Nationals 2022 - CONFIRMED

2022 UKLA Open National Championships

Following the cancellation of our planned nationals at Abersoch this year, we have been looking for an alternative venue. We hoped that Fishguard Bay Yacht Club in South Wales would be our destination, but sadly not this time.

The good news is that WPNSA and Hayling Island Sailing Club kindly agreed to step in and host our Nationals at short notice. After carefully looking at our options, Your committee has accepted the offer from HISC to host the 2022 Nationals.

We realise that whichever dates and we choose, our Nationals will clash with some international events - especially when the EurILCA and ILCA calendars are so crowded. There are no perfect dates for running the event and we settled for least clash.

The event will be over 5 days starting on Monday 18th July. All three fleets will have 2 races each day.

Hayling Island Sailing Club is a fantastic venue with plenty of experience in running big championships, including in recent years the Laser Worlds. See A Championsip Venue (hisc.co.uk) for details.

Assuming we get a similar attendance to the last couple of years, then we plan to run 2 course areas.

To do this, we will need plenty of volunteers onshore and on the water. If you can help, drop is a line at events@ilca.uk or volunteer through the portal. The following are some of the areas we will need help:

·        Ribs for safety boats

·        Help with the class rib

·        On-shore help

·        On the water help

HISC is an exciting venue and we look forward to a great championship.

We will keep updating the Championship website as we move on towards the event. If you have never sailed at the Nationals, check it out