The 2025 Suzuki ILCA Master European Championships kicked off yesterday in Hayling Island, Great Britain, with the first day dedicated to registration and equipment inspection.
From June 14th to 20th, 128 sailors from 19 countries will compete in the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 classes. The Grand Masters will be the most represented age group with 50 sailors, followed by the Great Grand Masters with 32. Women will make up nearly 20% of the ILCA 6 fleet, with 13 participants.
The forecast predicts excellent sailing conditions throughout the week, with wind speeds ranging from 10 to 18 knots in the gusts.
Racing is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 16th at 12:00.
The following is the program in full;
Pasta pots and beer will be served daily to sailors after racing. A barbecue and live music are organised for Thursday, June 19th at 19:00.
The event is sponsored by Suzuki and its wider Clean Ocean Project. A beach clean-up is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17th after racing.
You can find all information about the championship on the official event website: 2025-master.eurilca-europeans.org
How to follow the 2025 Suzuki ILCA Master Europeans
News and reports
A daily report with news and results, photos and videos will be published at eurilca.org and in the event website; https://2025-master.eurilca-europeans.org/
Instant notifications
We have created a Telegram channel that you can join to receive instant communications about the event: https://t.me/ilcamastereu25
Photo gallery
We are pleased to inform you that we will be consistently sharing photos on our Smugmug account at https://eurilca.smugmug.com/ILCA-European-Championships/2025/Master
All the photos can be downloaded for free and are intended only for editorial use, and specifically related to this event. If you have any other purpose in mind or if you intend to use the photos for commercial use, please reach out to the photographer directly at thomtouw@me.com.
Newsletter
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Social media
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Race documents
For further information about the event you can download the Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions and other documents here: https://eurilca.eu/event/338/documents
Event website
All the information and links to the different contents mentioned before you can also find them at the official event website: https://2025-master.eurilca-europeans.org/
The 2025 ILCA Master European Championships are organized by EurILCA in conjunction with Hayling Island Sailing Club.
The event is kindly sponsored by Suzuki, and supported by Rooster, Ovington, Hardline Brewery, Tideway, Sailing Fast, Southeast Sailboats, Chichester Harbour Conservancy, and Dynamic Dollies & Racks.
Stay tuned!
The EurILCA Team
Report by Agustín Argüelles – EurILCA | Photos by Thom Touw Photography.
