Bart’s Bash aims to be the largest sailing race in the world

The inaugural Bart’s Bash is a sailing race that will be run by sailing clubs all around the world on behalf of the charity, the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation. Each sailing club will sail an individual Bart’s Bash race at their location (with certain set requirements to meet our world record criteria) on Sunday 21 September 2014.  It is the major fundraising event for the Foundation and they are asking people to raise money to support their charitable work.  It is for this cause that they are suggesting people could pay a £5 donation to take part.

The race details will be set locally by each club, but are not onerous – at a bare minimum, to meet the world record rules, the course will need to be over 1km and you must sail for more than 15 minutes. They expect many clubs to use one of their normal Sunday morning races as their Bart’s Bash race - subject to any adjustments needed for the world record and event criteria. 

So far, 1,552 sailors from 554 clubs are signed up and fundraising. You can also sign up to the event through the official website of the event.