BUCS Sailing: Fleet Racing Championships

Entry Cost

Single Handed Dinghy: £75

Double Handed Dinghy: £110 (Teams - made up of 2 individuals)

Entries Open

Thursday 23 September 2021

Entry Closing Dates - Stage One

Student/Competitor Deadline

Tuesday 26 October 2021 at 11:59pm
(Students/Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Institution Administrator Approval Deadline

Thursday 28 October 2021 at 11:59pm
(Institutional Administrators have 48 hours after the student/ competitor deadline to approve entries)

Entry Closing Dates - Stage 2 

Should the competition allow more entries, a stage two entry window will open. Priority will be given to the entries received before the stage one entry closing date. Entries received in the stage two window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

Stage 2 Window

Friday 29 October – Tuesday 2 November 2021

Student Deadline - Tuesday 2nd November 2021 at 23:59
(Students/Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Institution Administrator Deadline – Thursday 4th November at 23:59 (Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student/competitor deadline to approve entries) 

Stage 2 Costs

Single Handed Dinghy (Stage 2 Entry): £90

Double Handed Dinghy (Stage 2 Entry): £132

Please note, to be eligible for the team championship the boats must be single sex (helm and crew must be the same sex in double handed boats). If you do not wish to be eligible for the team competition then you can still sail in mixed boats.

Teams are made up of the top 3 boats from each university who have raced in fleets of 15 or more, calculated at the end of the event. 

Additionally, as per NOR 4.9, any class which receives less than 15 entries may be cancelled or merged with another class at the discretion of the Organising Authority.

Please note that BUCS Points will not be allocated where the minimum number of competitors/teams has not been reached, or where there are not enough individual scores to extract a team score. Furthermore, an individual/team must have beaten another individual/team to score BUCS Points (i.e. if 3 individuals/teams compete in an event, only 2 will score BUCS points). This does not apply to extracted teams. Individuals/teams are regarded as having competed if they started the event, therefore DNS will not be regarded as having competed. Similarly, medals will be awarded according to the accrual of BUCS Points. For example if only 3 individuals/teams compete in an event only Gold and Silver medals will be awarded.

To see how many BUCS Points click Here

This event is limited to a capacity of 150 boats across all institutions. Institutions can initially enter up to 15 entries before the Stage 1 closing date of Thursday 28 October 2021.

If more than 150 entries are received at the closing of Stage 1 entries, then initially each institution will be allocated an equal maximum number of entries. As such, institutions are required to give a ‘rank’ for each entry across all categories on BUCS Play to advise the order of preference in which they would like each entry accepted in to the Championships as part of this process. Rankings should not be per fleet, but per institution.

For example your 1^st ranked entry might be a Laser, your 2^nd ranked entry a Firefly. After an equal maximum number of entries per institution have been allocated, further ‘rankings’ will not be considered and any remaining places will then be allocated based on the date and time of entry on a first come, first served basis.

If after the closing of Stage 1, there is still space for any further entries, Stage 2 will open and additional entries may be submitted before the Stage 2 closing date of Tuesday 2 November 2021.

These Stage 2 entries will be allocated on a first come first served basis and are subject to approval and confirmation from the Organising Authority, as and when received.

Competitor withdrawals must be made by a Institutional admins by emailing James Francis

Withdrawals before the entry deadline, 26 October 2021 at 11:59pm (stage one) will not be charged.

Withdrawals after the entry deadline, 28 October 2021 at 11:59pm (stage one) will still be charged the entry fee.

Should a withdrawal be accompanied with a valid doctor’s note, no fine will be given but the entry fee will still be charged.

Should BUCS have to open stage two entries then new deadlines for withdrawals will be published.