Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – No races were completed today on the final day of the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships. After a period of waiting, the race committee decided that although the wind was blowing about 15–18 knots, the waves were too large and out of control to carry out successful races. […]
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Photos by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – On the penultimate day of the ILCA 7 World Championships, three races were completed in the gold fleet and two in the silver fleet. The first warning signal was at 9:00 and the sailors went out to race in a 7–12 knot north/northwesterly breeze. In the first race
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Three races were completed today at the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships. The sailors went out for the first warning signal at 9:00 and successfully sailed two races with a northwesterly wind oscillating between 8 and 12 knots. In the yellow fleet’s first race, Australian Zac Littlewood was
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – No races were completed today, due to lack of wind and unstable conditions. The sailors went out this morning for a 10:00 warning signal, but the wind was light and shifty so there was a lot of waiting and race committee tried changing the racing area. There were
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Photo by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – Two races were completed today at the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships. The first warning signal was at 9:30, with three races scheduled for the day. Sailors went out on the water expecting 10–15 knots for the day, but the wind proved to be more unpredictable for Day
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Photo above by Vela Catalana Barcelona, Spain – No races were completed today, due to lack of wind. Although Barcelona brought its sunshine, the wind never filled in to complete the scheduled races. Three back-to-back races are scheduled for tomorrow, with the first warning signal for the yellow fleet at 9:30, and 9:35 for the
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Barcelona, Spain – With registration, measurement, and a practice race complete, the stage is set for the 2021 ILCA 7 World Championships to launch Friday, November 5. 139 sailors from 44 countries around the world will compete in two fleets with 12 scheduled races until Wednesday, November 10. Today Barcelona brought 3–5 knots with some
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Via Sail27 With the Olympics well and truly in our rearview mirror, the focus of the Olympic ILCA 7 fleet has turned to the 2024 Olympics in Marseille. With the first major regatta of this Olympic cycle already completed, the upcoming World Championship in Barcelona will see a number of Tokyo Olympians return to racing
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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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Arco (ITALY) – After a short delay to allow the Lake Garda thermal wind to develop, two races were competed for the Gold Fleets for the final day of the 2021 ILCA 6 Youth Worlds. After a protest in which her nearest competitor was disqualified, Ireland’s Eve Mcmahon won the girl’s division. Mattia Cesana of
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