Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 14 August 2021 All of the 230 sailors, from the 31 competing nations, returned from Dublin Bay this afternoon after six testing days of world class racing and all were winners in one way or another. Many improved their skills, some pushed for the podium, all experienced world class competition, but […]
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Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 13 August 2021 The penultimate day of the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships lived up to expectations and provided our sailors with an incredible back to back test of physicality and the mental toughness required to be a world champion. Another day of strong winds in Dublin Bay greeted the battle
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Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 12 August 2021 Another exciting day with sun, sea and stormy squalls in Dun Laoghaire that tested the best of the best on Day 4 of the hotly contested ILC4 World Championships! Winning this year’s world championships will certainly be hard fought and well deserved. Toady provided thrills, spills and an
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Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 11 August 2021 Day 3 of the ILCA4 Youth World Championships and more changes at the top of the leader board in the boy’s division as we reach the mid-way stage. Alexandros Eleftheriadis (GRE) clinched the overnight podium with an impressive 1, 6 in the todays racing. Less than 10 points
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Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 10 August 2021 Blue skies and high hopes were prevalent in Dun Laoghaire today as day two of the ILCA4 Youth World Championships got underway. As competitors were preparing for lighter winds and the possibility of shifty conditions across Dublin Bay the race team were busy planning on how to optimise
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Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 09 August 2021 A busy morning in Dun Laoghaire today and everyone keenly awaited the start of day one at the 2021 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships. After a breezy day yesterday for the practice race, competitions were provided a full complement of races by the race management team for both
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Dun Laoghaire (IRELAND) – 08 August 2021 Practice race day for the ILCA 4 Youth World Championships were held today in Dublin Bay. More than 230 competitors from 32 countries will participate in the event. Blustery conditions were prevalent across Dublin Bay, today with winds gusting 25+ kts. The race team successfully managed to get
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Sandringham, VIC, Australia It may have been a case of “saved by the wind” for Rio Olympic champion, Marit Bouwmeester. The three-time world champion led by 24 points over night but saw her margin trimmed to just two points after the first race of the final day. A big wind shift caught a number of
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Sandringham, VIC, Australia Rio Olympic Champion, Marit Bouwmeester (NED), is putting on a sailing masterclass at the ILCA Laser Radial World Championship in Melbourne. She had a hiccup in Race 8 when a massive wind shift caught her out, but a series of five consecutive race wins on previous days has allowed her to open
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Sandringham, VIC, Australia With all six qualifying races completed, the three pre-event favourites have established a clear lead at the 2020 ILCA Laser Radial World Championships being sailed at Sandringham in Melbourne. Rio Olympic champion, silver medallist at London and three-times world champion, Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands, leads the star-studded field on eight points.
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Sandringham, VIC, Australia The weather played havoc again at the ILCA Laser Radial World Championships in Melbourne today. Two attempts were made to get Yellow Fleet started shortly after 2pm but a series of rolling thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning, forced the sailors to hurry back to the Sandringham Yacht Club before the course became dangerous.
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Sandringham, VIC, Australia Light and variable winds again at the 2020 ILCA Laser Radial World Championship being sailed out of Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne. Again, only one race was possible. The day started strong, with an on-time start and a steady eight knots from the south. Towards the end of that first race, the wind diminished then
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