I sail in Scotland (North Sea) with a Tomcat (16ft) and will move to a Hawk F18 next year. We have about 15 boats in our club and out of these 5-8 regularly race on a Wednesday night - 2 Hurricane 5.9's, 2 Hobbie 16's, 1 Dart Hawk, 1 Dart 18. We have six official events from May to September which are organised by the regional association. 43 boats took part over the year.
It is pretty cold at the moment (around freezing right now), so sailing in these conditions is very challenging *smile.