Burton week 2026
Shoreham SC, Saturday 29th August to Tuesday 1st September 2026
Shoreham SC, Saturday 29th August to Tuesday 1st September 2026
Venue
Five years after our first visit in 2021 Shoreham SC are welcoming the Twelves back for Burton Week 2026. The plan is to make this a memorable event for our 90th Anniversary and we hope to see new National Twelve sailors joining us.
Launching is down the wide slipway in the dinghy park straight out into the sheltered harbour with a short sail to the race area. You can experience sea sailing in a large fleet alongside other Twelves.
Social events take place at the Club each evening, except for the Burton Week 90th Dinner which will be held at the Sussex Yacht Club in Shoreham.
There is limited camping for tents and campervans therefore booking is required. Also there is free council car parking alongside the club site.
Family and friends can visit the local area, Chichester, Worthing, Hastings, Battle and Arundel are not far away.
Entry
Entry is open to any National Twelve owner and there are prizes for various ages and designs of boat. Also for different ages of helms and crews! Early entry discounts are available. You should however note that: THERE IS A CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES!
ALL ENTRIES AND PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE 09.00am ON THURSDAY 27th AUGUST.
The Burton Week Dinner will be held at the Sussex Yacht Club on Sunday 30h August. You can book tickets on your entry form. If you have any questions about the dinner please contact: ntoa@national12.org
Early booking for the dinner would be appreciated, at present we do not have any final booking date
Measurers will be available on Friday afternoon, and Saturday morning before the briefing. They offer you the chance to check the weight of your boat. This is voluntary but useful to know and saves time if you are chosen for measurement later. Add your name to their list on arrival and they will give you a shout when they are ready for you.
New sails or if changes have been made? – Please arrange to get measuring done before Burton Week. If that is a problem then contact the Chief Measurer before the event to see what can be arranged, see the ‘Contacts’ below.
The briefing will be at 10.30am on Saturday the 29th August in the boat park or inside if wet. The race programme and local information etc. will be explained and questions answered. The first race will start at 13.00 hrs, but leave plenty of time to sail to the race area. The scheduled race start times for each day’s racing are shown below.
All Official Notices will be posted on the Official Notice Board at https://sailevent.net/noticeboard/1aj.
Note that the Hornet Class will also be holding their championships alongside the Twelves.
Crew or Boat Wanted
Have you considered borrowing a boat, or you don’t have a crew? We hope to help with this in the near future.
The Schedule of Races
| Date | Race | Warning Signal | Tide Times (BST) |
| Saturday 29th August | 1st Points Race 2nd Points Race |
12.55 To follow after Race 1 |
HW – 12.53 (6.146m) |
Sunday 30th August |
Sir William Burton Cup (3rd Points Race) |
10.55 |
HW – 13.24 (6.224m) |
| Monday 31st August | 4th Points Race 5th Points Race |
10.55 To follow after Race 4 |
HW – 13.56 (6.26m) |
| Tuesday 1st September | 6th Points Race 7th Points Race |
10.55 No start later than 1400 |
HW – 14.31 (6.225m) |
are sponsoring our 90th Anniversary Burton Week as part of the Blood Red National Series. They are suppliers of clothing and accessories and are currently offering a range of 90th Anniversary T shirts and hoodies. Bow stickers may be available at Registration.
an Essex based supplier of fittings and 
a supplier of clothing and all things sailing will also be supporting the event. We hope to have additional sponsor prizes for the young sailors wherever they sit in a Twelve.
Everyone will be part of a buddy team. The Gypsy Trophy will be presented to the winning Buddy team with prizes. There will be more details about the teams later in the year. The aim is for each team to have a mix of experience and skills which they can share, hopefully those new to Burton Week or the Twelve Class will find this useful.
Entrants automatically qualify for most trophies, but some require a choice to be made in advance on the entry form. Your entry acknowledgment will confirm your choices, but please advise us if anything changes. If this is at the event then advise the N12 Race Office before any race results are prepared please! If you have any queries contact: ntoa@national12.org Any trophies won last year need to be returned to the N12 Race Office suitably engraved and shiny please. Please hand these over as soon as practical, but before the start of the first race.
There will be a helm and crew tally system in use for safety and as your race declaration. This year this will be an online system – details will be available here later or at the Saturday briefing. If you forget to tally the penalty is to lose your position in any races on that day, or you need to pay a fee to the Race Office to be reinstated! This fee will be donated to the RNLI.
Getting There
Shoreham Sailing Club is located just along the coast from Brighton on Shoreham Beach, on the western bank of the River Adur, with boats launched and recovered from the slipway into the harbour. For the full address of SSC see the Contacts section below.
223 Harbour Way
Shoreham-by-Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5HZ
United Kingdom
what three words: ///plotter.applies.slim
Sussex Yacht Club, for the Burton Week Dinner, is in Shoreham town close to the end of the footbridge between the town and Shoreham beach.
On first arrival at Shoreham Sailing Club park on the road and then boats must be unhitched and walked into the dinghy park through the gate on Harbour Way.
Car parking for the event is available on the Public Car Park area alongside the Club. Only pre-booked campervans and tents will be allowed into the Club compound. Note that campervans cannot be used overnight on the council car parking area.
Accommodation
You should consider booking accommodation early. There is limited camping and motor home space available within the Shoreham SC site and this is offered on a first come/first served basis. This must be booked in advance via SSC’s Sailing Club Management system, a link will be provided on this site as soon as booking is open.
The Race Office is upstairs in Shoreham SC clubhouse and will be open from 2pm on Friday afternoon until a reasonable time that evening! It will be open again at 09.00 hrs on Saturday morning.
Please register as early as possible but definitely before the first race which begins on Saturday at 13.00 hrs.
You will need to give us the boat’s measurement certificate, with the annual buoyancy valid until the end of September 1st or later. The certificate will be retained until the final day of the event. If you plan to sail a borrowed boat you should obtain the valid certificate from the owner to hand in. If you have any questions about the certificate you can contact ntoa@national12.org .
On registering you will receive your Entry Pack, with trolley tag etc. Spare sponsor stickers should also be available if required.
If either of the boat’s crew are under 18 a signed Parental Consent form needs to be completed, which you may need to organise in advance. Similarly if you feel a voluntary Medical Declaration is necessary then please consider this also. These are available at the top of this site and can be emailed to ntoa@national12.org in advance.
The Official Notice Board will be located at online at: https://sailevent.net/noticeboard/1aj
There will be a briefing on the patio outside the Clubhouse on Saturday at 10.30am with all the necessary local sailing information available. If the weather is wet this will be inside the clubhouse.
Please get in touch if you want to know more about the event or arrangements, need a crew or need technical / measurement advise.
Shoreham Sailing Club
Soldiers Point
223 Harbour Way
Shoreham by Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5HZ
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Socials
The ‘Galley’ will be providing food throughout the event from breakfast to evening meals and snacks to take afloat. Some booking may be required.
Friday
Early arrivals and measuring - The bar will be open, but only snack type catering available.
Information on local takeaway outlets will be available in the clubhouse.
Saturday
This is a ‘Welcome’ evening for both the Twelves and the Hornet Class with food and the bar open.
Sunday
This evening is the 90th Anniversary Burton Week Dinner at the Sussex Yacht Club in Shoreham. The dress code is smart casual, not black tie. The venue will be open from 19.30 hrs with the meal served at 20.00 hrs.
Following the meal, and providing the Burton Race has taken place, the Sir William Burton Cup and any related prizes will be presented, and of course the infamous Burton Brick. If you can’t make the dinner please drop in later for the prize presentation.
Monday
The National Twelve AGM will be held at 17.30 pm in the clubhouse, with food available afterwards.
Your AGM papers will sent in a mailing from our Webmaster about a month before the event. You should take a copy to the meeting. No paper copies will be available. The Committee would like to hear what the members want from the Association, so please join us. We welcome all your views, although any scheduled vote is restricted to members only.
A social evening will follow in the main club room.
Tuesday
After the racing is complete and while the results are worked out food will be available followed by the Burton Week Prize-giving.