San Pedro, Los Angeles, USA – 25 July 2025
Finals Day 1 kicked off with energy yesterday, as the boat park buzzed from early morning. By 9:00 AM, the breeze was already building, setting the stage for a high-powered day on the water.
With the Delta flag up at 11:00, both Gold and Silver fleets launched into prime conditions: 18–20 knots of breeze, 4-foot swell, and classic full-send downwinds that had sailors grinning from the first leg.
Racing was tight and clean across both Gold fleets, with the top three sailors in each donning their pinnies and showing up ready to throw down. Two races brought aggressive but clean starts, hard-fought mark roundings, and some of the most exciting breeze-on racing we’ve seen all week.
By the end of the day, sailors came back to shore salty, stoked, and hungry—more than ready to refuel with pasta and chicken and regroup for tomorrow.
Provisional leaders after 8 races are as follows:
Girls’ Overall Championship
- Blanca Ferrando Babe ESP 26 pt
- Derin Degisen TUR 35 pt
- Isabella Suazo PER 36 pt
- Adele Ramm-Ericson SWE 39 pt
- Derin Bartan TUR 42 pt
Girls’ Under 16 Championship
- Derin Bartan TUR 42 pt
- Gabriela Mascarenhas USA 79 pt
- Monica Osha Perez ESP 92 pt
- Sofia Berteotti ITA 106 pt
- Francisca Puig Bonet ESP 118 pt
Boys’ Overall Championship
- Konstantinos Portosalte GRE 19 pt
- Emmanouil Vomvylas GRE 28 pt
- Stefanos Samaras GRE 36 pt
- Erik Scheidt BRA 36 pt
- Nathan Wehrle FRA 38 pt
Boys’ Under 16 Championship
- Stefanos Samaras GRE 36 pt
- Nathan Wehrle FRA 38 pt
- Nikko Palou ESP 51 pt
- Toby Waggett GBR 74 pt
- Sinan Uslu TUR 95 pt
More breeze, more racing, more action ahead. Two new races are scheduled for today—stay tuned!
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About ILCA 4 Youth World Championships
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Report by Agustín Argüelles – ILCA | Photos by Simone Staff – Seaster Media.