Sailing Champions League Qualifier 1 – 2024 After practice sailing on Thursday, come race day, the fog closed in and wind was zero at Vilamoura Portugal on Friday 15th March. The first of three qualifiers was being sailed in a fleet of J70’s and with the top league racing club teams from around Europe amusing...
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...
British Clubs Head Out to Poland for Sailing Champions League This week sees our 2 representative clubs Marconi ( 3rd in 2022 BKL final) & West Hoe (5th), Head out to Sopot in Poland to represent the BKL in the European Sailing Champions League.The teams will be racing against 19 of the top performing clubs...
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...
Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club Race in Berlin Today British Keelboat League (BKL) representative team, Royal Northern & Clyde YC, prepare to race in the 2nd round of the Sailing Champions League (SCL) at the Berliner Yacht Club, Germany. Flying in the forecast was for snow, quite a contrast to the conditions experienced by...
Strathclyde First up in 2023 Sailing Champions League The University of Strathclyde Sailing Club competed with 12 teams from 11 countries in Vilamoura, Portugal last week in the first event of the 2023 Sailing Champions League (SCL) The team, which qualified for the SCL by finishing 2nd in last years British Keelboat League (BKL) final,...
Strathclyde Uni Gets Set for International Sailing Competition A team of sailors from Strathclyde University Sailing Club landed in Portugal today to prepare for the 1st Qualifier event of the 2023 Sailing Champions League which is to be held at the Vilamoura Sailing Centre next weekend. Skipper Jake Miller and his team of Calum Bell,...
