2022 q1



The SAILING Champions League: Asia Pacific after a one year break are coming back to Geelong and the Festival of Sails to host the 2022 Qualifier. The top clubs from around Australia that have not already qualified for the SCL:AP Finals in Newcastle in March 2022 have a last chance to fight it out for their sport.
The regatta will be raced within meters of the shore and new breakwater directly off Steampacket Gardens and run over two days of a Qualification Series (25/26th Jan) with then the top four teams making it through to the exciting Final Four Series around 3pm on Australia Day (26th Jan). In this exciting Final Four Series the team that is the first to two first place races wins the overall event.
Regatta
Information
ENTRANTS
Entries have now closed, with 8 teams competing, representing the following clubs:
SCHEDULE* (subject to change refer to SI’s)
MONDAY 24th
- 1000 – 1200 Practice session 1 (bookings essential)
- 1300 – 1500 Practise session 2 (bookings essential)
TUESDAY 25th
- 0900 – 0920 Briefing at RGYC lawn
- 1000 – 1100 Round 1: Group A (target 3-4 races)
- 1115 – 1215 Round 1: Group B (target 3-4 races)
- 1230 – 1330 Round 2: Group A (target 3-4 races)
- 1345 – 1445 Round 2: Group B (target 3-4 races)
- 1500 – 1600 Round 3: Group A (target 3-4 races)
- 1615 – 1715 Round 3: Group B (target 3-4 races)
WEDNESDAY 26th
- 0900 – 0920 Briefing at RGYC lawn
- 1000 – 1100 Round 4: Group A (target 3-4 races)
- 1115 – 1215 Round 4: Group B (target 3-4 races)
- 1230 – 1330 Round 5: Group A (target 3-4 races)
- 1345 – 1445 Round 5: Group B (target 3-4 races)
- 1500 – 1600 FINAL FOUR SERIES (1-4 Races)
- 1630 Presentation RGYC lawn stage
Regatta
Notice Board
RACE DOCUMENTS
- Notice of Race
- Sailing Instructions – v.2.0
- Change to Sailing Instructions No.1
- SI Attachment 1 – Courses
- SI Attachment 2 – Programme
- SI Attachment 3 – Boat Handling
- SI Attachment 4 – Damage Report
- SI Attachment 5 – Umpired Fleet Racing
- SI Attachment 6 – Standard Penalties
- Results & Boat Allocations
IMPORTANT LINKS
- Festival of Sails website
- “Gig’s by Festival of Sails” (Entertainment schedule)
- FoS COVID 19 requirements
- Skippers Registration & Crew Details
- Tracking
- FINAL RESULTS
EVENT PARTNERS & SERIES SPONSORS
ABOUT THE SCL FORMAT
Typical NSL events include a round-robin Qualifying Series of up to 45 races. Teams rotate through the boats in each flight so that each team competes against every other team and sails in every boat. The top 4 teams from the Qualifying Series compete in the Final Series. Both series use a short course, stadium format which includes: