Sunday 3 July will see the first start gun of the ever-popular Salcombe Merlin Week. Again, the week is generously sponsored by Salcombe Gin, a local success story, rapidly expanding globally. Salcombe Gin will be providing prizes not just for the top boats but also for the newly introduced Silver and Bronze fleets. With 120 boats entered, the G/S/B prizes will reward teams winning their personal battles throughout each daily race.
As usual the fleet is divided into four flights who sail each other twice over the six days of racing with each team having three morning and three afternoon starts. The programme is as follows:
Day 10:30 Start 14:30 Start High Water Low Water
SUN RED ‑ GREEN BLUE ‑ BLACK 09:19 15:21
MON RED ‑ BLUE GREEN ‑ BLACK 09:54 15:55
TUES GREEN ‑ BLUE RED ‑ BLACK 10:33 16:32
WEDS BLUE ‑ BLACK RED ‑ GREEN 11:18 17:15
THURS GREEN ‑ BLACK RED ‑ BLUE 12:10 18:09
FRI RED ‑ BLACK GREEN ‑ BLUE 13:11 19:18
The fleet is, as one would expect, awash with talent and a case can be made for over 20 teams as potential winners of the week. Racing in Salcombe provides one of the toughest exam papers on the UK sailing scene, with so many opportunities to get it wrong, or simply be the victim of misfortune.
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