Wearn, Stransky, Riley, Coote, and Wadley are 2020 Australian Laser Champions. (Melbourne, Australia) With the regatta already won before the final two races, Matt Wearn finished the week with a third and a seventh (which became his second discard) to wrap up his fifth Australian Laser Championship. Conditions were testing, with strong 18–25 knot south-westerlies […]
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Wearn closes on fifth Australian Laser title. (Melbourne, Australia) With one day left to sail, Matt Wearn, who will be Australia’s representative in the Laser class at the Tokyo Olympics, has an unbeatable lead in this year’s National Championship. After three races in almost ideal conditions at Sandringham today, Wearn holds a 29 point lead
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Wearn consolidates his lead at the 2020 Australian Laser Championships. (Melbourne, Australia) Three races were held at the Australian Laser Championships today as organisers sought to make up for yesterday’s cancellations owing to high winds. A cold and wet Melbourne morning greeted the sailors, but the forecast moderate southerly winds had settled in, providing good
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Thompson, Stransky and Akkerman had standout performances on the first day of the 2020 Australian Laser Championships. (Melbourne, Australia) Double world champion Nick Thompson of Great Britain, young Queenslander Mara Stransky, who is chasing her first Olympic Games spot, and Dutch sailor Mirthe Akkerman were the standout performers on the first day of the Australian
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How old were you when you started sailing? Well I grew up living on a boat so I did my first yacht race at five months old (apparently), but didn’t really get into dinghy sailing until I was around 15 when my family arrived back in Australia. Tell us about the years of your childhood
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(Double Bay, Australia) Last weekend marked the second annual Women’s Laser Regatta in Australia, hosted by Double Bay Sailing Club and raced on Sydney Harbour. The intention of this regatta is to encourage greater female participation in the Laser class. The event was coached by high-profile sailors, including triple Olympian Karyn Gojnich, double Olympian Krystal Weir,
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