Kingston Farm Supplies Drain to Drain

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The Kingston Farm Supplies Drain to Drain Classic is on again on the 29rd March 2014 at the Lacepede Bay Sailing Club, Marine Parade, Kingston SE, Sth Aust. The briefing will be at 10.30am and the start at 11.00am. This event is a long distance race around buoys between the "Butchers Gap" Drain south of Kingston and the "Blackford Drain" north of Kingston. The full race includes 3 laps and about 75 kilometres. The race is designed so any number of laps (25 kilometres per lap) can be completed and there are prizes for each lap. The Club will offer an early lunch on Saturday and a Club tea to relive the days events. Kingston is 3 hours south of Adelaide in South Australia. The next town south of Kingston is Robe and the biggest town close by is Mount Gambier. Kingston is on the coast at the southern end of the Coorong and sits in a sheltered bay that is protected by a reef several kilometres out to sea. The Conditions are usually small chop and a south westerly sea breeze between 10 and 25 knots. 

There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the completion of the three laps on yardstick and each lap fastest on yardstick if not in 3 lap winners list. The fastest boat over the line will also be awarded a prize.

Accommodation is available at the following places,

There is heaps of protected area around the Club for those intrepid sailors that like to rough it.

Kingston Caravan Park 87672050 with en-suite cabins available.

Lacepede Bay Motel 87672444 is on the foreshore near the jetty.

Lobster Motor Inn 87672322 is near the Big Lobster on the highway.

Crown Inn Hotel 87672005.Royal Mail Hotel 87672002.

Mobil 190 roadhouse 87672419 cheap rooms on the highway.

Ray White Real Estate 87672200 manage bookings for beach house rentals.