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Board » Sailonline Yacht Club » 2024 SMPF SCHEME

THE 2024 SMPF SCHEME IS LAUNCHED!
SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS ARE WELCOMED
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The SMPF scheme (SYC Membership Pay Forward) will continue in 2024.

The changes to eligibility that have been introduced in 2022 have worked well , and therefore will continue as set.

At the end of 12 races in 2024 (one each month, under normal circumstances being the monthly Ocean Championship race)) one annual FREE membership to the Sailonline Yacht Club will be made available to the best finishing (and fully qualifying as per rules hereunder) NON SYC member in each of the nominated races. The prize can be sponsored by any SOLer willing to do so.

The sponsors of previous editions of the SMPF scheme did either make their Sponsorship publicly known, or acted anonymously under the flag of the Sailonline Yacht Club.

The number of slots available for sponsoring one SMPF is extremely limited, as again in 2024 ONLY ONE SMPF race per month will be nominated and sponsored. If you are interested, please hurry up and contact me. By responding promptly to this invitation you will secure yourself a slot in the 2024 Sponsorship list

All you need to do at this time is to write to: coord@sailonline.org , and confirm your willingness to support the SMPF scheme in 2024. If available you will be granted one slot (one month) , and the race of that month that will be nominated for SMPF scheme will be “your SMPF race”.

Some important information before you decide:

1)– Your participation to the scheme, should you want to remain anonymous, will be treated in fully confidential mode by the Coordinator and the Sailonline Nav Sim AB Board, thus there will be only three persons aware of your position in the scheme.

2)- This is by no means a solicitation to invest USD 35,00 into our platform, and you should not in any way feel obliged to adhere to the scheme.

3) The prize will be delivered to the first NON SYC MEMBER over the finish line, who had NEVER been an SYC member before. As any NON SYC member over the finish line could be the prize winner, it is recommended that the next thread hereunder is looked at after an SMPF race , as the prize winner will be announced as soon as possible after the arrival of the first boat.

4)- Should the best NON SYC member over the finish line not be eligible because lacking the requisite of point 3) above , the next in line will be identified and so on until a fully qualifying yacht is found and declared as the winner.

5)-The SYC membership earned will start AFTER the date and time of finishing the qualifying race , as the status in that race must be and remain " NON SYC "

6)- The SMPF prize will be delivered directly to the winner at the end of each nominated race, without asking for acceptance or collection. The winning SOLer will be made SYC member “ex officio” and the Management looks forward to hear from him/her sometimes after delivery.

We look forward to hearing from you and to a well supported 2024 SMPF scheme!

On behalf of Sailonline NAV SIM AB

SOL COOrdinator


--- Last Edited by WIN at 2024-10-02 16:27:50 ---
Here you will find the SMPF sponsored race calendar for 2024, published in advance and updated with each quarter, as well as the list of winners , as soon as they become official each month.

JAN :
Race : Lisbon to Cape Town starting on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : CriticalHippo of USA

FEB :
Race : Perth to Mombasa starting on the 5th
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht CLub
WINNER : Jerry Aab of S.Africa

MAR :
Race : Wellington to Hegura starts on the 4th
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : rada14 of France

APR :
Race : Cape Town to Auckland starts on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : ms0689 of Japan

MAY :
Race : Hegura to Anchorage starts on the 6th
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : Qmaxx of S.Africa

JUN :
Race : Auckland-S.Francisco starts on the 3rd
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : veter of Russian Fed.

JUL :
Race : Southampton to Punta del Este 2024 starts on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : Panpyc of France

AUG :
Race : San Francisco-Ushuaia starts on the 6th
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : YANN of France

SEP :
Race : Anchorage-Wellington starts on the 2nd
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : Lesmona of The Netherlands

OCT :
Race : Ushuaia to Nassau starts on the 7th
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : LUNATIC of USA

NOV :
Race : Nassau to Bodo starts on the 11th
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : KaSToR of France

DEC :
Race : Christmas to Christmas W to E starts on the 2nd
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : Davidasailor26 of USA





--- Last Edited by WIN at 2024-12-30 10:54:09 ---

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