Sunset Series
Important Dates for 2025 Series
26th Feb – Pre-entry Open Evening – DSC at 2000. Don’t know anything about Sunset Series? Think your child may want to sail but don’t know where or how to start? Not sure which end of a boat is which? Come for a beer with some of the Sunset team. 8pm at DSC. Entirely optional and more useful for non-sailing parents.
1st March – Entries Open
31st Mar – Entries Close
12th/13th April – Sunset PB2 Course. Run by the DSC Powerboat School – get your PB2 with other parents. Contact Rachael.humphreys@dabchicks.org for details.
23rd April – Diamond Parents Briefing Night – DSC at 1900 – Mandatory briefing for all new parents. How Sunset Series works. What you need to do. How the evening works. How to rig an Optimist.
26th April – Start of Season Cadets Party. Details to follow.
27th April – Boat inspections – Firs Chase Caravan Park at 0900 – Mandatory for Optimist fleets.
30th April – Safety Briefing – Mandatory for Cadets and Safety Boat crews.
3rd May – Peter Clarke’s Optimist Boatyard Opens
3rd/4th May – Diamond Fleet lake weekend – Mandatory for Diamond Fleet – click here.
7th May – First Wednesday night – All Fleets excluding Diamond
14th May – First Wednesday night – Diamond Fleet
Dates are provisional and subject to change.
Other Events, Dates and Info
Links
Sunset Boats for Sale or Wanted Whatsapp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/H5Ul4tAz08nGDyZlQzaSWL
For further information Contact:
Sunset Series Chair,
simon.cook@dabchicks.org / 07894 412644
Other Useful Contacts:
Ifor Bielecki – Sunset Safety Officer – 07968 629098
Lee Child – Coaching – 07706 396546
Ray Smith – Chief Optimist Repairer and All Round Boat Fixer – 01206 384487