Kingston, Ontario, Canada Although the two World Champions had already been determined coming into the final day of racing, there was still a lot on the line for some of […]
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Youth
2019 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships Day 5 – Remarkable Performances
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Our daily report usually begins with the start of the opening race and finishes with the scoring, but the “race day” begins well before racing commences and […]
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2019 Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds Day 4 – Maintaining Consistency
Kingston, Ontario, Canada On this fourth day of the Championships, the girls fleet had an opportunity to start first and sail the outer course, but that did not change their […]
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2019 Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds Day 3 – Getting in Phase
Kingston, Ontario, Canada With about 8 knots of wind from 190, both of the boys fleets were able to start under “U” flag with no one over early. This was […]
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2019 Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds Day 2 – Breeze
Kingston, Ontario, Canada What a difference a day makes. As much as we lacked wind the day before, today there was a surplus. The first set of races were conducted […]
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2019 Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds Day One – Practicing Starts
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Six starts and no races. That is how the 2019 4.7 Youth World Championships opened. The morning breeze showed more promise than anticipated, and even at the […]
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2019 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships – On the Verge
Kingston, Ontario, Canada It is the eve of the 2019 Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships. 180 sailors from 35 countries around the world have survived the gauntlet of equipment inspection, […]
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2019 Radial Youth Worlds Final Day – Consistency Pays Off
Today wasn’t about big wind shifts, or challenges in setting the course. It was all about the sailors, and making their own breaks. Less than half a dozen hours before […]
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2019 Radial Youth Worlds Day 5 – Bad Breaks
“Yellow flag down and sound in 35 seconds” calls the timer. “Flag ready” “Sound ready” “Mark 2, six knots at two six zero”… “Mark 3, five knots at two five […]
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2019 Radial Youth Worlds Day 4 – Keeping the Pressure On
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Conditions were fairly unexceptional all day: plenty of wind, but not overpowering, with enough shifts to make things interesting. While there were a couple of oscillations that […]
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