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Aug 2007
Diana Bogaards, Sailing Journalist and Event PRO writes: ‘On Monday August 13 2007, the final series of the Junior Europeans 420/470 started with great difficulty on the IJsselmeer (NED).
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2007 420 Junior European Championships
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Diana Bogaards, Sailing Journalist and Event PRO writes: ‘On Monday August 13 2007, the final series of the Junior Europeans 420/470 started with great difficulty on the IJsselmeer (NED). The increasing west-south-westerly breeze was unstable and resulted in heavily favoured sides of the course. Yesterday's class leaders dropped in the overall standing. Others gained a lot………In the 420-class, the Italians Maccari and Rocco moved up to the first place. The German girls Lutz and Beucke go for two medals. Gold in the girl's competition and bronze in the overall ranking…..(former 420 Ladies’ World Champion and reigning Junior European Ladies’ Champion, Hannah Mills, with Katrina Hughes) are still the best 470 female crew. Both classes completed three races and the Holmatro Extreme 40 put up its last show in front of the Regatta Center Medemblik. For full text, click above.