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The final on the water session for coaches and sailors at the Chinese Taipei clinic saw sailors take on a light breeze day to put their race strategy into practice and demonstrate the significant improvements that have been achieved.

Day 2 at the Coaches and Sailors Clinic in Chinese Taipei saw the 26 participating coaches and sailors focus on gybing and tacking.

The first ever 420 Class Clinic in Chinese Taipei, 15-19 August, kicked off today at Doufu Cape, Yilan County under the expert coaching guidance of Nikos Drougkas (GRE).

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, have set an ambitious challenge to the marine industry to push the boundaries of low carbon innovation for support boats at international events.

Seven 420 Class teams took on the 2019 Inverno Cup hosted at Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil from 27-18 July 2019.

A patience game on the final day of the 420 Junior European Championships in Spain on Tuesday 30 July, as teams were postponed ashore waiting for the breeze to fill in.

The penultimate day of racing on Monday 29 July at the 2019 420 Junior European Championship in Spain was crunch time for those wanting to position themselves in podium contention.

The light breeze continued on the race tracks off Vilagarcia, Spain on day 4 at the 2019 420 Junior European Championships with 9 knots greeting teams for the opening race.

Suddenly what a difficult day for the 420 fleet!! The wind looked very promising in the morning but it got lighter and lighter in Area Bravo, the farthest one from Villagarcia, and the race committee had no option but to abandon the first race and start again.

A light wind day gave a different set of challenges on race day 2 for the 132 teams on Bravo track, as 420 racing got underway in around 7 knots.