Article: Yachts set off on annual race.

SCARBOROUGH'S annual Yacht Club North Sea Race is underway.

Twenty three boats set off at 7.30pm last night aided by brisk Westerly winds.

The start was signalled by a flare fired from the lifeboat, and the yachts set off under rain-filled skies.

The first of the boats is expected to make the 210-mile crossing to Ijmuiden on the Dutch coast in about 36 hours.

More than 100 competitors will sail through some of the world's busiest shipping lanes and past dozens ...

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