A Favourite on the Calendar, the Yachting Championship Offers a Challenge Against the Elements!

Entry Information

Entry Dates & Costs

DATES

6 April 2023

VENUE

Port Hamble Marina, Satchell Lane, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4QD

ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 21st Feb 2023

ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday 14 March 2023 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 16 March 2023 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student / competitor deadline to approve entries)

ENTRY COSTS

£280 per competitor 

Yacht Charter £2,209

 Yacht Charter Damage Deposit £3000

Berthing in Cowes - expected to be about £45pp

Please note: The only fee payable through BUCS is the entry fee. Further fees listed are payable either to the sailing club or BUSA. Further details can be found here.

SINGLE ENTRY

This competition will NOT operate a staged entry process. As such, please ensure all entries are submitted through BUCS Play prior to the closing date listed above.

Events & BUCS Points Available

BUCS Points will be awarded to the Top 8 teams in the Championship and Trophy Category. Further information can be found in Appendix 1 here.

Entry Process

To apply for this competition and make a valid initial entry each team must:

  1. At 1200 on 16th December 2022 a Google Docs online form was opened and will decide the entries into the Championship on a first come first serve basis.
  2. By Monday 18th December, or within 72 hours of your entry, you will receive an email confirming your place in the Championship with the Fairview Sailing booking form attached.
  3. By no later than 28th February 2023, submit a completed booking form to Fairview Sailing. The form is located on the BUSA Yachting Championships web page.
  4. Receive a confirmation from Fairview that they can charter a Fairview Oceanis 37.
  5. After receiving Fairview approval, from 21 February 2023 and by the initial entry deadline of 23:59 on 10 March 2023, complete the BUCS Play Stage 1 online entry process.
  6. Entry Fees will be charged post-event by BUCS.
  7. After the initial entry deadline, Stage 1 places will be allocated by BUSA, based on:
    1. One place per university, on a first come, first served basis in the order that completed Google Docs online booking forms are received by Fairview Sailing.

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy 

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer 

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE DAY & NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Entry Allowance

This event is limited to a maxmimum of 15 boats. The institutions that have completed the necessary forms prior to BUCS Play opening and therefore are currently able to attend pending BUCS registration are as follows:

Imperial

Strathclyde

Oxford

Bristol

Durham

Exeter

Southampton

East Anglia

Edinburgh

Newcastle

Plymouth

Portsmouth

The following have places pending BUCS Play registration, but Fairview are waiting on payment:

St Andrews

Birmingham

Rules & Regulations

The Sailing Rules & Regulations can be found here.

The Notice of Race (NoR) can be found here.

Competitors & Reserves List

For all sailing events, ALL competitors must be on the competitors and reserves list as well as in their respective teams. If this is not the case, your entry will be voided and you will not be able to compete.

For the team sailing events, competitors must have joined both their team (for example, BUCS Blue) and the competitors and reserve list (BUCS competitors and reserves list). The competitors and reserves list can be found on the events tab of the sailing 22-23 community on BUCS play, along with the team racing qualifiers event.

Please ensure you join the competitors and reserves list and ensure a captain/administrator approves you prior to Thursday 2 February at 23:59pm.