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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ILCA Class Rule Change Approved by Members
The proposed change to the ILCA Class Rules to modify the definition of a builder has been approved by more than two-thirds of the members responding to the published ballot. […]
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Voting Concludes for ILCA Class Rule Change
ILCA would like to thank all the members that participated in our recent rule change vote, which concluded on 31 July. With over 3,000 members voting from 85 countries, the […]
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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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2019 Radial Youth Worlds Day 3 – Mid Way
Kingston, Ontario, Canada As anticipated, the wind started off a bit fresher today than our previous two days, with knot speeds in the mid to upper teens. It wasn’t survival […]
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