Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were completed today on the final day of the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind again. The scores remain unchanged from yesterday, so Germany’s U19 sailor Ole Schweckendiek and Belgium’s Eline Verstraelen were named 2022 ILCA U21 World Champions. The day started with 2–3 knots of very shifty […]
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. It was another morning without wind, so the race committee displayed the AP flag to start the day. The wind finally filled in around 16:00 with about 6–7 knots, which was enough to get off two races. During the second race,
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Three races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. The day started with about 6–7 knots of wind, however it died soon after, so the race committee abandoned the first race. The breeze then picked back up to 6–7 knots and continued to build to 11 knots, which was enough
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Another day of no racing at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind. The race committee sent the sailors out for the scheduled 14:00 warning signal, but like yesterday, once they were on the water the wind died and racing was abandoned. The sailors were sent back ashore under
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Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships, due to lack of wind. The race committee waited until 15:00 to send the sailors out, but once on the water, the wind picked up to about 7 knots and was too shifty to hold a steady successful race. AP over
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in all three fleets at the 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships. With a beautiful southeast breeze of 10–13 knots, Vilamoura provided its reliable champagne sailing conditions for the first day of the championships. In the ILCA 7 division, Dutch Willem Wiersema scored two bullets in the yellow fleet
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Vilamoura, Portugal – The 2022 ILCA U21 World Championships have kicked off in Vilamoura, right on the heels of the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, which took place last week. Equipment inspection and registration were completed today, a practice race was held in extremely light wind (3–5 knots), and celebratory opening ceremonies formally launched the event
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Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were sailed on the final day of the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, due to lack of wind, which means double gold for Italy. Nicoló Cassita, U16 sailor, and Ginevra Caracciolo were leading both divisions headed into today, and without any additional races to sail, they were named world champions.
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Three races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships. Vilamoura provided a nice southeast breeze of 7–13 knots, and with pent-up energy from no racing yesterday, the sailors were very eager to get their races off today. This resulted in multiple general recalls at the starts,
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Vilamoura, Portugal – No races were sailed today at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, due to lack of wind. Scoring remains the same as yesterday. Three races are scheduled for tomorrow, August 19, with the first warning signal at 12:00. Results Event website Boys Division 1. Nicolas Cassitta (ITA) – 9 pts 2. Massimiliano Antoniazzi (ITA) – 10 pts
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. Another day of excellent sailing conditions, the sea breeze held 12–16 knots for all six fleets to successfully get off their races and be back on shore by 18:00. Italy’s U16 sailor Nicolas Cassitta passed his
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. With another day of beautiful sailing conditions, 12–19 knots of wind, the top sailors are separated by just a few points. After completing four races, they are now allowed a dropped race in their scores. The
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Two races were completed today in each fleet at the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, hosted by Vilamoura Sailing. All 426 boats launched efficiently in under 45 minutes for a smooth start to the day. The venue produced champagne sailing conditions, with 14–20 knots of wind building throughout the afternoon. The most
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Vilamoura, Portugal – Lively opening ceremonies and a parade kicked off the 2022 ILCA 4 Youth World Championships in Vilamoura, after two days of equipment inspection and registration. 272 boys and 154 girls from 43 countries will be competing at the event this week. Today a practice race was held in 15–17 knots under sunny
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Photos by João Ferreira It was an exciting final day of racing in Vilamoura, with tough conditions pushing the strength of the sailors chasing the Olympic qualifications and the podium. After all 12 races, Spain and the Netherlands locked in their slots for Tokyo in the ILCA 7 class, as the top two out of
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Photos by João Ferreira On a day marked by high winds, which reached 22 knots, the athletes were forced to their physical extremes and the experience and technical mastery of the veterans showed in the finals. Vilamoura Sailing offered live streaming of the racing again today for races 9 and 10 of the European Continental
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