Selection process/policy

Unlike other youth class boats, only the top sailors from each country can attend the World Championships and the Junior European Championships each year.  Ordinarily the following events are used to select Worlds/Europeans: Winters (Jan), Inlands (March) + Youth Nationals.  NOTE: Due to Covid19 in 2021 a 3 event Spring Series has been created as it hasn't been possible to hold the Winters/Inlands and the Youth Nationals has been moved to after the events.  Please refer to the Events Calendar for details of the dates of the 3 events.

Each country is given an allocation of number of boats, with a guaranteed number of places for crews aged under 17 (i.e. age 16 or under at the end of the year in the championships).  Note: the age of the boat will be based on the age of the eldest sailor in the boat.

Ordinarly the split of boats is as detailed below (please refer to the individual Selection Policy each year for allocation):

World Championships:

• • • • • Open/Mixed (age 18 and over) = 7 boats
        • Ladies (age 18 and over) = 7 boats
        • Boys/Mixed (U17) = 3 boats
        • Ladies (U17) = 3 boats

Junior Europeans:

• • • • • Open/Mixed (age 18 and under) = 3 boats
        • Ladies (age 19 and under) = 3 boats
        • One boat of either gender (age 18 and under)
        • Boys/Mixed (U17) = 1 boat
        • Ladies (U17) = 1 boat
        • One boat of either gender (U17)

The latest Selection Policy can be found here.

Selection Committee

The Class has an independent Selection Committee who are responsible for writing the relevant Selection Policies and selecting the teams from the relevant events.   The current members of the Selection Committee are:

• • • David Campbell-Jones
    • Willis Fuller
    • Duncan West - RYA

The Selection Committee can be contacted directly using the Contact Us page on the website.