ILCA UK Chair Blog #170
Lotte Johnson
Well what do you get when you run three National Opens in March? 553 entries is the answer. While conditions were at times a little tricky, there was lots of great racing. It was especially pleasing to see so many ILCA4s and of course numbers were a little down by close to 20 sailors competing at Princes Sofia Regattas during National Open 3.
It shows the class is still attracting great numbers - many thanks to our volunteers, race team, ILCA UK committee and of course Ellie and Claire.
And of course our title sponsors for these three events - Sailingfast, Rooster and Ovington. For your support Rooster are providing a discount code for ILCA Members : ILCAUK10 for 10% off a range of Rooster products!
Below are the Yacht and Yachting articles written by sailors. Also photos from all three events with a video plus Ovington Insights Tractrac replays.
Y&Y reports at NO1:
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294604/Sailingfast-ILCA-4-National-Open-at-Warsash
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294603/Sailingfast-ILCA-6-National-Open-at-Warsash
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294602/Sailingfast-ILCA-7-National-Open-at-Warsash
Y&Y reports at NO2:
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294735/Rooster-ILCA-4-National-Open-at-Weymouth
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294737/Rooster-ILCA-6-National-Open-at-Weymouth
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294738/Rooster-ILCA-7-National-Open-at-Weymouth
Y&Y reports at NO3:
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294962/ILCA-4s-at-the-WPNSA
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294969/ILCA-6s-at-the-WPNSA
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/294989/ILCA-7s-at-the-WPNSA
Pictures:
NO2: Rooster ILCA National Open 2 - Ilca SMPhotos
NO3: https://ilcasmphotos.smugmug.com/2026-ILCA-UK-Events/2026-National-Open/Ovington-ILCA-National-Open-3/n-csWXZj
Videos:
NO1: https://youtu.be/DmeHcdevsL8?si=iJ9KOzZPQWMiLRky
NO2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27zBlIY036s
NO3: https://youtu.be/lRfBw2OHgNA?si=wjfe3aVAvQsIDMdg
👉🏼Ovington Insights/Tractracuk replay:
NO1: https://www.tractrac.com/event-page/event_20260210_ILCAUKNati/3451
NO2 & NO3: Tractracuk racing replay: https://www.tractrac.com/event-page/event_20260321_ILCAUKNati/3441:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lOjIKZHIq8
Weekend sponsors:
Ovington Boats https://ovingtonboats.com/ilca/
Sailingfasthttps://sailingfast.co.uk/product-category/sailing/boat/ilca/
Rooster https://www.roostersailing.com/
Noble Marine https://www.noblemarine.co.uk/boat-insurance/ilca-dinghy-insurance
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Other information
Skills Week
ILCA Skills Week 2026 WPNSA - 15/20 August 2026 (Provisional - may move by one day)
National & Open Championships
Unfortunately, due to clashes with international regattas, we could not accept dates offered by the Hayling Island Sailing Club to host our nationals in 2026. We therefore confirmed that the 2026 Nationals will be held in JULY at WPNSA. He hope to go back to HISC soon!
ILCA UK Open & National Championships 2026 WPNSA - 22-28th July 2026
Masters events (over 30)
Introduction to Masters sailing - ILCA UK NEW Masters rep Gareth Humphrey
Master Series WPNSA - 23-24th May 2026
Masters National Championships Parkstone YC - 3-5 July 2026
Masters Inland Championships Draycote Water SC - 7-8 November 2026
Snippets
Youth World Championships 2026 - Notice of Selection