Nore Yacht Race

The Nore Race is a combined ‘open’ cruiser and dinghy race held each year covering a 20 mile circuit of the Thames Estuary, starting and finishing at Southend Pier.

Benfleet Yacht Club have been organising this event since the 1930’s (although likely to have taken a break during the war years).

For many competitors, the Nore Race is the only race that they will compete in: which they treat more like a rally, rather than a full on race until the starting gun fires.