2025 Southport 24 Hour Race

2025 West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Dinghy Race

Flight 0's start of the race
Event title
Name	2025 West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Dinghy Race
Edition	54th
Event details
Venue	West Lancashire Yacht Club
Host club	WLYC
Start location	Saturday 13 September 2025, 12:00
Finish location	Sunday 14 September 2025, 12:00
Results
Gold	British National Firefly Association
Silver	Southampton University SC
Bronze	Budworth SC (A)
Classes
Class 1	GP14
Class 2	Enterprise
Class 3	Firefly
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The 54th West Lancashire Yacht Club 24-Hour Dinghy Race (More commonly known as the 2024 Southport 24 Hour Race) is an endurance dinghy sailing race scheduled to take place between 13 and 14 September 2025 on the Southport Marine Lake ^[1] in Merseyside, England, hosted by West Lancashire Sailing Club. ^[2]

As was the case in 2024, GP14s and Enterprises were both permitted to race, and for the first time since 2019, ^[3] although only one race has been held without them due to cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsuquent financial issues assiciated with hosting the event, the Firefly was eligible to be raced at the event. ^[4]

The event was won by the British National Firefly Class Association, becoming the third class association to win the race. ^[5] Southampton University placed 2nd also in a Firefly. The previous year's champions Budworth Sailing Club (A) finished 3rd. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Entry List

2024 event winners Budworth SC on Sunday morning of the 2025 edition of the race

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

Source: ^[9]

Flight Number	Flight	Team Name	Class
1	0	Budworth SC (A)	GP14
2	0	South Staffs SC (A)	GP14
3	0	British National Firefly Association	Firefly
4	0	Toddbrook SC (A)	GP14
5	0	Bolton SC	GP14
6	0	West Lancashire YC (A)	GP14
7	0	Hollingworth Lake SC (A)	GP14
8	0	Wish SC (A) Masters	Enterprise
9	0	Budworth SC (B) Masters	GP14
10	1	South Cerney SC	GP14
11	1	Hollingworth Lake SC (B)	GP14
12	1	South Staffs SC (B)	GP14
13	1	Chase SC (A)	GP14
14	1	West Oxfordshire SC (A)	Ent.
15	1	Ogston SC (A)	Ent.
16	1	Midland SC (A)	Ent.
17	1	Scammonden Water SC	Ent.
18	1	Neilson Active Holidays Masters	GP14
19	1	Warsash SC Masters	GP14
20	2	Poole YC	GP14
21	2	Banbury SC	GP14
22	2	Tynemouth SC	GP14
23	2	Southport SC	GP14
24	2	West Oxfordshire SC (B)	Firefly
25	2	Not Listed
26	2	Leigh and Lowton SC (A)	GP14
27	2	Toddbrook SC (B)	Ent.
28	2	Elton SC	Ent.
29	2	St Mary's Loch SC	Ent.
30	3	Blackpool & Fleetwod YC	GP14
31	3	Hoylake SC	Ent.
32	3	Draycote Water SC	Firefly
33	3	Winsford Flash SC	GP14
34	3	Bath University SC (A)	Firefly
35	3	Budworth SC (C)	GP14
36	3	Loughborough University SC	Firefly
37	3	Chase SC (B)	Ent.
38	3	Sunderland SC (A)	Ent.
39	3	Royal Yorkshire YC	Ent.
40	4	Dovestone SC	GP14
41	4	Royal Windermere YC	GP14
42	4	Crosby Marina Club	GP14
43	4	South Windermere SC	GP14
44	4	BUSA (A)	Firefly
45	4	Rudyard Lake SC	GP14
46	4	Bath University SC (B)	Firefly
47	4	Wish SC (B)	Ent.
48	4	Sefton Sea Cadets	GP14
49	4	Liverpool YC	GP14
50	5	Royal Yachting Association	Firefly
51	5	West Lancashire YC (B)	GP14
52	5	Trimpley SC	GP14
53	5	BUSA (B)	Firefly
54	5	Leigh and Lowton SC (B)	GP14
55	5	Midland SC (B)	GP14
56	5	Ogston SC (B)	Ent.
57	5	Solent University SC	Ent.
58	5	Southampton University SC	Firefly
59	5	Sunderland SC (B)	Ent.
60	5	BUSA (C)	Firefly
61	5	Tudor SC	GP14
62	5	Budworth SC (D) Juniors	GP14
63	5	North East and Yorkshire Youth Sailing Association	Ent.

Event winners, the British National Firefly Class Association on Sunday morning

Results

Final Results ^[10]

Pos	Class	No.	Club	Laps Sailed	Penalty Minutes	Avg PYS Lap Time	Flight	Flight Group
1	Firefly	2025	British National Firefly Association	86	0	15:22.7	3	0
2	Firefly	4441	Southampton University SC	84	0	15:37.1	58	5
3	GP14	BUDW A	Budworth SC (A)	92	0	15:41.5	1	0
4	Firefly	4115	West Oxfordshire SC (B)	83	0	15:45.5	24	2
5	GP14	14168	South Staffs SC (A)	91	3	15:54.2	2	0
6	GP14	7	Hollingworth Lake SC (A)	91	0	15:56.9	7	0
7	Firefly	36	Loughborough University SC	82	0	15:57.6	36	3
8	GP14	13733	Toddbrook SC (A)	90	0	16:01.7	4	0
9	GP14	WLYC	West Lancashire YC (A)	90	3	16:04.6	6	0
10	Ent.	22619	Ogston SC (A)	86	0	16:20.8	15	1
11	Firefly	115	Bath University SC (A)	80	0	16:24.4	34	3
12	GP14	14217	Bolton SC	88	0	16:31.5	5	0
13	Firefly	53	BUSA (B)	79	0	16:37.8	53	5
14	GP14	14199	Chase SC (A)	87	6	16:46.0	13	1
15	GP14	14288	Royal Windermere YC	86	0	16:48.6	41	4
16	GP14	HLSC B	Hollingworth Lake SC (B)	86	9	16:50.2	11	1
17	Ent.	23121	Wish SC (A) Masters	84	12	16:59.9	8	0
18	GP14	BUDW B	Budworth SC (B) Masters	85	0	17:00.8	9	0
19	GP14	13843	Midland SC (B)	85	3	17:02.4	55	5
20	GP14	13862	South Cerney SC	85	6	17:04.2	10	1
21	GP14	13953	Warsash SC Masters	84	0	17:10.4	19	1
22	Firefly	117	Bath University SC (B)	76	0	17:10.7	46	4
23	GP14	14050	Leigh and Lowton SC (A)	84	0	17:12.9	26	2
24	Firefly	X2	BUSA (A)	75	0	17:24.9	44	4
25	GP14	13938	South Staffs SC (B)	83	0	17:27.3	12	1
26	GP14	14128	Poole YC	83	9	17:32.4	20	2
27	GP14	14002	Neilson Active Holidays Masters	81	0	17:48.8	18	1
28	Ent.	22901	Midland SC (A)	78	0	18:00.5	16	1
29	GP14	13654	Leigh and Lowton SC (A)	80	3	18:03.3	54	5
30	GP14	13838	Tynemouth SC	80	0	18:07.1	22	2
31	Ent.	WOSC 1	West Oxfordshire SC (A)	77	3	18:20.1	14	1
32	Ent.	20816	St Mary's Loch SC	77	3	18:26.3	29	2
33	GP14	BUDW D	Budworth SC (D) Juniors	78	0	18:30.7	62	5
34	Ent.	22325	Toddbrook SC (B)	76	9	18:34.7	27	2
35	GP14	SSC	Southport SC	77	0	18:42.1	23	2
36	Firefly	2312	Draycote Water SC	70	0	18:43.3	32	3
37	Ent.	22917	Scammonden Water SC	76	15	18:44.4	17	1
38	Ent.	23056	Ogston SC (B)	75	0	18:47.3	56	5
39	GP14	BUDW C	Budworth SC (C)	77	21	19:01.8	35	3
40	GP14	13737	Blackpool & Fleetwod YC	74	9	19:41.5	30	3
41	GP14	13395	Banbury SC	73	3	19:50.9	21	2
42	GP14	13489	Liverpool YC	73	18	19:55.1	49	4
43	Ent.	19011	Chase SC (B)	71	12	19:59.7	37	3
44	GP14	13918	Crosby Marina Club	71	0	20:23.7	42	4
45	GP14	13263	Trimpley SC	71	6	20:27.7	52	5
46	GP14	91/120	Winsford Flash SC	71	6	20:33.9	33	3
47	Ent.	22881	North East and Yorkshire Youth Sailing Association	68	0	20:46.0	63	5
48	Ent.	21160	Sunderland SC (A)	67	6	21:04.5	38	3
49	GP14	12989	Rudyard Lake SC	68	3	21:20.1	45	4
50	Ent.	23244	Elton SC	64	6	22:12.3	28	2
51	Firefly	X5	BUSA (C)	59	21	22:26.9	60	5
52	GP14	13810	South Windermere SC	64	6	22:33.6	43	4
53	GP14	13667	Dovestone SC	64	12	22:46.7	40	4
54	GP14	13047	West Lancashire YC (B)	63	3	22:50.9	51	5
55	Ent.	21103	Wish SC (B)	60	0	23:20.7	47	4
56	GP14	13322	Tudor SC	51	0	28:03.9	61	5
57	Firefly	3416	Royal Yachting Association	35	21	38:09.2	50	5
58	Ent.	20860	Hoylake SC	33	0	42:23.5	31	3
59	Ent.	18196	Royal Yorkshire YC	27	21	52:39.6	39	3
60	Ent.	22319	Solent University SC	26	3	55:04.3	57	5
61	GP14	12934	Sefton Sea Cadets	4	6	350:56.1	48	4
DNS	Ent.	-	Sunderland SC (B)	-	-	-	-	-

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