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Race day 3 marked both the halfway stage of the 420/470 Junior European Championships in Sesimbra, Portugal and a change in race track conditions.

The post-race daily debriefs run by Nikos Drougkas are drawing a huge crowd after racing each day, to hear how to improve their race track strategy and manoeuvres.

The beach here at the 420/470 Junior Europeans in Portugal is providing a stunning venue for teams from around the world.

It doesn’t get better than the race track conditions served up to the 396 sailors from 20 nations on race day 1 at the 2018 420/70 Junior European Championships.

Staged in the stunning Portuguese beach resort of Sesimbra, the 420/470 Junior European Championship features a line-up of 396 sailors from 20 nations.

420 and 470 teams from 19 countries paraded along the waterfront of Sesimbra, waving their national flags to formally launch the 2018 420/470 Junior European Championships in spectacular style.

The 2018 420 Worlds Organizing Committee has partnered up with the Gowrie Group to provide insurance cover for the 2018 420 World Championships.

The countdown to the 2019 420 South American Championships has started with the publication of the Notice of Race.

Nineteen 420 Class teams took to the race track off Carolina Yacht Club, Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina to battle it out for the 2018 US Youth Sailing Championship crown and claim valuable points towards national selection for the upcoming Youth Sailing World Championships.

Jack Parkin and his team of Ashton Borcherding, Bram Brakman and Wiley Rogers won the U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship held from June 29 to July 1 in Oyster Bay, New York, USA.