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Chichester Yacht Club Snowflake Series - Day 3 cancelled

by Mark Green 8 Feb 13:20 GMT 9 February 2020
Chichester Snowflake Series 2020 © CYC

The CYC race Officer has made the decision to cancel Sunday's Snowflake event (9th Feb).

The race committee have been monitoring the forecasts, the wind on Sunday is going to be higher than our safe sailing limit.

In order to ensure the safety of our safety boat crews and the competitors they have decided to cancel sailing on Sunday.

The next and final snowflake is scheduled for 23rd February.

www.cyc.co.uk/category/news/on-the-water/dinghies

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