UKLA Chair blog #41

May 15

Super Sunday is 25th June! We want to get as many ILCAs/Lasers on the water as possible and see if we can set a record!

All you have to do is get out in your boat on Super Sunday – no registration , just head down to your club - this is event is open to ANY CLUB and ANY ILCA sailor in the UK

Encourage those that haven’t sailed for while, to go out club racing. How many ILCAs can we get on the water on one Sunday? 300, 500, more ? You tell us! Let's get as many as we can and count afterwards!

Just submit your post event numbers here

We are trying to get as many boats as possible on one day so here are a few ideas to help. (Maybe be good to check with your club they are happy with it first

Class captains get a list of people who might want to sail contact them and ask them to come down.
Buddy a good sailor with someone who is coming down for the day.
Ask people to borrow an unused boat (check insurance etc first) for the day
Ask if a club coach can help on the race track to give hints and help.
Have a pre race meeting getting someone who is good at boat set up to show people how best to set things up for the conditions that day.
Have double points for that days racing.
Spot prizes for the day.
Get someone to take pictures on the day and share

Snippets:

For news of ILCA results around the country and internationally, see our Facebook (keep a track of progress of our British Sailing Team members and others following recent wins by Elliot and Micky in Hyeres and Palma) and Twitter (see all Yachts and Yachting reports here) channels.

We are looking for more volunteers at the Nationals 2023 Volunteer sign up sheet – it is shaping up to be a great event but we need your help. We already have 118 entries and we have three months to go! Enter here

Don’t forget the Masters Nationals. And don’t forget you can enter an ILCA4 (See blog#40)

See our calendar for loads of Grands Prix!

Reminder that there is UKLA National Training in WPNSA on 3rd/4th June. I have been asked by the training team to remind you to enter before the deadline, which for this is 24th May. Our coaching runs on maximum ratios so adding late sailors is difficult and the admin paperwork needs to be done in advance by volunteers so it is not fair on them. We try to be flexible but expect to be disappointed if you are late.

Also the following Youth events are coming up