22 Juli 2019

ISAF Youth Worlds Gdynia 2019

Achille Casco and Elliot Schick finished 11th at the ISAF Youth Worlds in Gdynia (POL) 2019, while Natascha Rast and Samira Rast took the 7th place in the women's fleet. 

Last years World Champions Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan (NZL) and the female team Madeline Hawkins and Yuri Yoshiyasu (USA) are the new World Champions in the 420 class. 

18 Juli 2019

World Championship Vilamoura 2019

After some training days, the measurement and the opening ceremony, the World Championship in Vilamoura kicked of on the 6th of July with strong winds and big waves. Six races for each fleet were scheduled and also completed for the qualification series. Nilo and Nik reached the Gold Fleet in the Open Category without big problems, while Alexandre and Siméo had to wait until the last protest was held, so they could move up into the Gold Fleet. Achille and Elliot performed under the expectations and did not reach the Gold Fleet, as well as Leon and Nathan. In the Womens Fleet, Natascha and her sister Samira successfully qualified for the Gold Fleet, while Fiona and Sophie ended up in the Silver Fleet because of only two points. Ben and Yannick and Malin and Myrlin qualified themselves for the Gold Fleet in the U17 Category.
After a lot of wind at the beginning of the Championship, the Final Series were sailed in much lighter and more shifty conditions. Unfortunately there was absolutely no wind on the fifth day of the worlds. At the end, 10 races were sailed with a medium good performance of the Swiss Team. With a second place in the last race of the regatta, Malin and Myrlin finished 24th in the U17 Fleet. Ben and Yannick couldn't perform on the same level as they did in strong winds, but finished on a good 27th place. In the Girls Fleet, Natascha and Samira ended up on a strong 12th place. Fiona and Sophie finished second in the Silver Fleet with a consistent performance in the Finals. In the Open Fleet Leon and Nathan finished 5th in the Silver Fleet (50th overall) and Achille and Elliot 3rd (48th overall) by winning 3 of 4 races (unfortunately one of them was UFD) in the Finals. Alexandre and Siméo ended up on the 40th place. Best Swiss Team were Nilo and Nik on the 32nd place overall, in a very strong and high level fleet, which was won by Martin Winzer and Pedro Ameneiro in front of the defending World Champions Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan. Vita Heathcote and Milly Boyle won the Womens Fleet and Odysseus Spanakis and Konstantins Michalopoulos are our new World Champions in the U17 Category. We're looking forward to some good performance of the Swiss Team ate the ISAF Youth Worlds this week and at the Junior European Championship the next week!