The 24 Hour Race is an Annual event run by West Lancashire Yacht Club and sailed in September on the marine lake at Southport. Bolton Sailing Club has been an active participant since the first event and as you can see from the table below we have done rather well in the event.
Previous winners of the West Lancs YC 24 Hour Race:
1967 West Lancashire Yacht Club
1968 West Kirby Sailing Club
1969 Cambridge University Sailing Club
1970 Bolton Sailing Club
1971 Oxford University Yacht Club
1972 West Lancashire Yacht Club
1973 Grimsby and C1eethorpes Yacht Club
1974 Nottingham University Sailing Club
1975 Northwich Sailing Club (now Winsford Flash SC)
1976 Bolton Sailing Club
1977 Winsford Flash Sailing Club
1978 Bolton Sailing Club
1979 Southport Sailing Club
1980 Bolton Sailing Club
1981 Tynemouth Sailing Club
1982 Liverpool University Sailing Club
1983 Monklands Sailing Club
1984 Southport Sailing Club
1985 Bolton Sailing Club
1986 London Corinthian Sailing Club
1987 Bolton Sailing Club
1988 Sutton Sailing Club
1989 Bolton Sailing Club
1990 Bolton Sailing Club
1991 Winsford Flash Sailing Club
1992 Bassenthwaite Sailing Club
1993 Bolton Sailing Club
1994 Bolton Sailing Club
1995 Bolton Sailing Club
1996 West Lancashire Yacht Club
1997 Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club
1998 Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club
1999 Blackpool and Fleetwood Yacht Club
2000 Cancelled – due to fuel crisis
2001 Ent Assoc Frensham Pond
2002 West Lancashire Yacht Club
2003 Bassenthwaite Sailing Club
2004 Bolton Sailing Club
2005 Bolton Sailing Club
2006 Sail 4 Cancer
2007 Bolton Sailing Club
2008 South Staffs Sailing Club
2009 South Staffs Sailing Club
2010 470 Class Association