Have a thought the next time when you are heading to a regatta and consider the journey to get to an event. This week at the QLD Coaching Clinic and Youth Championships sailors have travelled from the north and south to Yeppoon, Capricorn Coast which is central for all sailors.
James Hodgson has seamlessly stepped back into the helming role, remaining undefeated on 7-0, on Day 1 of the Australian Youth Match Racing Championship after a five month break, where he crewed and became World Champion in youth match racing.
The premier Youth Regattas for QLD, WA and NSW are all shaping up to be hotly contested, with the state's top young talent ready to compete over the coming fortnight.
This program was created for 12-17 year old’s who are keen to try out sailing in a non-competitive, social setting. OutThere Sailing is about having fun, hanging out with your mates, making new ones and doing something different.
Australia has won the 2019 World Sailing Youth Match Racing World Championship in Yekaterinburg, Russia, with New Zealand finishing in second and Denmark in third position.
At the Zhik 29er World Championship in Gdynia, Poland, Australia’s Archie Cropley and Max Paul combined skillfully on a tough Baltic coast track to finish sixth in the open results from a starting list of 175 skiff teams.
Australian Sailing’s Youth Team has wrapped up the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
A stronger and more consistent 15 knot breeze played out in Gdynia on Wednesday, ensuring a full complement of races for the 409 sailors from 66 nations were completed on the third day of the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships.
Australia's Paris van den Herik has claimed the bronze medal in the girls single handed racing in the first week of competition at the Pacific Games. Â
Gdansk Bay, just off Gdynia in Poland, presented itself with a more stable breeze on the second day of the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships which enabled each fleet to complete a good number of races over a long day of racing.