Supernova Dinghy Fleet Divisions

Background:

The 2023 AGM voted in favour of establishing five fleets: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Beginner. The aim is to reflect the wide range of expertise and experience of Supernova sailors, spread the prizes more evenly through the fleet, encourage competition at every level and provide extra incentive for sailors to progress.

Fleets are recalculated after each Inland Championship (to align with the travellers events).

Important - anyone in any Division can win any event and individuals will only be eligible to win a single prize at prize givings.

In the situation that a member achieves a podium result at any Championship event they will be automatically advanced into the Platinum Fleet. This will apply from and including that event and all events for the remaining period until the next reassessment of Fleets.

It is up to host clubs of travellers events to decide how they decide prizes at events, but considering the Fleet system is encouraged.

*The Committee and the Fleet Manager reserves the right to allocate sailors to another Fleet based on past performance in another class or in the Supernova Class.

Fleet allocatons

The Platinum, Gold and Silver Fleets for 2025 can be found in the link HERE, so click on that to see where you are.  

Criteria

The criteria for the Fleets are as follows:

Platinum recognises the elite performers, including those who have won a Supernova National Championship over the last ten years, plus those who, during the previous season, have achieved any of the following:

  • Top 10% overall at Nationals or Inlands
  • Winner of any of the Travellers’ circuits (Combined, North or South)
  • Winner of the Gold Division at Nationals or Inlands

Gold consists of those who don’t qualify as Platinum but, during the previous season, have achieved any of the following:

  • Top 25% overall at Nationals or Inlands
  • Top three of the Silver Division at Nationals or Inlands
  • Top three in any of the Travellers’ circuits (Combined, North or South)
  • Winner of any open meeting

Silver consists of those who don’t qualify as Platinum or Gold but, during the previous season, have achieved any of the following:

  • Top 50% overall at Nationals or Inlands
  • Top five in the Bronze Division at Nationals or Inlands
  • Top five in any open meeting

Bronze consists of those who don’t qualify in Platinum, Gold or Silver and is the default for most sailors. It is also the fleet that new sailors will enter by default. At National events, any Bronze division member who gains a final result above the top 30% will be automatically advanced into the Silver division for awards in that event and year remaining, and into their qualifying division for the following year.

Beginner is sub-division of Bronze and can be opted into at the start of an event by sailors who would like to be in this Division. Should a Beginner finish in the top 70% at any event they will be Automatically Advanced to be Bronze classification for that event and year remaining, and into their qualifying division for the following year.

(All percentages will be rounded down and based on boats competing not boats entered e.g 102 boats registered, but 99 competing, top 10% is positions 1-9)