Racing / South West Traveller Series

What is the SW Traveller Series and how do I enter?

The SW run a series of race days or weekends around the region. Event overall positions are accrued to generate and overall Traveller series score. The series is open to sailors sailing an International Topper class dinghy with a 6.4, 5.3 or 4.2 sail and who are members of a National Topper Class Association (ITCA), paid up members of the host club may enter any of the events. Non-members of ITCA may enter 1 training and 1 race event on a try before you buy basis to allow the young sailor to dip their toes in and see if they enjoy sailing in the Topper family.

The Traveller series is made up of 11 race events, after 10 events the sailors can discard their worst 3 events so sailors do not have to commit to every event to achieve a good series score.

In order to cater for sailors who may miss a chunk of the season for example new sailors joining the fleet mid season, or for older sailors about to transition out of the class, the overall series is split into 2 sub series with a summer series of the first 7 events and after a break for the summer school holidays when the World and National Championships are hosted an Autimn series of 4 races. So if you miss events early on or you are new to the class and you expect results to improve as the season progresses fear not there is always the Autumn series to play for.

As well as event prizes usually presented at the host club after each event there will be series prizes awarded at the conclusion of the series.

As well as Traveller race days, most events have an ITCA open training day the same weekend, this enables our young sailors to get some professional race training and gain some confidence so join in the racing.

To enable a sailor to get a result in the Traveller series the sailor must members of a National Topper Class Association (https://www.itca-gbr.co.uk/membership) and simply enter one of the included race events. There is no entry fee or entry process to join the series, the sailor is entered automatically when they enter their first race event. 

Click here for Notice of Series

Date	Venue	Event	Notes
Sat 16th March Sun 17th March	Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 1 (Summer 1)
Sat 30th March Sun 31st March	Fowey Combined Clubs	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 2 (Summer 2)
Sat 27th April  Sun 28th April	Paignton SC	ITCA Open TrainingTraveller # 3 (Summer 3)
Sat 11th May Sun 12th May	Castle Cove SC	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 4 (Summer 4)	Saturday 8th open training will be used as a selector event for the 2023/24 RYA RTG squad
Sat 1st June Sun 2nd June	Saltash Sailing Club	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 5 (Summer 5)
Sat 15th June Sun 16th June	Dittisham Sailing Club - River Dart	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 6 (Summer 6)
Sat 22nd June Sun 23rd June	WPNSA - Portland	RYA SW & South Regional Junior Champs Traveller # 7 (Summer 7)	The event will be used as a selector event for the 2024/25 RYA RTG squad
Sat 7th Sept Sun 8th Sept	Plymouth Youth Sailing (Mountbatten)	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 8 (Autumn 1)	The event will be used as a selector event for the 2023/24 RYA RTG squad. The Saturday will be used by coaches to assess candidates suitability and Sundays race results will be used as a qualifier
Sat 14th Sept Sun 15th Sept	Warsash Sailing Club - Solent	‘Super South Championships’ Traveller # 9 (Autumn 2)	‘Super South Champs’ 2 days of championship racing. It is a combined traveller with the South and London/South-East regions.
Sat 5th Oct Sun 6th Oct	Chew Valley Lake SC	ITCA Open Training Traveller # 10 (Autumn 3)
Sat 19th Oct Sun 20th Oct	Parkstone YC	SW End of Season Champs Traveller #11 (Autumn 4)	2 days of regatta racing.

To see the results of the 2023 series click:

South West Area Event Results (itca-gbr.co.uk)