Irish Flying Fifteens, one of the country's biggest one design keelboat classes, will be subject to a qualification protocol for the 2025 class World Championships in Weymouth, England if more than if more boats want to compete on the Dorset coast than spaces permit.
Flying Fifteen International will decide on the country allocations for the biennial championships last held in Perth, Australia, in 2023.
The 2025 Worlds will be hosted by Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy and will likely attract a strong Irish entry.
The qualifying series consists of five events, the best of three to count for qualification. The two national championship results will be ranked +50%.
This is the same system used in 2008 leading into the Worlds hosted by the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire.
2024 Irish Flying Fifteen Worlds Qualification Events Calendar
- FFAI Westerns 25th + 26th May - Sruthan, Connemara
- British Nationals 19th - 22nd June - SLYC, Co Down. Rank +50%
- FFAI Champs of Ireland - 6th - 8th Sept – Dunmore Rank +50%
- FFAI East Coast - 21st - 22nd Sept - Dublin.
- FFAI South Coast - 12th - 13th Oct - Lough Derg
