Masters
ILCA UK Masters Representative - Adrian Lynham
The 2024 ILCA UK Master events are as follows and the ladder takes a sailor's best 2 event results from the past 6 subject to a maximum 18 month look back period:
The Inlands is expected to be the final ladder event before the HISC Master Europeans as the ladder closes when the Europeans entry opens.
Masters - Contact
The ILCA UK Masters Series is for sailors 30 years old and above in the calendar year of the event. It is a fun, friendly, competitive circuit with close racing and good social events. We also have some Masters specific training events or you can join any of the open training events.
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ILCA UK Masters Series Ladder
Introduction
The ILCA UK Master Series is a fun, friendly, competitive circuit with close racing and good social events. You must be 30 on the day before the first race of a master event. Within the European and the North American Regions, you move up an age category in the calendar year you attain the category minimum age. At the World Championships you must attain the minimum age of the next category before the championship commences.
The ILCA UK Master Series Ladder for ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 rigs is the definitive ranking list for bragging rights. It will also be used to rank sailors in performance order across Master Series events and will be used as the basis for selection and/or ranking for any ILCA or EURILCA events where qualification and/or ranking is required.
A minimum of two current Master Series Ladder ranking events are required to qualify for the World and European Championships as at the ranking cut-off (typically when applications for entry to these events open). ILCA and EurILCA require ILCA UK to approve all applications for entry before entry is offered to the sailor. In exceptional circumstances the ILCA UK Committee may rank additional sailors. Such decisions will be made at its sole discretion which will not be to the detriment of sailors with a current ranking who wish to attend.
Ranking Basis
The ILCA UK Masters Series will form the ranking events. The Master Ladder is a perpetual rolling ranking list where a sailor’s best two ranking event scores will be summed from up to the previous five ranking events subject to the following conditions. 1) The maximum look-back period for eligible ranking scores is 18 months prior to the last ranking event at the Ladder cut off point. 2) Where there are less than 5 eligible events, the ladder will still be calculated on the best two scores. 3) If six or more ranking events are held within a calendar year, the best two ranking scores will be taken from all events held in that calendar year. 4) If there are less than two ranking events in the previous eighteen months, the ILCA UK Committee have the right to extend the look back period or use any alternative method, at its sole discretion, it deems appropriate to confirm qualification and/or ranking for a World or European Master Championship (or other restricted entry event).
Scoring
Scoring will be on a low points basis i.e. 1 point for 1st, 2 for 2nd etc. such that all sailors entered and competed will receive ranking points. Where a Master Series ranking event includes non-Master sailors within the same series of races, ranking scores will be extracted from the combined overall results without recalculation e.g. 1st Master is 5th overall = 1st and 1 point, 2nd Master is 9th overall = 2nd and 2 points etc. Did Not Compete will be scored 99 or the number of entries plus one point, whichever is the greater.
Ties will be broken in favour of:
the sailor with the most firsts, most seconds etc across the best two scoring events
if a tie remains it shall be decided in favour of the lowest score in the most recent ranking event that one or both competed in
if a tie remains it will be broken in favour of the best 3rd result
if a tie remains it shall be broken in favour of the best 4th result
Restricted Entry Events
Organising Authorities try to host Master Championships at venues where a high or no restriction on numbers is needed. Priority for entry and charter boats at any restricted entry events will be based on the respective ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 Ladders at the Application Opening date irrespective of the sailor’s age category subject to:
all sailors must be current full Members of the ILCA UK
all sailors must be able to provide evidence that they are competent to race in winds over 25 knots
sailors ranking ahead on the respective Ladders will always have priority over those ranking below them
The Application Opening date will be as stated in the event website and/or Notice of Race or an alternative date notified on the ILCA UK website. Failure to notify an alternative date on the ILCA UK website will not be grounds for redress.
Where uncertainty remains after the application of these rules, places will be allocated at the sole discretion of the ILCA UK Committee.
2025/2024/2023 Results
ILCA 7 Masters Ranking Ladder June 2025
