2024 Southport 24 Hour Race

The 53rd West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Dinghy Race (More commonly known as the 2024 Southport 24 Hour Race) was an endurance dinghy sailing race that took place between 21 and 22 September 2024. The event was sailed on Southport marine lake in Merseyside, England.

2024 West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Dinghy Race

Budworth SC (A) at prizegiving
Event title
Name	2024 West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Dinghy Race
Edition	53rd
Event details
Venue	West Lancashire Yacht Club
Host club	WLYC
Start location	Saturday 21 September 2024, 12:00
Finish location	Sunday 22 September 2024, 12:00
Results
Gold	Budworth SC (A)
Silver	South Staffs SC (A)
Bronze	Looe SC
Classes
Class 1	GP14
Class 2	Enterprise
← 2019 2025 →

Both Enterprises and GP14 classes were allowed to compete in the event.

The race saw many returning and new clubs and competitors, including Olympian Michael Beckett racing for Looe SC, 15-time winners of the event Bolton Sailing Club who finished fifth, and the winners of the previous seven Southport 24 hour races, South Staffordshire Sailing Club.

South Staffs SC

Looe SC

South Cerney SC

Welsh Herp SC

Chase SC

West Oxfordshire SC

Ogston SC

Midland SC

Scammonden Water SC

Warsash SC

Poole YC

Banbury SC

Tynemouth SC

St Mary's Loch SC

Derwent Reservouir SC

Glasgow University SC

Royal Yorkshire SC

Sussex YC

Locations of the Southport 12 Hour Race Finishers (Excluding Club 2nd Teams, Neilson Active Hollidays & Lancaster & Sheffield Hallam OB)

Budworth SC

Toddbrook SC

Bolton SC

West Lancs SC

Hollingworth SC

Wish SC

Southport SC

Leigh & Lowton SC

Elton SC

Blackpool & Fleetwood YC

Hoylake SC

Winsford Flash SC

BUSA Liverpool - BUSA Manchester

Dovestone SC

Royal Windermere SC

Crosby Marina Club

South Windermere SC

Rudyard Lake SC

Sefton Sea Cadets

Liverpool YC

North Western Teams at the 2024 Southport 24 Hour Race (Pinned in Green on the UK map)

Background

The 2024 edition of the race was the first since 2019, after the event was postponed due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, and was then cancelled for financial reasons in 2022.

Entry list

The following list contains every entered boat in order of their hull number. Past winners are highlighted in bold.

Flight Number	Flight	Team Name	Class	Sail Number
1	0	South Staffs SC (A)	GP	1
2	0	Budworth SC (A)	GP	BUDW A
3	0	West Lancashire YC	GP	WLYC
4	0	Looe SC	EN	32410
5	0	Hollingworth Lake SC	GP	HLSC
6	0	Chase SC (A)	GP	Chase
7	0	South Staffs SC (C)	GP	14018
8	0	South Staffs SC (B)	GP	14168
9	0	West Oxfordshire SC	EN	WOSC 1
10	1	Budworth SC (B)	GP	BUDW B
11	1	Bolton SC	GP	14217
12	1	Southport SC	GP	13806
13	1	Wish SC (A)	EN	23121
14	1	Leigh and Lowton SC	EN	21221
15	1	Midland SC	EN	22901
16	1	Royal Windermere YC	GP	14288
17	1	Winsford Flash SC (A)	GP	120
18	1	Blackpool & Fleetwod YC	GP	14023
19	1	St Mary's Loch SC	EN	20816
20	2	Toddbrook SC (A)	GP	13733
21	2	Welsh Harp SC (A)	GP	2
22	2	Derwent Reservoir SC	GP	13768
23	2	Tynemouth SC	GP	13838
24	2	Sussex YC	EN	23042
25	2	South Cerney SC	GP	13862
26	2	Budworth SC (C)	GP	13838
27	2	Rudyard Lake SC	EN	21791
28	2	Chase SC (B)	EN	19011
29	2	Toddbrook SC (B)	EN	22325
30	3	Warsash SC	GP	13953
31	3	Poole YC	EN	21344
32	3	Banbury SC	GP	13395
33	3	Hoylake SC	EN	20860
34	3	Elton SC	EN	23244
35	3	Scammonden Water SC	EN	22971
36	3	BUSA Manchester	EN	20025
37	3	Welsh Harp SC (B)	GP	9
38	3	Liverpool YC	GP	13480
39	3	Ogston SC	EN	23056
40	4	Wish SC (B)	EN	21103
41	4	Crosby Marina Club	GP	13480
42	4	BUSA Liverpool	EN	18729
43	4	Dovestone SC	GP	13667
44	4	Winsford Flash SC (B)	GP	1128
45	4	South Windermere SC	GP	13810
46	4	Glasgow University SC	GP	13123
47	4	Neilson Active Holidays Masters	GP	14002
48	4	Pwllhelli SC	GP
49	4	Royal Yorkshire YC	EN	18196
50	4	Sefton Sea Cadets	GP	13320
51	4	Lancaster & Sheffield Hallam Old Boys	EN	22863

Race

Start to sunset

At 12:00pm, the first flight of boats set off in around 20 knots of wind on an overcast day, with the rest of the flights following in 1 minute intervals. All boats except two started the race, Pwllheli SC and Winsford Flash Sailing Club, whose B team was merged with the A team due to a lack of sailors. Hollingworth Lake's A team led after the first lap, followed by South Staffs' A, and the Enterprise of Looe SC.

Sunset to sunrise

As the sun set the Sefton Sea Cadet boat was forced to withdraw until morning due to safeguarding concerns as they were the only team made up primarily of sailors under the age of 18. The battle between the A teams of Budworth and South Staffs continued through the night, with South Staffs taking the advantage at midnight as they won the Midnight Cup for fastest next lap after 0000 hours.

Result

Budworth SC A won the 53rd 24 Hour Race on the 22nd of September 2024. This was their first win of the event, despite being one of the most prominent sailing clubs in the North West of England and being winners of the 2022 RYA Club of the year. Overall split winners are denoted in bold, and class winners for each flight in italics.

Final Results

Pos	Class	No.	Club	Laps Sailed	Penalty Minutes	Avg PYS Lap Time	Flight	Flight Group
1	GP14	Budw A	Budworth SC (A)	86	0	16:47.4	2	0
2	GP14	1	South Staffs SC (A)	86	5	16:50.8	1	0
3	Enterprise	23410	Looe SC	83	10	17:03.2	4	0
4	GP14	13733	Toddbrook SC (A)	84	0	17:10.2	20	2
5	GP14	14217	Bolton SC	84	0	17:16.2	11	1
6	GP14	WLYC	West Lancashire YC	84	20	17:22.9	3	0
7	GP14	HLSC	Hollingworth Lake SC	83	5	17:36.6	5	0
8	Enterprise	23121	Wish SC (A)	79	0	17:49.3	13	1
9	GP14	Budw B	Budworth SC (B)	82	10	17:53.0	10	1
10	GP14	13862	South Cerney SC	81	0	17:53.5	25	2
11	GP14	2	Welsh Harp SC (A)	81	0	17:53.8	21	2
12	GP14	14168	South Staffs SC (B)	81	0	17:55.6	8	0
13	GP14	Chase	Chase SC (A)	80	0	18:05.3	6	0
14	Enterprise	WOSC 1	West Oxfordshire SC	78	0	18:12.0	9	0
15	Enterprise	23056	Ogston SC	77	5	18:21.4	39	3
16	Enterprise	22901	Midland SC	77	0	18:24.8	15	1
17	Enterprise	22971	Scammonden Water SC	77	5	18:28.5	35	3
18	GP14	14002	Neilson Active Holidays Masters	78	0	18:34.8	47	4
19	GP14	13953	Warsash SC	78	0	18:37.7	30	3
20	Enterprise	21344	Poole YC	76	10	18:42.4	31	3
21	GP14	13395	Banbury SC	77	0	18:43.3	32	3
22	GP14	13838	Tynemouth SC	77	0	18:46.4	23	2
23	GP14	13806	Southport SC	77	0	18:47.6	12	1
24	GP14	14018	South Staffs SC (C)	77	0	18:47.7	7	0
25	Enterprise	22863	Lancaster & Sheffield Hallam OB	74	0	18:57.3	51	4
26	Enterprise	23221	Leigh and Lowton SC	75	10	18:59.7	14	1
27	Enterprise	22325	Toddbrook SC (B)	75	5	19:00.6	29	2
28	Enterprise	23244	Elton SC	74	5	19:09.7	34	3
29	Enterprise	20816	St Mary's Loch SC	73	0	19:15.5	19	1
30	GP14	14023	Blackpool & Fleetwod YC	74	0	19:36.5	18	1
31	Enterprise	20860	Hoylake SC	73	20	19:38.8	33	3
32	GP14	9	Welsh Harp SC (B)	74	10	19:47.3	37	3
33	GP14	120	Winsford Flash SC (A)	73	15	20:06.7	17	1
34	GP14	13768	Derwent Reservoir SC	71	0	20:19.4	22	2
35	GP14	13959	Budworth SC (C)	72	15	20:23.5	26	2
36	Enterprise	18729	BUSA Liverpool	69	0	20:24.4	42	4
37	Enterprise	19011	Chase SC (B)	69	20	20:37.4	28	2
38	GP14	13123	Glasgow University SC	70	5	20:45.2	46	4
39	Enterprise	18196	Royal Yorkshire YC	68	5	20:54.1	49	4
40	GP14	13667	Dovestone SC	69	0	21:03.6	43	4
41	GP14	14288	Royal Windermere YC	69	5	21:06.1	16	1
42	GP14	13918	Crosby Marina Club	67	0	21:31.3	41	4
43	GP14	13810	South Windermere SC	66	5	21:53.0	45	4
44	Enterprise	23042	Sussex YC	65	30	22:06.8	24	2
45	Enterprise	21791	Rudyard Lake SC	65	25	22:10.5	27	2
46	Enterprise	20025	BUSA Manchester	58	0	24:18.3	36	3
47	Enterprise	21103	Wish SC (B)	53	0	26:24.2	40	4
48	GP14	13320	Sefton Sea Cadets	30	0	49:03.6	50	4
49	GP14	13480	Liverpool YC	23	0	62:19.5	38	3
DNS	GP14	1128	Winsford Flash SC (B)	DNS Due to lack of sailors			44	4
DNS	GP14		Pwllhelli SC	DNS			48	4