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Scarborough Sailors Racing Across the North Sea Tonight

Scarborough Yacht Club is staging it's biggest race of the year this weekend as the annual North Sea Race gets underway.

The race will see 14 yachts race from Scarborough to Holland.

Vice Commodore Thomas Hill says the 7pm start in Scarborough should provide quite a spectacle.

14 Yachts will be setting sail from Scarborough tonight for the annual North Sea Race to Holland.

Then event is staged by Scarborough Yacht Club, Vice Commodore Thomas Hill says the Yachts will be setting off at 7pm tonight from just off Scarborough's Outer Pier.

Thomas says the sailors will face a number of challenges on the North Sea crossing

This year's event could produce some record crossing times for the race, Thomas Hill says the weather conditions are looking favourable.

You can follow the progress of the 14 competitors in real time using the Race Tracker at https://cf.yb.tl/sycnsr2024

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