Chairman’s Greeting 2023

The Mersea Week Committee welcomes you to the 49^th annual Mersea Week.

Starting on Sunday the 13^th August with the Dabchicks Sailing Club Regatta and culminating with the Yacht Club’s Regatta and final prize giving on the 18^th, the week will be punctuated by the WMYC’s RNLI charity events on the Wednesday. That is five days of racing for cruisers, dinghies and MFOBs, with lots of entertainments ashore.

Although the tides are favourable for the weeks racing, unfortunately they are not high enough to enable the Round the Island Race to take place this week. This year the WMYC RTI will be held on September 2^nd when a 5.7m tide at 1453hrs. is predicted.

This year the week flows into the Town Regatta on the 19th of August, with the bonus of their Regatta’s famous firework display finishing off the week’s fun.

Your committee, as ever, have looked at ways of improving the week aided by a frank discussion session in the Autumn of 2022.

The week will again begin this year with a welcoming drink with nibbles at the WMYC when the Competitor’s packs may also be collected. Regatta merchandise will also be available for purchase then, as well as prior and during the event.

A massive thank you goes out to our sponsors, whose generosity allows us to keep entry fees at a reasonable level.

Finally, your committee wishes you a fantastic week.

Alan Jones

Chair, Mersea Week organising Committee.