The 2024/25 season will culminated with the SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific – Finals  hosted by the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club from 21-23 March 2025.  This event will be qualifier for Asia Pacific clubs to go onto compete in the 2025 SAILING Champions League World Finals (details to be announced):

The pathway to the 2023/25 SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific is as follows: 

Much work has been done with partner clubs in each State over the the past 12 months to create the new State Leagues as the feeder to a future AUS-Sailing League: FINAL but it is these State Leagues (for 2024/25) will be the direct feeder to the 2024/25 SCL:AP-Final.  However for clubs from areas outside of these States (QLD / TAS / WA / NT / NZL  and Pacific Islands), expressions of interest will be sought before inviting the top clubs to compete in the 2024/25 SCL:AP-Final.

The SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific is in its 6th year and has partnered up with the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) to be bigger than ever before. Qualifications for the SCL:AP-FINAL this year has come through the State Leagues, where the top clubs from each State will now take on each other as well as invited clubs from Asia and the Pacific. This year there can be a total of 6 teams who will race in NCYC’s fleet of identical Elliot 6’s over three days for the title of ‘Top Club”.

Racing will kicked off on Friday 21st March with the Qualifying Series and continue until around midday on Sunday 23rd March, when the top four teams from the Qualifying Series raced it out in a winner takes all Final Four Series.

The following teams (clubs) competed across the weekend in challenging, wet and light conditions but were able to complete 21 races in total, plus final.  After this great competition the final results were as below, with the team lead by Zac West from RSYS taking out their second SCL:AP Championship.  Full details of the event can be found HERE.

1. 1. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
   2. Cercle Nautique Caledonien
   3. Woollahra Sailing Club (U23)
   4. Royal Perth Yacht Club
   5. Vanuatu Cruising Yacht Club
   6. Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club

From the results of this SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific – FINAL the top teams will gain automatic qualification into the SAILING Champions League: World Finals (Open / Women’s / Youth) to fight it out with clubs from around the world to be the “Top Club”.

NCYC Sailfest webpage with further event details can be found HERE.

SCHEDULE (subject to change)

DAY ONE – Friday

• 1000 – 1300  Free practice in Elliott’s for all teams
• 1400 – 1430  Briefing at NCYC
• 1500 – 1730  Qualifying Series: Session A – target 8 races
• 1830  Welcome function (NCYC)

DAY TWO – Saturday

• 0900 – 0930  Briefing at NCYC
• 1000 – 1230  Qualifying Series : Session B – target 8 races
• 1230 – 1330  Lunch break
• 1330 – 1730  Qualifying Series: Session C/D – target 12 races
• 1830  Hospitality at NCYC

DAY THREE – Sunday

• 0900 – 0930  Briefing at NCYC
• 1000 – 1230  Qualifying Series: Session E – target 8 races
• 1230 – 1330  Lunch Break
• 1400 – 1530  OPEN FINAL FOUR SERIES (latest warning signal 1600)
• 1630  Presentation at NCYC