Places filling up for Thames Tideway Race
by Alice Driscoll 19 Apr 2016 09:54 UTC
11 June 2016
Enterprise Tideway Race © Enterprise Association
With numbers limited to just 40 boats, there's still time to take part in a special Thames Tideway Race for the Enterprise Class taking place on Saturday 11th June. Organised by South Bank Sailing Club, the race will start on the Thames at Putney – where the first Enterprise was built 60 years ago by designer Jack Holt – to a finish line set down the river. A second race sees the fleet race back to Putney, passing under many of the river's famous bridges and past well-known London landmarks.
Over half the available places have already been filled and entry forms are available from the Enterprise Association website at www.sailenterprise.co.uk. The entry fee is £15 and this includes pre-race bacon butties, and a post race buffet at South Bank Sailing Club.
South Bank Sailing Club's Commodore Allan Munro-Faure says the club is looking forward to holding this special anniversary race exclusively for the Enterprise Class. "The downriver Tideway race will take the fleet through some of the most iconic bridges on the Thames, including Putney Bridge, the start of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, and the stunning Albert Bridge, a Grade II listed bridge, built in 1873 and nicknamed The Trembling Lady because of its tendency to vibrate when large numbers of people walked over it. The bridge still has signs at its entrances to warn troops to break step whilst crossing the bridge! The Tideway race will consist of two races - one down river on the ebb tide and one back to the club on the flood, making for a fascinating and tactical race which everyone will find challenging and exciting."
For more information visit the Enterprise Association website at www.sailenterprise.co.uk or email South Bank Sailing Club at .