Field growing for inaugural Sailing Champions League

Published on September 21st, 2014

For the inaugural SAILING Champions League (SCL) on October 17-19 2014 in Copenhagen, the number of entries is growing. Twenty-three clubs from 16 nations have already registered for this international event to gain the title of the best sailing club.

In the SAILING Champions League the participating clubs are sailing according to the format of the national sailing leagues in Germany and Denmark on J/70 One Design boats. In Copenhagen, 45 races are planned in three days, each of the races lasting between twelve and fifteen minutes.

All invited nations can send two teams to the SCL. The countries with an existing format for a national league are sending their top three teams from their premiere year. The Danish are sending the top three from 2014 and the Germans those from the previous year.

“We are overwhelmed from the positive feedback,” says Hans Natorp, President of the Danish Sailing Association. “When leading yacht clubs of Europe and even from the USA are showing such a big interest, we are convinced, that our idea about national and international sailing leagues has a great future ahead.”

Hosts of the SAILING Champions League are the German and Danish league as well as the Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY). Patron of the event is the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF).

The first 23 entrants of the SAILING Champions League in Copenhagen:

− Austria: Union-Yacht-Club
− Austria: Yacht Club Bregenz
− Czech Republic: Yacht Club Cere
− Denmark: Hellerup Sejlklub
− Denmark: Kerteminde Sejlklub
− Denmark: Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub
− France: Sport Nautique de l’Ouest
− Germany: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
− Germany: Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee
− Germany: Württembergischer Yacht-Club
− Great Britain: Royal Thames Yacht Club
− Italy: Circolo Cannottieri Aniene
− Italy: Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
− Monaco: Yacht Club de Monaco
− Norway: Royal Norwegian Yacht Club
− Oman: Oman Sail
− Poland: Chojnicki Klub Żeglarski
− Russia: Royal Yacht Club Moscow
− Russia: Saint Petersburg Yacht Club
− Spain: Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria
− Sweden: Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club
− Switzerland: Thunersee Yachtclub
− USA: St. Petersburg Yacht Club