Scottish Students March Forth to BKL 2024 Finals Inverkeithing Bay on the Forth was the backdrop for the BKL Forth/Scottish Student Sailing Keelboat Championships over the weekend of 16-17th March, organised by Scottish Student Sailing and Port Edgar Yacht Club. The first day brought excellent conditions with good wind and sunny weather. Race Officer Eilidh...
Ryde School with Upper Chine travelled from the Isle of Wight with 3 teams of four sailors to compete in the first of the 2024 British Keelboat Leagues. They were joined by 3 teams from the Royal Hospital School, 2 from both Tonbridge and Winchester and 1 each from Claires Court, Cokethorpe, Kim Bolton, Oxford,...
2024 British Keelboat League Gets Under Way this Weekend March 9th & 10th sees the start of the British Keelboat League (BKL) with the first event being sailed at Queen Mary reservoir in West London. BSDRA Schools Keelboat League This first event, which is restricted to School teams, is being run by the Royal Thames...
Chichester Chase To BKL Finals Under 18’s Team Gelert (Llandegfedd SC (G)) smashed out the first 3 races of the Marconi BKL event to lead with two wins and a 2nd place. Proof that their pre-event training in SB20’s back in Wales and at the Warsash Spring Series was the ideal prep. Team Chichester led...
The Marconi SC British Keelboat League event is now FULL. Nine teams will race in a fleet of five SB20’s over the weekend of 3-4th June. The event format of multiple, short, sharp, windward/leeward races with crew changes between, will keep the sailors busy as they do battle to win a place in the British...
On the weekend of 25-26th February the Strathclyde University ran the first British Keelboat League event of the 2023 season. 10 Teams participated in 707’s at Port Edgar Yacht Club and each team managed to complete 10 races to determine the finishing places. Here’s the event report from Louis Hockings-Cooke, University of Strathclyde Sailing club...
The Strathclyde University BKL league event kicks off the series on February 24 – 25th. Entries quickly came in and shortly after they were opened all but 1 team place remained available. The Strathsail BKL league will be sailed in 707’s at Port Edgar and to fill the final place follow this link to the...
This season see’s a return to BKL leagues being sailed in a range of fleet from across the regions. 707’s are to be sailed at both the Strathclyde University event in February and then again in the summer at the Royal Corinthian YC in Burnham. The summer league to be run by the Royal Northern...
