The countdown is on! The WASZP Games 2025 promises to be one of the most exhilarating events on the sailing calendar. Whether you’re a seasoned WASZP sailor or just dipping your toes in, this is an event you simply cannot afford to miss. Here are 5 reasons why you should join us at WPNSA. Secure your spot when tickets go on sale on 18th January 2025 via the WASZP Racehub.
The WASZP Games 2025 will be held at one of the best foiling sailing venues in the world. Known for its steady breeze, flat water, and breathtaking surroundings, this location provides the perfect stage for high-speed action and competitive racing. Whether you’re chasing the podium or enjoying the camaraderie, the venue’s ideal conditions will guarantee unforgettable experiences on and off the water.
Sailingfast joined the WASZP family back in 2016 as the WASZP was launched. We have unparalleled knowledge in the boat and the class and will be on hand throughout the event so support the sailors. We can offer new boats, spares, expert advice, or a friendly face to chat with. With years of experience in providing top-quality equipment and advice, Sailingfast ensures you’ll spend more time on the water and less time worrying about logistics.
Don’t have your own WASZP or struggling to transport yours to the event? No problem! The WASZP Games 2025 will have charter boats available via UK distributor Sailingfast, making it easier than ever to participate. These boats are brand new out of the box, set up and ready to race, so all you need to bring is your kit and enthusiasm for some fast and furious fun. Be sure to book early to secure your charter!
The WASZP Games are more than just a competition – they’re a celebration of everything that makes this class special. From the high-octane racing to the legendary social events, the Games are a chance to connect with like-minded sailors from around the world. Share tips, swap stories, and revel in the unique sense of camaraderie that defines the WASZP fleet, bring your WASZP spirit.
Even if you’re not racing, the WASZP Games 2025 will be a spectacle to behold. With close racing, jaw-dropping foiling action, and a buzzing shoreside atmosphere, it’s a fantastic event for friends, family, and sailing fans alike.
How to Join the ActionEntry for the WASZP Games 2025 go live on 18th January 2025 via the WASZP Racehub.
Charter boats for the event can be booked via Sailingfast.
Looking for a new boat in time for the WASZP Games? Sailingfast are running some special offers for those looking to get into the world’s largest one-design foiling class, drop us a line on +44 (0)1324 861 756 to find out more or head to our main WASZP page.
Don’t wait too long – with so much buzz around the event, spots are sure to fill up quickly.
Whether you’re a competitor, supporter, or spectator, the WASZP Games 2025 is set to deliver a week of incredible sailing, fun, and unforgettable memories. Sailingfast looks forward to seeing you there – make sure you stop by and say hello!
See you on the start line!
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Sailingfast is delighted to announce Ben Anderson will be joining the Sailingfast Team Riders. Ben, aged 14, hails from the Isle of Wight and only started sailing in 2020 during lockdown. Ben is currently campaigning an ILCA 4 and a WASZP throughout the UK and Europe.
Towards the end of 2023 Ben won the Palamos Christmas Regatta in the ILCA 4 and won the WASZP End of Seasons Championships in the 6.9 rig. Ben is a member of both the Athena Under 25 and Under 18 Foiling Pathways.
Ben says, “During lockdown, all the ferries had stopped and school was closed so I just sailed every day, up and down for hours in an old Tera, from just outside my house. I’m excited to join the Sailingfast Team Riders, there’s some amazing sailors in the Team and I’m looking forward to spending time with them all.”
Sailingfast director, Duncan Hepplewhite, says, “We first came across Ben at the WASZP Nationals last summer, holding his own even with the smaller rig size. It was fun to watch this newcomer to the class mixing it up in breezy conditions. Ben is super keen, and we’re excited to see what he might achieve in the years to come.”
The first WASZP event of 2024 is the Start of Seasons Championships at Datchet Sailing Club on 23/24 March. With the Athena Foiling Pathways, regattas in Valencia and Mallorca, not to mention the ILCA Qualifiers, the ILCA 4 Europeans in Slovenia and the ILCA 4 Worlds in Portugal, Ben is going to be busy in 2024! He will also be at the WASZP Games in Norway in August. Take a look at Ben’s Team Rider page to see how he has got to where he is and where he intends to go with his sailing.
Why not pop along to see us, meet Ben and some of our other Team Riders at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show? We will be exhibiting on stand I12 with details of the offers available on ILCAs, WASZPs as well as the RS Sailing Range. With Rory and Duncan’s background in coaching Junior and Youth classes, we are well-placed to assist when it comes to transitioning from Junior to Youth classes, with an eye on the future progression of your sailor.
To book a test flight in the WASZP, contact Rory or Duncan at Sailingfast (www.sailingfast.co.uk) and they can advise you of the dates available.
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To mark the 2023 British WASZP season ending, 36 boats from all corners of the UK, including Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and Guernsey gathered at Rutland alongside a handful of international competitors from the Netherlands and Croatia, who made the trip especially for the event!.
To add to the fun in what is becoming tradition, many of the fleet chose to dress up for the occasion as ghosts, crash test dummies, clowns, the Super Mario bros and countless more guises.
Once ashore, the swarm took over the entire top floor of the sailing club, much to the surprise of the midlands Topper squad, whose dinner became significantly livelier than expected. Six randomly selected teams of six sailors fought it out in the annual games night. Pumpkins were thrown, broomsticks ridden and apples bobbed in a scene of competitive chaos. The top two teams qualified for the grand final of doughnuts on strings hanging from a WASZP mast before sitting down to dinner, pumpkin carving and ‘scary’ stories that quickly stumbled off piste.
Sunday’s forecast was promising so the sailors promptly headed out to sail four championship-style races. Having sailed out in full-send conditions, contrary to forecast, the breeze quickly became patchy. Those at the top were the ones that successfully managed to link the pressure to stay on the foils. It was all too easy to get foiling in a gust and promptly sail into a hole and off the foils as the rest of the fleet foiled off on the other tack! The battle at the top was fought between Ross Banham, Sam Whaley and Hattie Rogers. In the end, Whaley emerged victorious with Banham second and Rogers third. Peter Cope of the Isle of Man topped the Juniors after winning the final race and Rhys Stevenson took the youth category. The always close-fought 6.9 rigs saw young Ben Anderson from the Isle of Wight edge out Alice Senior for the 6.9 win. Ian Fitzgerald of Dalgety Bay took the Master’s category and resident Kiwi Dan Goodman took the Super Master.
The UK fleet now shifts its eye to the winter training program and planning for a big season in 2024 as the 2025 WASZP Games in Weymouth gets closer!
For more information on how to join the swarm, you can find out more about the WASZP itself or drop us a line on 01324 861 756 and we might be able to organise a test flight before you make the jump.
Winding my way along the single-track road to Dalavich, almost two thirds down the Western shore of Loch Awe, I spotted a bright blue sign, ‘Loch Awesome – are we nearly there yet?’. This question came back to haunt us all on the first day of the challenge! The LochAwesome challenge is a 75km paddleboarding team challenge, a double-header if you will, of Loch Awe, over 2 days. The team element is key, it’s not a race, you all must get to the checkpoints and across the finish line together.
With entrants from all corners of the country, the first challenge for many was finding the wee village of Dalavich. I was greeted by a festival-like atmosphere of vans and tents, portaloos and the luxury of access to the village hall as a focal point for meals and impromptu yoga sessions.
My next challenge was to find, and in one case meet, my team-mates for the next couple of days. The Paddlefast team comprised 6 paddlers of varying paddleboarding experience. Derek, a former triathlete, has only been paddling a year, whereas Ollie (Saltwater SUP) stands at no 43 in the world rankings! Jaya, Nick, John and I made up the rest of the on-the-water team and Nick very kindly brought team photographer, Juliet (his wife) and team mascot Freya (Labrador).
A sense of anticipation and nerves was prevalent at breakfast, briefing, kit check and the start line until finally we were off! The wind slowly built until we had a reasonable tailwind helping us on the way to checkpoint 1 at Loch Awe Boats.
Thoughts of ‘what on earth have we signed up to?’ didn’t really kick in until we turned at Kilchurn Castle, when the lovely tailwind we had enjoyed on the way down, became a menacing headwind with waves on the way back. Our sub-10-minute kilometres quickly turned into 18 minutes, to 25 minutes, to 30 minutes as we struggled our way back to Checkpoint 3 at Loch Awe Boats.
Island-hopping as best we could, there was a 5km section of open water to go. There may have been a few choice words hurled at the wind, and I know I wasn’t the only one! That section was one of the most difficult I have encountered to date and the longest I have had to paddle on my knees for.
Here I must give a huge shout out to the Marshalls and the team at Loch Awe Boats who kindly took pity on the crazy paddlers, supplying sweet milky tea on request. If you know me well, you know I don’t drink tea or coffee, but I swear it was that cup of tea and a chat with my lovely teammates, which gave me the renewed courage and determination to continue (I freely admit I nearly called it quits!).
A scoot over to the opposite, leeward shore, head down and onwards. Then something brilliant happened, the wind dropped off, the waves evened out and disappeared, the sun came out and we were making decent progress again. ‘Walking on Sunshine’ came on the headphones and things were looking up.
Never have I been so happy to see a Red Bull arch – it’s just round the next headland, honest! We returned to Dalavich, crossed the finish line as a team, to tunes and cheers from those who had already finished and the onshore supporters. The final challenge of the day being to carry your board off the water – fortunately I had a little help.
Day two dawned clear and wind-free, much to the relief of all the paddlers! A few light zephyrs combined with general exhaustion from the day before meant that there was almost an unspoken agreement to ‘try this drafting lark’. We managed to keep that going for around 6km and made really good time. Team goals… check! The rest of the day stayed flat, and a wee tailwind most of the way back. The only drama was when the safety boat roared past and we went from paddling 6 abreast to completely scattered across the Loch (some surfed the wash, others turned towards it!). We regrouped for a final draft session and came in to the Red Bull Arch with the tunes blaring, boogying away!
Initially I had been quite worried about my role as Captain, the responsibility of keeping everyone together, if something goes wrong, etc, etc (I am a worrier!). We had a strong bunch of characters making up the team and I must thank them for making the event so memorable. In no particular order:
A couple of choice phrases stick with me:
It’s just round the next headland (ha ha ha)
“It’s not a race”
Are you STILL singing?
Jaeger bomb anyone?
I would also like to thank Samantha Rutt of Barefoot Ocean Fitness for her training plan and support over the last year. Finally, my lovely family for putting up with my disappearing to paddle for hours at a time. They looked after the kids, they fed me when I got back and kept encouraging me on. I couldn’t have done it without you!
If you are thinking of getting into endurance paddling, I would highly recommend a team challenge like this as your first foray into longer distance. You will get a feel for what conditions you can handle, what kit you will need, what snacks and hydration work for you, etc.
The next, similar team event (that I know of), is the Trent100 in July. Run by the same team, Helen, Dave and Casja of Saltwalk, the festival atmosphere prevails, and the fancy dress party is as well attended as the challenge. Everyone is made to feel welcome and included, especially supporters or four-legged team mascots.
Why not sign up for the Great Glen Ultra? 92km over one or two days from Fort William up to Inverness. Usually run with the prevailing wind direction, in theory it’s one hell of a downwinder. Shore-based support is recommended for the Great Glen to assist with the shuttling of boards/paddlers.
To find out more, drop us a line on 01324 861756 or via email [email protected]
(photo credits go to the LochAwesome Team (drone footage), Ollie William, Juliet Jessop, Angela Kerr).
The WASZP class is truly a class with world-wide reach as a few of our Sailingfast Team Riders are heading across the pond to compete in the WASZP Americas Championship. They will be going head-to-head with WASZP sailors from North and South America over 4 days next week, at the Richmond Yacht Club in San Francisco.
The British contingent consists of experienced WASZP sailors Ross Banham and Zac Blomeley with Francesca Mackay, who only stepped into a WASZP at the end of last season for the first time demonstrating that, as sailors, you can do anything you put your mind to.
Ross (aged 22) who now sails out of Datchet says, ‘Sailing with a backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge is going to be an epic experience! I look forward to meeting other WASZP sailors from across the world and if we can persuade them to come over to Europe for the WASZP Games in Italy this summer, all the better’.
Dividing his sailing time between Plas Heli and the National Sailing Academy at Weymouth, Zac (20 years old) has been selected to represent team GB at the SailGP finals which are being held in San Francisco a couple of weeks after the Americas Championship. He continues, ‘Having the WASZP Americas Champs to warm up and acclimatise, before racing in the SailGP Grand Final seemed like the best option and I’m so excited to get involved.’
Sailingfast Owner, Duncan Hepplewhite says, ‘It’s great to see so many opportunities for young sailors out there. I know sailing has taken me all over the world both as a sailor and coach, and with Sailingfast. It’s really exciting to see these young sailors jumping at the chance to travel to new venues halfway round the world.’
You know you have a great venue to host a WASZP event when the Richmond Yacht Club moto is ‘this club was built for fun’ and the WASZP Americas Championship is sure to live up to the expectation. Wishing our Team Riders all the very best of luck in the coming days and weeks.
To find out more about our Team Riders, you can click through the section on the website https://sailingfast.co.uk/sailingfast-team-riders/
If you would like to know more about the WASZP, drop us a line on 01324 861756 or via email [email protected]
We only have 5 days remaining in our historic WASZP #1000 competition and we can assure you there are some fantastic slogan entries rolling in. So they should be with the chance to win the amazing limited edition GOLD WASZP 1000.
To enter it is simple, head to http://racehub.waszp.com and purchase an International WASZP Class Membership (IWCM) for existing WASZP owners or a Future WASZP Class Membership (FWCM) if you do not own a WASZP. Then give us your best WASZP slogan in 25 words or less, the top 5 slogans will be voted on from December 7th -10th on our social platforms to determine who will win the 1000th boat.
This competition is open to everyone! Just head over to racehub.waszp.com and sign-up to our FUTURE WASZP MEMBERSHIP and enter, it is only $15! See image below for what you recieve as a FWCM.
There are a host of benefits to go with the new IWCM and you can see the full press release here >>> https://www.waszp.com/news/waszp-1000 you will see the value you receive for the membership, we are more than just a racing class, we are a way of life. If you sign up to the IWCM or FWCM you also have the opportunity to win 2nd prize, an Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset, through our partnership with MarineVerse Cup you can experience the WASZP in virtual reality as well as racing your mates all over the globe.
Our class manager Martin Evans has been working hard on the 2021 Event calendar and we will be announcing a full set of events for 2021 by the end of the year and any benefits the class recieves through strategic and commercial partnerships will only be available to IWCM. It is looking like an amazing return to championship racing in 2021 with loads of events to satisfy everyone’s needs.
Can’t wait to see you on the water.
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| Chest (Centimeters) | 82cm -87cm | 89cm-95cm | 97cm-102cm | 107cm-112cm | 117cm-122cm | 127cm-132cm |
| Waist (Centimeters) | 66cm – 70cm | 71cm – 76cm | 77cm – 85cm | 86cm – 95cm | 96cm – 105cm | 106cm – 114cm |
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| Bust (Centimeters) | 78cm -84cm | 85cm-90cm | 91cm-97cm | 98cm-103cm | 104cm-109cm | 110cm-116cm |
| Waist (Centimeters) | 58cm – 69cm | 64cm – 70cm | 71cm – 76cm | 77cm – 83cm | 84cm – 90cm | 91cm – 97cm |
| Hips (Centimeters) | 82cm – 90cm | 90cm – 96cm | 97cm – 102cm | 103cm – 108cm | 109cm – 115cm | 116cm – 122cm |
| US Mens | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| UK Mens | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| EUR | 36.5 | 38.5 | 40 | 41 | 42.5 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47.5 |
| Foot Length (cms) | 23.5 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28.5 | 29 | 30 |
| Foot Length (inches) | 9.2″ | 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
