SESCA's 12th Antigua Sailing Day Regatta Preview
by Mike Steele 24 Mar 13:28 GMT
22 June 2025
As the start of the 56th Antigua Sailing Week approaches, members of the St Edmundsbury Sailing and Canoeing Association, based at Lackford Lake in Suffolk, are looking forward to their own slice of sailing excitement with the running of their 12th Antigua Sailing Day Regatta on Sunday, 22 June.
Initiated thirteen years ago, SESCA's Regatta was originally conceived as a fun event to coincide with the renowned Sailing Week in the Caribbean. What began as a local celebration quickly gained international recognition when a report of the first Regatta caught the attention of the Antigua Sailing Week Race Committee and the Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority via a Google news alert. Impressed by SESCA's initiative, the Tourism Authority graciously stepped in as the event sponsor.
With the Tourism Authority's generous support, the Regatta has become the highlight of SESCA's sailing and social calendar. After enduring a few years of particularly chilly weather, the event date was moved from April to June, offering participants a chance to enjoy warmer conditions. As with Antigua Sailing Week, the organisers strive to make the event bigger and better each year and are aiming to break the record of 43 boat entries.
This year's Regatta will feature handicap racing for adult, junior, and disabled sailors in non-trapeze dinghies up to 4.5 metres. The schedule includes a race briefing at 10.30 am, followed by two races before lunch and one in the afternoon for each division.
SESCA is delighted that the Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority will again be sponsoring the event and providing prizes of a suitably Caribbean nature. The Club invites visitors and spectators to join in the festivities, though it kindly requests that no dogs are brought to the site, as it is located within a nature reserve.
If you can't make it to Antigua, come and experience the excitement of SESCA's 12th Antigua Sailing Day Regatta, where the spirit of the Caribbean meets the heart of Suffolk.
For further information, please see www.westsuffolksailing.org.uk or e-mail: