring?

In essence you will need, clothes for the shore, clothes for sailing, your logbook and a way to make notes etc. It is always colder on the water than on land and you may be wet for many hours so make sure you have enough. A full kit list is available here:

Please bring the following items to your course. 

  • Lunch, water and snacks.  Light refreshments will be available during bar hours. Water and snacks may be taken afloat with you or in the coach boat.  
  • Pen and paper. 
  • Your logbook if you have one. 
  • Buoyancy Aid if you have one. 
  • Hat (cap or winter warm) 
  • Sunscreen 
  • Sunglasses (with retainer)
  • Towel 
  • Dry change of clothes 
  • Old sneakers or water shoes.  Shoes must be closed toe and heel.  Flip flops are not allowed! 
  • Wetsuit or warm clothes and full waterproofs (you will get wet). 
  • Wind breaker or waterproof jacket 
  • Clothes appropriate for the weather of the day. It is much colder on the water so please dress over-warm, we can always put a layer in the coach boat. 

We strongly recommend that you bring a helmet. These can be found inexpensively online, alternatively, cycling helmets are great.


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Last updated 2:49am on 24 December 2024

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