A financial services company, IQ&Co, has been announced as Title Sponsor of Bangor Town Regatta which will be hosted by Royal Ulster Yacht Club on Belfast Lough from 23rd till 26th June.
Listed entries for the regatta are not only local, but expected from across the Irish Sea area.
Visiting entries from clubs in Strangford Lough, the Clyde, Larne Lough, Isle of Man and Dublin Bay, will join the local competitors in nine classes in what promises to be a memorable event.
Betty Armstrong is Afloat and Yachting Life's Northern Ireland Correspondent. Betty grew up racing dinghies but now sails a more sedate Dehler 36 around County Down
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It’s expected that the fleet will number upwards of 60 with several hundred crew and supporting visitors for the 2021 Regatta.
Among the classes expected are IRC, Sigma 33, RS Elite, and day boats such as Waverleys and Fairies.
The Regatta Chairman is Gavin Watson and Royal Ulster Yacht Club is the organising club for what is Northern Ireland's biggest inshore yacht racing event.
Feeder races from Dun Laoghaire and Scotland are planned.
The Bangor Town Regatta fleet will race out of the Bangor Marina, on what is Belfast Lough’s enviable area of virtually tide and hazard free waters.
Two round-the-buoys courses within a manageable distance from the marina will provide testing but enjoyable racing and in addition, coastal races every day will give those who prefer
somewhat more leisurely competition, the opportunity to use the whole of the Lough.
Racing will be in the capable hands of International Race Officer and National Judge, local man Robin Gray.
The Race Office will be located at the Marina close to where the après sailing will be well catered for.
Belfast Lough's Bangor Town Regatta runs from 27th to 30th June and is hosted by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
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