One month to go until the East Coast Piers Race sponsored by Zhik

by Andrew Dowley 6 Jun 2018 11:17 BST 7-8 July 2018

It's now one month until the annual East Coast Piers Race weekend at Marconi Sailing Club in Essex. The weekend is open to fast dinghies (PY980 or faster) and catamarans and is being held on the 7th and 8th July.

This year the event is part of the Allen Endurance Series.

The ECPR weekend has attracted top sailors from across the World who have travelled to take on the 48 mile course from Marconi SC in the River Blackwater onto Walton on the Naze and back. There are now three different courses available on Sunday with shorter course racing on the Saturday.

Here is what you can expect from the weekend:

On the Water

• Two in river races on Saturday starting at 1pm, briefing at 12pm
• Three course options for Sunday (13 miles, 27 miles or 48 miles)
• GPS tracking for Sunday
• Racing for monohull and multihull sailors
• LOADS of class associations signed up to use the event as their TT's
• Mother boats (yachts) at every mile of the course to help if needed - this is on top of our RIB support fleet

Off the Water

• Zhik are our title sponsor again so expect some great prizes
• FREE camping from Friday - Monday
• Saturday night food included in your entry price
• Fantastic live band on Saturday night (same band as last year)
• A new beer sponsor – Mighty Oak are sponsoring this year so a selection of great priced beer, the more you drink* the more you donate to charity (*drink responsibly and all that jazz)
• T-shirts and hoodies available to buy with an excellent design
• Raffle tickets on sale, make sure you buy some there are some great prizes including a Zhik summer package worth £500 as 1st prize

You can enter online now so please do to make your registration easy and to take advantage of our early bird pricing. You can find more info including the Notice of Race on the ECPR website.

Please note, registering over the weekend is more expensive and you may not receive a GPS tracker.

Thank you to our sponsors for the weekend – Zhik, Allen, GJW Direct, Mighty Oak, Sailing Chandlery, GP Sails and Funkymonkey Boat Names.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the weekend then please email or check out the race website, www.eastcoastpiersrace.com