15
Jan 2012

Day 2 at 2012 US Sailing ISAF Youth World qualifier

420 General Event News

Who are the stars of the US Sailing ISAF Youth World Qualifier after two of three days? The people who figured it out best.

 

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13
Jan 2012

USA hosts Qualifiers for ISAF Youth Worlds

WS Youth

America's best teenage sailors will fire up their futures in the USA this weekend when they compete for places at the 2012 Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship.

The US Sailing Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth World Qualifier will be hosted by the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, Long Beach, USA, from Saturday through Monday.

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11
Jan 2012

ISAF Youth Worlds welcome Four Star Pizza as title sponsor

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The 2012 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Youth Sailing World Championship is delighted to announce Four Star Pizza as the title sponsor of this prestigious event which is coming to Ireland for the first time and will take place in Dublin Bay from Thursday 12th – Saturday 21st July. 400 sailors aged 16 – 19 years of age, accompanied by 150 coaches, from 60 nations representing six continents will sail in the Championship. 250 boats (including Laser Radials, 420’s, RS:X’s, SL16’s and 29ers) will be raced by these sailors. It is expected that 10 Irish sailors will qualify to take part in the Four Star Pizza ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship. Entries have already been received from twelve nations including Brazil, UK, Georgia, Denmark, US, Belgium, France, Thailand, Macedonia, Croatia, Finland and Korea.

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10
Jan 2012

Singapore seals victory at Australian Youth Championships

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Singapore's Darren Choy/Nathan Tang win the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships.

The 2012 Championships drew to a conclusion at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, with a number of classes racing right down to the wire on the final day of racing today. There was a lot at stake for the 175 crews racing on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay, with the OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships titles up for grabs, along with positions in the Australian Youth Sailing Team to contest the 2012 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.

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10
Jan 2012

Singapore leads Australian Youth Championships on day 3

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Day three of the 2012 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship greeted the 175 crews with the strongest conditions of the week so far, with the breeze getting up above 18 knots at times on Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.

All six fleets completed two races with some leaders widening the gap at the front of their fleets while in others the battle for the top spot continues as the regatta heads into the final day.

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10
Jan 2012

Yja Pantaenius Young Sailor of the year award

Sailor News

The sailors from from Southampton, UK were presented with the prestigious national award at the Tullett Prebon London International Boat Show on Saturday 7 January 2012, by Skandia Team GBR's Iain Percy OBE.

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06
Jan 2012

International Grand Prix Vila de Blanes 2012

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Four days of racing at the International Grand Prix Vila de Blanes, delivered 33 races across the 3 classes racing.

Racing fleets were 420, 29er and Europe – and 142 sailors from 12 different countries competed at this twelfth holding of the event.

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06
Jan 2012

Ireland prepares for Youth Nationals

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From 12-15 April 2012 over 400 sailors will compete in Dublin Bay in seven different classes - Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, 420, Feva, Topper, 29er and Optimist.

For youth sailors, this event is the most important event in the annual calendar as it is the decider for the top Irish sailors to compete internationally during 2012 and is the pathway for future Olympic sailors.

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06
Jan 2012

Trapeze safety seminar in USA

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Many in the USA sailing community are aware of the tragic drowning of 14-year old Olivia Constants in a club-supervised practice in Annapolis in June, 2011.

Olivia and her skipper were part of their club’s Club 420 Travelling Team that raced against other clubs in the Chesapeake Bay area. The drowning was caused by Olivia’s trapeze gear becoming “caught on something,” which held her underwater.

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06
Jan 2012

Australian Youth Championships preview

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Racing gets underway at the 2012 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championships on Saturday with 175 crews making the trip to Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.

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