On Sunday 1st October the Club will once again be hosting the first event in the 2023/24 Harker’s Yard Gig Association Winter Series here at Manningtree. The event is the first in the series of eleven which finishes on 10 March 2024.
The Club Gigs William Rose and Hunter will be taking part with around 18 other Gigs from Clubs around the Essex Coast. With races for women’s, men’s and mixed crews that means we will have at least 150 rowers from visiting Clubs here and we need to give them our usual warm Stour Sailing Club welcome.
High Water on the day is 2:10pm and the first race start will be 1pm.
The Gigs are a spectacular sight on the water with mass starts, and competitive sprint racing meaning that the finishes are also often extremely close – everyone is welcome to come along and watch, and cheer on the crews (especially our Stour Sailing Club Crews in William Rose and Hunter!)