For the first time ever BLSC will be forming a Team Racing team to compete in BUCS and BUSA competitions nationwide and alongside this we will be hosting race training and fun club races throughout the year! 

 

 

What is Team Racing?

 

Team racing is an exciting and sociable sailing format in which a team of sailors work together to try and establish an overall winning combination for their team over their opposition.  Team races are fast and furious and reward good starting, boat speed, boat handling, rules knowledge and team work skills.

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One race typically lasts for about ten minutes but each team usually gets to do between 6 and 16 races during the weekend, with events often running several hundred races in total.   As well as being an exciting form of sailing in its own right, team racing helps to sharpen up many useful fleet racing skills, especially close boat on boat tactics and is also a great transitional step between fleet racing and match racing.