Just before the start of the 2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, we noted that it is “one of the more difficult World Championships to predict because sailors often make […]
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2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – Day 5
Today was another fine day for sailing on Gdańsk bay as sailors completed another two races on their way to the conclusion of the 2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships at […]
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2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – Day 4
[photos: Robert Hajduk] For the start of finals competition, 155 girls split into two fleets (gold and silver), while the 275 boys competing were divided into four fleets (gold, silver, […]
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2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – Day 3
[photos: Robert Hajduk] Partly cloudy skies and 8 – 11 knots on the course area provided good racing conditions for the last day of the qualifying series and all fleets […]
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Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – Day 2
[photos: Robert Hajduk] It was the kind of day only a sailor could love: dismal, low rolling grey clouds under a grey sky, and occasional rain squalls. So what’s to […]
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2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – Day 1
[photos: Robert Hajduk] The day began under low grey skies, with about 5 to 7 knots out of the north east. In the “B” sailing group, which had three boys […]
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2018 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – Preview
[photos: Robert Hajduk] 430 sailors from 44 countries have now completed their equipment inspection and registration in Gdynia, Poland. There were plenty of changes and corrections to equipment that needed […]
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2018 Laser Under-21 World Championships – Final Day
[photos: Robert Hajduk] Going into the final day of the 2018 Laser Under-21 World Championships, there was only a two point difference between the top two sailors in each of […]
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2018 Laser Under-21 World Championships – Day 5
[photos: Robert Hajduk] At a quarter to 10 am, there was enough wind from the west to give RC some confidence in going out to the race area to begin […]
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2018 Laser Under-21 World Championships – Day 4
[photos: Robert Hajduk] In the Laser Standard class, it was the first day of the finals series. So the sailors have been split into gold and silver fleets for the […]
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