Kingston, Ontario, Canada Although the two World Champions had already been determined coming into the final day of racing, there was still a lot on the line for some of the competitors, and race committee made a determined effort to get in one more race. The trouble is, nature wasn’t cooperating. The forecast was for […]
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada Our daily report usually begins with the start of the opening race and finishes with the scoring, but the “race day” begins well before racing commences and continues well after the final finisher, sometimes long into the evening. The office opens early, when some of us are still sleeping, with staff getting
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada On this fourth day of the Championships, the girls fleet had an opportunity to start first and sail the outer course, but that did not change their apparent lack of respect for the starting line. After a general recall under “U” flag, the first boat was over the line 40 seconds prior
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada With about 8 knots of wind from 190, both of the boys fleets were able to start under “U” flag with no one over early. This was certainly an improvement over the previous day. It took quite a bit longer for the girls to get going, not just because the girls tended
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada What a difference a day makes. As much as we lacked wind the day before, today there was a surplus. The first set of races were conducted with wind readings in the mid teens and gusts to the low twenties. The boys yellow and green fleets each got away with clear starts
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada Six starts and no races. That is how the 2019 4.7 Youth World Championships opened. The morning breeze showed more promise than anticipated, and even at the scheduled start of races at noon, there was a fairly consistent 6 to 7 knots. It wasn’t particularly exciting, but it was good enough to
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada It is the eve of the 2019 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships. 180 sailors from 35 countries around the world have survived the gauntlet of equipment inspection, some encountering a bit more difficulty than they had anticipated. Yes, they paid someone to put the sail numbers on. No, they didn’t check to
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The sailors who would claim the2017 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championship title would have to prove themselves in a variety of conditions, from light to heavy air, near flat to almost two meter waves, occasional rain and a tidal cross current varying in strength and direction. The final race day seemed to be an average
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Wind, waves and current. All three presented challenges to sailors on the first day of the Finals series. The first challenge was getting through the launch queue and out to the race area. Previously in the regatta, everyone had a following wind both going out and then returning at the end of the day (with
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With the end of the qualifying series looming, some sailors would not have much room for error if they wanted to remain in a higher fleet, while others might be hoping for a solid day that would enable them to move up a handful of places. Conditions were tricky, though, both for sailors and the
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After a day off yesterday due to high winds and large waves, sailors were looking forward to getting back on the water. And they were greeted with moderate, but challenging conditions. The significance of the current was enhanced with lighter winds that ranged from seven to fifteen knots. And shifting wind directions and variation in
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With a front scheduled to move through about the time sailors would be getting onto the course area to race, Principal Race Offer Peter van den Bossche evaluated the situation and made the decision to abandon racing for the day. Some sailors were perhaps disappointed. Many were relieved. The front arrived as anticipated, with a
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While it is certainly true that there are many sailors who can potentially win a World Championship, it is also true that there are some sailors might regularly be found sailing near the front of the fleet. Coming into the 2017 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, there were a few returning names who put together
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The last day of the Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds once more showed the top level of the young sailors. Dramatic fights and quick changes on the leaderbord heated things up, and some hopes for gold faded away in the very last race. It was a tremendous fight at the top of the boys’ gold fleet
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The gold fleet changes everything. Federica Cattarozzi (Italy), the top female sailor during the qualification series, dropped out of the Top Three after two disappointing races in the final series today, and Emma Savelon from the Netherlands took the lead. The boys’ leaderboard also saw a change after Guido Gallinaro had a close win over
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Gold, silver, bronze or emerald fleet? The last qualification day of the Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds made clear who will fight for the podium – and who will not. Federica Cattarozzi (Italy) und Dimitrios Papadimitriou (Greece) are still on top, but the competition is hot on their heels. “That was a tough day”, said Stephan
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