Southend Barge Match 2026

This year’s Southend Barge Match will take place on Saturday 30th May.

HW will be 1254, so the earliest likely start will be around 10:30.

The Thorpe Bay Yacht Club will host the event.

The race will start and finish off the Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, and sail an inshore course involving a buoy positioned off Jubilee Beach, details of which will be determined the day before the race, based on forecast weather conditions.

There will be a supper and prizegiving in the evening in the Thorpe Bay Yacht Club.