The Yachting Championships of the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS), in conjunction with the British Universities’ Sailing Association (BUSA) and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA), was held on the Solent from Monday to Thursday, 15 – 18, April. Over 175 student sailors, in 22 teams of 8, representing universities from St Andrews to Plymouth and Swansea to Surrey set off from Port Solent in Sunsail Fast 40s first thing on Monday morning.
For the rest of the week, until their return to Port Solent for the Closing Ceremony on Thursday afternoon, they were berthed at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, with a land base for coach debriefings etc. at TigerTiger. The event was hosted socially by Portsmouth University Sailing Club, with a specially-devised programme, including, a black-tie dinner on the first night.
See full Report with photos
At the prize giving back at Port Solent on Thursday afternoon, the Sunsail Trophy and BUCS medals were awarded to Exeter, together with Championship medals for Edinburgh and Swansea. The John Derbyshire Trophy was awarded to Bristol, together with Trophy medals to team, Cambridge and Southampton Red. Oxford White, which had also won the traditional Big BUSA Bake Off competition, was pronounced the Coach’s choice of most progressed team.
| Results: Places and BUCS Points | |||
| Place | Institution | Helm | BUCS points |
| 1st | Exeter | Murray Hampshire | 50 |
| 2nd | Edinburgh | Miles Jones | 35 |
| 3rd | Swansea | Robbie Robinson | 24 |
| 4th | Southampton Green | Tommy Darling | 16 |
| 5th | Portsmouth | George Bridge | 14 |
| 6th | St Andrews | Balázs Gecse | 12 |
| 7th | Solent White | Elliott Wells | 10 |
| 8th | Warwick | Dan Venables | 8 |
| Trophy Fleet | |||
| 1st | Bristol | Sophie Caseldine | 30 |
| 2nd | Cambridge | Chris Cantillo | 21 |
| 3rd | Southampton Red | Ed Myers | 14 |
| 4th | Oxford Blue | Rebecca Anthony | 12 |
| 5th | Solent Red | Chay Taylor | 11 |
| 6th | Solent Black | Will Van Dyke | 9 |
| 7th | Glasgow | Alasdair Ireland | 7 |
| 8th | Durham | Zoe James | 5 |
| 9th | Surrey | James Harayda | |
| 10th | Imperial | Ian Emerson | |
| 11th | Plymouth White | George Kennedy | |
| 12th | Plymouth Pink | Dominic James | |
| 13th | Oxford White | Ryan Schenck | |
| 14th | Newcastle | Josh Dawson | |
The detailed results may be found at: Qualifying Series and Championship & Trophy Series
All information, including on-line results and progress with protests etc., was provided on the on-line Official Notice Board .
Frequent updates on the racing and photos throughout the day (for the photos, thanks to Karen Rawson of Sunsail) were posted on the BUCS Yachting Championships 2019 Facebook event page, together with Abby West’s blog (when she is not holding on for dear life!) at BUSA Sailing Twitter.
The fleet could be tracked on Marine Traffic’s tracker.Photographs taken by Harry Bowerman, BUSAs Keelboat Officer, on Monday and Wednesday may be found at Harry Bowerman Photography.