Sailing Equipment

After a light wind start to the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships on Monday, the intensity will increase on Tuesday with stronger winds forecast. As the day progresses, the wind will shift towards the north and decrease to 6-12 knots. At 16:00 the breeze is expected to swing back to the north west and pick up to a maximum of 18 knots. For the Girl’s 29er and 420 and the Boy’s and Girl’s RS:X fleets, Tuesday marks the start of their 2019 Hempel Youth Worlds campaign after they were unable to race on Monday due to light breeze. Each fleet have an additional race scheduled in a bid to catch up on their schedule.

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After a light wind start to the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships on Monday, the intensity will increase on Tuesday with stronger winds forecast. As the day progresses, the wind will shift towards the north and decrease to 6-12 knots. At 16:00 the breeze is expected to swing back to the north west and pick up to a maximum of 18 knots. For the Girl’s 29er and 420 and the Boy’s and Girl’s RS:X fleets, Tuesday marks the start of their 2019 Hempel Youth Worlds campaign after they were unable to race on Monday due to light breeze. Each fleet have an additional race scheduled in a bid to catch up on their schedule.

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Maltese sisters Antonia and Victoria Schultheis found the right note at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships as the Girl’s 29er fleet commenced their competition. Gdansk Bay, just off Gdynia in Poland, was bustling with activity as the 2019 Hempel Youth Worlds continues, and a more stable breeze enabled each fleet to complete a good number of races. More than 400 sailors from 66 nations are racing on boats supplied by Ovington Boats (Boy’s and Girl’s 29er), Nautivela (Boy’s and Girl’s 420), Laser Performance / Maclaren (Boy’s and Girl’s Laser Radial) and Nacra Sailing (Mixed Nacra 15). The RS:X racers are sailing on their own equipment for 2019. Even to make it to the Youth Worlds is an achievement in itself with only one nation represented in each fleet.

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Maltese sisters Antonia and Victoria Schultheis found the right note at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships as the Girl’s 29er fleet commenced their competition. Gdansk Bay, just off Gdynia in Poland, was bustling with activity as the 2019 Hempel Youth Worlds continues, and a more stable breeze enabled each fleet to complete a good number of races. More than 400 sailors from 66 nations are racing on boats supplied by Ovington Boats (Boy’s and Girl’s 29er), Nautivela (Boy’s and Girl’s 420), Laser Performance / Maclaren (Boy’s and Girl’s Laser Radial) and Nacra Sailing (Mixed Nacra 15). The RS:X racers are sailing on their own equipment for 2019. Even to make it to the Youth Worlds is an achievement in itself with only one nation represented in each fleet.

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The waiting is over and racing at the 2019 Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships commences today in Gdynia, Poland. Sailors are racing across nine events with boats supplied by Ovington Boats (Boy’s and Girl’s 29er), Nautivela (Boy’s and Girl’s 420), Laser Performance / Maclaren (Boy’s and Girl’s Laser Radial) and Nacra Sailing (Mixed Nacra 15). The RS:X fleet are racing with their own equipment for 2019. Over the first four days of competition, the 29er, Nacra 15 and RS:X fleets will sail three races a day with the Laser Radial and 420 fleets scheduled to sail two each day. On Friday, the final day of competition, each fleet will sail a single race.

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