How did you get involved with sailing? I first started in December 1996 when I asked my mom to sign me up for the sailing summer course at the club. […]
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2019 ILCA World Council Meeting
ILCA World Council held its annual meeting on 23 and 24 November 2019. The meeting began with a recognition that this was the first meeting without Jeff Martin serving the […]
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One Championship – Two Perspectives
A look at the 2019 Radial Youth World Championships from two perspectives: a sailor, and a parent. Erin’s Perspective At the beginning of this year at my first Radial Nationals, […]
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Interview with Daphne van der Vaart
How did you get involved with sailing? Both of my parents are sailors. My dad did a campaign for the Olympics in the Soling for the 1984 Games in LA. […]
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Laser Under-21 World Championships Awarded!
Juan Pablo Cardozo of Argentina won the U-21 Standard Men’s championship, and also the U-19 award. Wiktoria Golebiowska of Poland won the U-21 Radial Women’s championship. It was a difficult […]
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Laser Under-21 World Championships – Day 5 – The Trend Continues
(Split, Croatia) Much like yesterday, everyone was up bright and early. Sailors were rigging boats before 0700 and race committee left the harbor by 0730 for the 0900 first signal. […]
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Laser Under-21 World Championships – Day 4 – Slowly, Slowly
A promising start to a short lived morning of racing. Golf flag was lowered at 0750 and sailors began launching for a 0900 start time. The Women’s fleet, which hadn’t […]
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Laser Under-21 World Championships – Day 3 – The Racing Begins!
Finally! Some racing! But just some. The fleets left the harbor at 0830 as the northeasterly breeze was beginning to build. By 1000, the scheduled start time for today, the […]
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Laser Under-21 World Championships – Day 2
(Split, Croatia) Race committee left the harbor at 1030, on schedule, and spent the day watching and waiting. The light easterly breeze in the morning faded, as forecast, but the […]
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Laser Under-21 World Championships – The Waiting Game
The forecast held true – sunny and warm and very little wind. No gradiant, but hope for a thermal fill from the West in the afternoon. To be able to […]
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