Kingsley Picnic Races Weekend

Kingsley Picnic Race weekend will be on 23-24 May 2026

ALL WELCOME: SAILORS, CAMPERS, SPECTATORS, SUPPORTERS ETC

These rules apply to this years event:

  • All attendees, whether racing, camping or just attending the picnic, must Register here and  complete the Sign-on sheet at the briefing.
  • There is no Race/Attendance fees for this event.
  • Only Trailer Sailer and Sports boats are elligible to enter the Sternchaser races.
  • AM Saturday : campers, caravaners ,cabin cruisers etc. set up at Kingsley Marina
  • 2:00pm Briefing for 2:30pm Start –  Sternchaser  race to Kingsley, spectators arrive Kingsley
  • BYO BBQ Saturday night with race awards and bon-fire, weather permitting.
  • Sunday Breakfast: courtesy of GFource Marine
  • Sunday about 10.30 start: Sternchaser around the same circuit for 2 hours (subject to change depending on mood of competitors after a night of CBBC socialising!)
  • Travel back to CBBC for Race 2 and series awards. .

For those competing in the Sternchaser:

  • Race briefing 2:00pm Saturday at CBBC.
  • Race 1 (Saturday) : course from CBBC to a triangular circuit between Rat Island and the Kingsley Marina
  • Handicap start at 2.30 with the lowest handicap competitor starting at 2.30 and remaining competitors delaying their individual starts dependending on their handicap based on performance handicap in the CBBC Long Race Series (handicaps advised after close of entries prior to the event)
  • Race finishes at 4.30pm  (2 hrs after start time) with the competitor with the most number of laps of the circuit and if same number of laps then closest to the next turning mark 
  • Race 2: (Sunday after breakfast)  2 hour race around same circuit with same starting handicaps for 2 hours.
 
Kingsley course map - (typical only)

 

REGISTER HERE for Race or Caravan / Camping

Mike (and Cec) South, the proprietors of the Kingsley property.
The perpetual trophy

General Information 

The Kingsley Picnic Races weekend began several years ago after Mike and Cec South decided to host a race weekend for everyone to enjoy. You don’t even need a boat. Many participants stay overnight in boats, caravans or tents and enjoy the BYO BBQ and picnic on the area located on Mike and Cec’s Kingsley  property on Point Sturt.

The Picnic Races feature a stern-chaser style based on individual skippers’ Personal Handicap (NHC) ratings. The boat with the lowest handicap start first at 0.00.00 minutes after the 5 minute start sequence has concluded. The second boat starts X:XX minutes later and so on.

The aim of the stern-chaser event is for all boats to attempt to improve their original position by overtaking other boats with better handicaps.

Race 1 (Saturday) – the start line will be located off the Long Jetty and after the start, all vessels then proceed upstream from Clayton Bay (see course map), to a mark off Rat Island, then sail north to a mark near the cliffs of Marshall’s Bight and then to a mark off the entrance to Kingsley Station.

The race has a time limit of 2 hours, so boats continue to sail the triangular course, in a clockwise (race 1) and anti-clockwise (race 2) direction, until the committee boat signals the two hours have expired.

All boats then retire to the Kingsley marina where the BBQ will be held.

Race 2 (Sunday), starts at agreed time by the competitors at the morning breakfast, and follows the same route as Race 1, except in the opposite direction, and after 2 hours the competitors head back to CBBC for a BYO lunch where the race results will be announced.

Sponsored by GFource Marine (Darren Stanbridge)

As you can see, this cow doesn’t like being locked inside some trophy cabinet for 364 days of the year!