The 39th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship has officially come to an end following on from tonight’s Closing Ceremony in Buzios, Brazil. Following the medal ceremonies, Volvo Ocean Race winner and five-time Olympic medallist Torben Grael presented the Volvo Trophy to the France. Then followed the final act of the championship, as the ISAF Flag was [...]
Philip Sparks and Ben Gratton (GBR) won today’s Boy’s 420 race to clinch gold. The French team of Gabriel Skoczek and Thibaut Soler win silver, Benjamín Grez and Carlos Vergara Infante win Chile’s first ever medal at the Youth Worlds by claiming bronze.
Aussie cousins Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin win in the Hobie 16. Defending [...]
French windsurfer Joseph Gueguen won today’s final race to secure the title in the Boy’s RS:X event. In the Girl’s Laser Radial Elizabeth YIN of Singapore held on to win gold.
Other medals go to:
Girl’s RS:X: GBR silver, FRA bronxe
Boy’s RS:X: defending champ from CYP silver, second medal for BRA with bronze
Girl’s Radial: silver for DEN, [...]
It’s the final day of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship! One race is scheduled for each of the seven events starting at 11:30 local (14:30 UTC). Great conditions, looking similar to yesterday, with clear skies, and northerly seabreeze around 10-15 knots. Three gold medals have already been sewn up, but in the Boy’s [...]
All protest deadlines have passed. The following hearings have been scheduled: (8&9) 420 Boys, race 7, ARG v PUR, PUR v NZL; (10) Radial Girls, race 6, FIN redress; (7) Hobie, races 1-4, NZL v NED and GBR.
We’ll post decisions once we are done.
Sam Meech is the third gold medallist of this year’s championship with 1,1,2 results today putting him miles clear of the rest of the fleet. In the Laser Radial Girls SIN leads DEN, in the Boy’s 420 GBR had a great day to lead overall whilst AUS and ITA tie for the lead in Hobie [...]
