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Live tracking and race replays by RaceZen
2027 Performance Sailcraft ILCA Under-21 World Championships
Sandringham, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA · 10 - 17 January 2027
Every boat on one screen while the racing happens, and a replay of every race once it is done — for the sailors, the coaches, the people on the foreshore, and everyone following from the other side of the world.
- Racing
- 12 - 17 January 2027, two races a day
- First warning
- 1200 each racing day, Melbourne time
- Classes
- ILCA 7 Men · ILCA 6 Women · ILCA 7 Youth Men
- Fleet
- Up to 240 boats
The championship is supported by
A world championship you cannot see
From the Sandringham foreshore the fleet is a line of dots a kilometre offshore. The best racing of the week happens at the top mark, and almost nobody watching gets to see it.
Meanwhile it is one in the morning somewhere in Europe and a family is refreshing a results page, waiting to find out how their sailor went.
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Watch it live, or watch it at breakfast
Every boat named and moving on one screen, with the wind alongside. Follow one sailor down the run, or watch half the fleet go left while the leader goes right. Up to 240 boats across three fleets, on the same picture the race committee works from.
The first warning signal is at midday in Melbourne — one in the morning in the UK, two in the morning in western Europe, and five the previous evening in California. Nobody should have to set an alarm to watch their sailor race, so every race is replayed afterwards with every track on it, at speed or frame by frame, as many times as you like.
The live fleet view, and the same racing again as a replay
Follow the championship once, then stop hunting for it
Search for it by name or enter the event code, follow it, and it stays in front of you — rather than living in an email from November.
The racing, the results and the notices in one place, for the whole eight days.
Regattas, in the RaceZen app
Sailors and coaches get the race back, ashore
Nothing is shown to a sailor while they are racing. The Notice of Race lists tracking and timing equipment among the items a boat carries when the organising authority provides it, and a boat receives nothing that is not available to every other boat. The tracking reports; it is not an instrument.
Once you come ashore there are tracks: the start, the first beat and every tack, with speed, VMG, ground lost per tack and time overstood next to the fleet average from the same race.
Vitals, boat versus fleet average
Stories the racing writes for itself
Best start, fastest boat, most places gained — worked out for every race, with the sailor and the number attached.
Eight days of racing generates its own highlights, so the class, the club and the people supporting the championship have something to post that nobody had to invent.
Race highlights in the RaceZen app
Following the championship
What can I actually watch?
- The whole fleet live while the racing is happening, with every boat named and moving and the wind alongside.
- A replay of each race afterwards, with all the tracks on it, at speed or frame by frame.
- Results and standings as they are published, in the same place as the racing.
What do the competitors carry?
- The Notice of Race lists tracking and timing system equipment among the items a boat carries when the organising authority provides it.
- It reports position. It is not a display, and nothing is sent to the sailor while they are racing — a boat may not receive anything that is not available to every other boat.
- So it changes nothing about how the racing is sailed. Everything a competitor sees comes after they come ashore.
I am overseas. When is the racing where I live?
- The first warning signal is at midday in Melbourne, which is on daylight saving time in January, eleven hours ahead of UTC.
- That is one in the morning in the UK, two in the morning in western Europe, and five the previous evening on the west coast of the United States.
- Which is the honest reason replay matters more than live for most of the world. Nothing expires — watch the racing when you are awake.
What do I need to follow it?
- The RaceZen app on an ordinary iPhone or Android phone. No hardware, and nothing to set up.
- Live fleet tracking is part of the free tier, so following the championship does not cost anything.
- Find it by name or enter the event code, follow it once, and it stays in front of you for the week.
What do sailors and coaches get out of it?
- Tracks for every race: the start, the first beat and every tack, for the whole fleet rather than one boat in isolation.
- Speed, VMG, ground lost per tack and time overstood, next to the fleet average from the same race.
- A coach can replay a start with every boat on it instead of describing what they think they saw from the RIB.
Can the class and the club use this content?
- Best start, fastest boat and most places gained are worked out for every race, with the sailor's name and the number.
- Eight days of racing produces its own highlights, so there is something to post without a photographer in a RIB.
- If you are running an event and want the same thing, talk to us.
