UK Team Racing Association

06/06/2026

Good luck to those competing this weekend at the Old Joe and club events!

20/05/2026

20/05/2026

The UKTRA Committe suggested that Umpires (and Competitors) might appreciate some guidance on Rule 42. This is what the World Sailing Team Racing Umpire Manual has to say on the subject:-
9.2 Breach of Rule 42 - rule D2.3(a)
An umpire should penalize a boat that breaks rule 42 and does not take a penalty. In team racing, firm enforcement of rule 42 by umpires is important because:
a. it permits fair racing in very light winds, which often enables races and event schedules to be completed that otherwise would not be;
b. it ensures places are not gained, and races are not won, through illegal actions;
c. it indicates that the umpires will enforce the rules firmly and fairly.
The small number of boats means enforcement can be thorough. Umpires should give particular attention to rule 42 at the start of a day, and when the wind drops.
Most breaches will be single actions that propel a boat, breaking rule 42.1, seen by just one umpire. However it is usually possible for both umpires to watch the next tack or gybe of a boat that may be rolling more than permitted by rule 42.3 (a) or (b).
Some Rule 42 breaches are more likely at particular times in a race:
a. before the start, a slow moving boat rolls or body pumps once and accelerates;
b. before the start, a boat sculls below close-hauled, or in both directions;
c. at the start, a boat rolls once and accelerates;
d. in light wind on windward legs, a boat tacks and accelerates or tacks repeatedly;
e. before the start or on a windward leg, a boat roll-tacks twice without reaching close-hauled between the two tacks. This breaks rule 42.2(b)(1) Rocking as the roll-tack exception in 42.3(b) only applies if the boat completes her tack;
f. on a windward leg, a leeward boat rocks or pumps when trying to luff a windward boat towards head-to-wind;
g. when sailing slowly after a mark trap, a boat sculls to bear away at a mark;
h. while taking a penalty, a boat sculls;
i. on a reach, a boat pumps or rolls once to establish or break an overlap
;j. on downwind legs, a boat gybes and accelerates, or gybes repeatedly.
The full Manual can be found at:-

11/05/2026

Congratulations to Biscayne Bay YC (Los Huevos) on winning the 77th Wilson Trophy. With a scoreline of 3:2 against the Rutland Raiders it looks like it was a pretty exciting final. Good to see the Brits getting it together with Bristol Pistols and Wessex Exempt also making the Semi Finals.

09/05/2026

Royal Hospital School win the BSDRA Southerns beating Seaford 2:0. Sevenoaks were third ahead of City of Oxford.

09/05/2026

BSDRA Southerns at Spinnaker. 85 swiss league races in shifty conditions. Final will be Seaford v RHS.

08/05/2026

Racing this weekend is already underway with the 77the Wilson Trophy up in West Kirby - best of luck to all those competing both there and at the BSDRA Southerns!

(slide 1 and 2 photos .photography )

01/05/2026

Best of luck to the teams competing at the British Schools Dinghy Racing Association Western Championships this weekend!

24/04/2026

Best of luck to those competing this weekend at the Inter-Services Team Racing at Bowmoor SC and at the Southampton Summer Sizzler at Spinnaker SC!

24/04/2026

Well done to everyone who competed at the British Universities Sailing Association Team Racing Championship Finals this month, hosted by Imperial College SC at Queen Mary - a tricky three days of racing!

Huge congratulations to Exeter Blue, back to back winners of this event!

Congratulations also to UEA Yellow (2nd) and Southampton Green (3rd). Full results can be found online at